With the Los Angeles Clippers struggling and veteran guard Chris Paul making little impact, the team released the 12-time All-Star in the wee hours Wednesday morning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/04/basketball/nba/chris-paul-released/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #chrispaul #losangelesclippers
The New York Knicks, fueled by 37 points from Jalen Brunson, punched their ticket to the NBA Cup quarterfinals on Friday with a 118-109 victory over Milwaukee on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/29/basketball/nba/knicks-nba-cup-quarters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #newyorkknicks #milwaukeebucks #nbacup
Brandon Ingram hit a game-winning pullup jumper in the final second Wednesday night as the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Indiana Pacers 97-95 in an NBA Cup game for their ninth straight win. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/27/basketball/nba/raptors-suns-nba-cup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #brandoningram #torontoraptors #indianapacers #sacramentokings #phoenixsuns
Twelve-time All-Star guard Chris Paul said Saturday that this will be his final NBA season. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/23/basketball/nba/chris-paul-nba-retire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #chrispaul
The sports streaming era is taking off in Japan as fans scramble to keep up. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/13/sports-streaming-landscape-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #sports #streaming #nfl #nba #lpga #mlb #wowow #amazonprime #abema #rakuten
LeBron James took part in his first full practice of the season on Wednesday, working with the G League's South Bay Lakers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/13/basketball/nba/lebron-james-first-full-practice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #lebronjames #losangeleslakers
The Dallas Mavericks fired general manager Nico Harrison on Tuesday, nine months after his trade of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers sent the organization into a tailspin. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/12/basketball/nba/mavericks-fire-nico-harrison/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #nicoharrison #dallasmavericks #lukadoncic
Lenny Wilkens, one of the few inductees into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and coach, died on Sunday. Wilkens' family announced the news but did not divulge a cause of death. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/10/basketball/nba/basketball-legend-lenny-wilkens-dies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #lennywilkens #seattlesupersonics #nba
Devin Booker collected 28 points and 13 assists, Grayson Allen had 17 points and five 3-pointers as the Phoenix Suns dealt the San Antonio Spurs their first loss of the season in a decisive 130-118 victory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/03/basketball/nba/spurs-first-loss-wembanyama/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #victorwembanyama #sanantoniospurs #phoenixsuns
Listening to Pablo Torre Finds Out and I’m getting the sense we are probably gonna start seeing DNPs due to being indicted or worse, jail time, this season. #NBA
Austin Reaves made a driving jump-shot at the buzzer to lift the Los Angeles Lakers to a 116-115 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night in Minneapolis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/30/basketball/nba/reaves-buzzer-beater-timberwolves/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #losangeleslakers #austinreaves #ruihachimura #minnesotatimberwolves
Michael Jordan offered his unflinching thoughts on NBA players taking games off for "load management" in his latest appearance on NBC's coverage of the league. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/29/basketball/nba/michael-jordan-load-management/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #michaeljordan
The NBA is reassessing how sports betting is regulated and how leagues can best protect themselves, players and fans in the wake of a player and coach being arrested in connection with an illegal gambling probe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/28/basketball/nba/nba-reviewing-gambling-policies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #gambling #chaunceybillups #terryrozier
Austin Reaves exploded for a career-high 51 points as the Los Angeles Lakers, playing without injured stars Luka Doncic and LeBron James, downed the Sacramento Kings 127-120. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/27/basketball/nba/austin-reaves-career-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #austinreaves #losangeleslakers
The arrest of NBA insiders last week has highlighted the potential risks posed by the close relationship the four major North American men's sports leagues have cultivated with legalized betting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/26/basketball/nba/nba-arrests-sports-betting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #terryrozier #chaunceybillups #gambling #portlandtrailblazers #miamiheat
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 55 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 141-135 double-overtime victory over the Indiana Pacers in a rematch of last season's NBA Finals on Thursday in Indianapolis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/24/basketball/nba/thunder-pacers-finals-rematch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #shaigilgeousalexander #oklahomacitythunder #indianapacers
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were among more than 30 people charged on Thursday in connection with federal gambling investigations involving the NBA and the Mafia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/24/basketball/nba/billups-rozier-gambling-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #terryrozier #chaunceybillups #gambling #portlandtrailblazers #miamiheat
Coach JJ Redick says the Los Angeles Lakers must find a way to win without LeBron James, but even he felt the absence of his injured superstar in an season-opening loss to the Golden State Warriors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/23/basketball/nba/lebron-james-injury-cover/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #jjredick #losangeleslakers #lebronjames #lukadoncic
BTW, it apparently took a long time for Porzingis to get this diagnosis, but a POTS-literate doctor could have diagnosed him in 10 minutes with a blood pressure cuff, a stopwatch, and a wall. It's called the NASA lean test and it is woefully underutilized.