HOUSTON — The Los Angeles Clippers have 71 games to go before the N.B.A. playoffs after Wednesday night’s fourth-quarter unraveling against the Houston Rockets. The Clippers also have 10 more sets of back-to-back games to get through, even after Thursday’s visit to New Orleans. Translation: Kawhi Leonard is likely to sit out at least 10 […] More
The first sportswriter from New York armed with Knicks questions for Kristaps Porzingis arrived in Dallas last Tuesday. By the time Porzingis and the rest of the Mavericks fly back to Texas after Thursday’s highly anticipated reunion game at Madison Square Garden, he will have played his former team twice. He will also have endured […] More
SAN FRANCISCO — On Monday morning, a few hours before the Golden State Warriors’ 11th game of the N.B.A. season, Coach Steve Kerr guided his team step by painstaking step through a few defensive concepts. It was more instructional clinic than pregame workout, which by itself was a jarring reminder of how much the landscape […] More
David Levy, a Turner Media executive who was hired as the chief executive of the Nets less than two months ago, is leaving the franchise, the Nets announced on Tuesday. Levy is being replaced on an interim basis by Oliver Weisberg, an executive with the owner Joe Tsai’s Hong Kong-based investment firm. “I want to […] More
No one in the N.B.A. tests the old precept that forbids cheering on press row like Orlando’s Markelle Fultz. There is an inevitable urge to root for him after what he endured in his first two seasons. Season No. 1: Drafted first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers, Fultz appeared in just 14 games and, worse, […] More
A day after the Knicks’ president and general manager held an unusual news conference to castigate the team after a blowout loss at home to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Coach David Fizdale played down speculation that his job was in danger. Fizdale told reporters Monday at practice that he was in “constant communication” with the president, […] More
James Wiseman, a top basketball prospect expected to star for the University of Memphis this season, filed a lawsuit against the N.C.A.A. and the university on Friday after the sport’s governing body declared him ineligible to play. A judge quickly issued a temporary restraining order that cleared Wiseman to play for Memphis on Friday night. […] More
