Federal prosecutors are expected to extend plea deals to a dozen defendants in the sprawling, mob-linked poker case that led to charges against a basketball Hall of Famer and another former NBA player, according to a court document filed Tuesday. The government did not specify in the brief, which was filed ahead of a status conference Wednesday, which of the defendants are poised to receive a plea deal. Prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York indicted over 30 people in two illegal