NBA

Bucks come back to win 119-111 over Cavaliers

24-year-old American says he is just trying to come back to the game

Basketball great looks to lead Lakers to record-breaking 18th championship

NBA superstar says family ‘together’ after son released from hospital after cardiac arrest

Team says an investment consortium is the new buyer, but basketball great will retain minority stake

Lakers great sends shockwaves rippling through basketball by revealing he is considering retirement

Basketball great helped team win NBA titles in 1970 and 1973, and was named finals MVP on each occasion

Debate resumes after Lakers forward adds to his legacy by becoming league’s scoring leader

ESPN and The Athletic say NBA star has signed $97.1m deal which includes player option for 2024-25 season

NBA great strikes Pistons’ Stewart in the face while the pair battle for rebounding position

Two-time NBA Finals MVP poised to pen new bumper deal worth $198 million

NBA All-Star pours in game-high 29 points to guide team to 87-82 win over France

Team ended their 50-year wait for a second NBA championship with a 105-98 win over the visiting Phoenix Suns

Basketball star says team will look to emulate late legend’s teachings in Tokyo

36-year-old LA Lakers playmaker, is a two-time Olympic gold medal winner, has opted out of the past two Games cycles

Icon Michael Jordan will honor Kobe, where those being enshrined are traditionally introduced by someone close to them

NBA star suggested women athletes were responsible for income inequality by not doing enough to promote their sports

36-year-old LeBron previously held a 2% stake for the Reds, but will have a bigger share in the Premier League team

The results announced by the league and players union were based upon NBA store website sales

The rise of NBA players like Antetokounmpo, Doncic and Jokic growth in Europe is being fueled by a 15% increase

The death of the basketball legend stunned the sports world and led to an outpouring of emotion in the city

League is discussing moving the game, along with scaled-down All-Star Weekend events, to Atlanta on March 7

Sixteen new players have tested positive for Covid-19 since Jan. 6

The league is trying to avoid a league-wide suspension of play like the one that derailed it in March

Loeffler was critical of the WNBA's decision to dedicate the 2020 season to social justice

He scored double-digit points for the 1,000th straight game in the Lakers' 121-107 victory over the Spurs

He was taken to the locker room in a wheelchair, with the initial diagnosis being a sprained left ankle

Morey posted a message about Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden on social media

Davis scores 28 points, eight rebounds to help team win 138-115

Athlete activists are not a new breed but sport and protest have been a polarising volatile mix

Hundreds of events disappeared, athletes lost chances to get hands on trophies, medals

A reduced 72-game NBA season will roll into action on December 22

The Lakers face the Los Angeles Clippers in the first of four exhibition games

Lakers' star became the first player in NBA history to win a title with three different teams

Players returned to their team's home markets for the start of the 2020-21 season on Dec. 22

James led the Los Angeles side to their first title in a decade and 17th overall inside the NBA bubble

26-year-old averaged career-highs of 18.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per game last season

The 2020 draft comes just five weeks before the 2020-21 campaign tips off on December 22

The NBPA and the league agreed on each team playing a 72-game schedule

Athletes such as LeBron James, Magic Johnson and Megan Rapinoe took to social media to share their feelings

The NBA has pushed back the draft from Oct. 16 to Nov. 18, with training camps set to begin in early December

League told team owners about the plans, which would require approval by the players union by the end of October

16-time All-Star became the first NBA player to claim the Finals MVP award with three different franchises on Sunday

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat to win the championship on Sunday

He's the first player to win four Finals MVP awards with three different teams

The LA side took a 4-2 series victory over Miami Heat and clinched a record-equalling 17th NBA championship

James now has 10 playoff defeats in which he has scored 40 points -- second behind the 12 of Michael Jordan

Superstar tells team to focus on winning single after losing 111-108 in game 5

LeBron James' team will seek a record-tying 17th NBA championship on Friday against Miami Heat

The Lakers take on the Heat on Friday