Basketball

LOS ANGELES — After the Los Angeles Lakers missed the playoffs only five times in the first 65 years of the franchise’s existence, [...]

James Harden lit up the San Antonio Spurs for 61 points on Friday, matching his career high as well as the Houston Rockets‘ [...]

NEW YORK — Papa John’s is getting “Shaq-ified.” The pizza chain said Friday that basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal will be its [...]

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart was fined $50,000 by the NBA on Thursday for shoving Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid on Wednesday night. [...]

Mar 20, 2019 Malika AndrewsESPN The book on guarding Giannis Antetokounmpo is evolving. When the Milwaukee Bucks faced the Utah Jazz‘s elite defense [...]

Klay Thompson, a week after apologizing to the Golden State Warriors‘ fan base over remarks about their lack of energy at Oracle Arena, [...]

OKLAHOMA CITY — It was supposed to be the kind of night that could jumpstart the Oklahoma City Thunder. For a moment, it [...]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Nick Collison’s No. 4 became the first jersey to hang in the rafters in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, as the [...]

After leading the Utah Jazz to a first-round upset of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the playoffs last year, it was inevitable Donovan [...]

OKLAHOMA CITY — The first player in Oklahoma City Thunder history to have his jersey retired isn’t Russell Westbrook or Kevin Durant. It’s [...]