LOS ANGELES — The NBA board of governors unanimously approved Mark Walter's bid to buy a majority stake in the Lakers on Thursday, the league announced, marking a major shift for one of L.A.'s most significant sports teams.

The Lakers had been a family-run team since Dr. Jerry Buss bought the franchise in 1979. When he died in 2013, control ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Aces president Nikki Fargas has known nothing but winning since she arrived in Las Vegas in May 2021.

It’s not just about winning three WNBA championships in four years. The Aces have reached the semifinals every year since.

“Each championship represents a special group of young individuals who came together, who found a way ...Read more

The Nuggets’ offense might be the best carnival ride in Denver.

Already averaging 130 points through three games, Nikola Jokic and company eviscerated the Pelicans with ball movement Wednesday night, piling on a 29-2 run to start the third quarter en route to a 122-88 win at Ball Arena. The rest was an encore.

Jokic went for 21 points, 12 ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — At some point, the Lakers will get stars Luca Doncic and LeBron James back in the fold. But exactly when they will return to play from their injuries is still unknown.

James has been out all season with right sciatica and Doncic has been out since last Sunday with a left finger sprain and a lower left leg contusion.

Before the...Read more

DENVER — The Denver Nuggets’ offense might be the best carnival ride in Denver.

Already averaging 130 points through three games, Nikola Jokic and company eviscerated the Pelicans with ball movement Wednesday night, piling on a 29-2 run to start the third quarter en route to a 122-88 win at Ball Arena. The rest was an encore.

Jokic went ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Nets fell to 0-5 after a 117-112 loss to the Atlanta Hawks Wednesday at Barclays Center. Once again, an encouraging start faded quickly as defensive breakdowns and poor execution kept Brooklyn from securing its first win of the season.

Nic Claxton scored seven of Brooklyn’s first 12 points and Cam Thomas added five as they ...Read more

The entire thing was a joke — a business-school buzzphrase applied to a sports dynasty clinging to galaxy-brained ideas in the hopes of maintaining previously unparalleled relevance.

The Two-Timeline Plan.

With it, the Golden State Warriors were trying to do what no one in the modern NBA has ever truly done: compete for a title with a core ...Read more

SAN ANTONIO — Less than a week after Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was arrested as part of an FBI gambling probe, developments continue to emerge from the ongoing case.

On Wednesday, the South Florida Sun Sentinel confirmed through multiple NBA sources that Rozier’s $26.6 million salary for the coming season, the final season on his ...Read more

DETROIT — Despite another slow start, the Detroit Pistons (3-2) delivered an impressive 135-116 win over the Orlando Magic at Little Caesars Arena on Wednesday night.

After a lackluster performance 48 hours earlier against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cade Cunningham bounced back with a team-high 30 points on 11-of-21 shooting, 10 assists, six ...Read more

BOSTON — The Cavaliers are the favorites to finish atop the Eastern Conference standings this season. Most prognosticators view the depleted Celtics as a fringe playoff team at best.

Despite those radically different expectations, Boston was the better team Wednesday night at TD Garden, trucking a short-handed Cleveland squad, 125-105.

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NEW YORK — Hawks guard Trae Young was ruled out after suffering a right knee sprain in the first quarter of Wednesday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center.

The injury occurred when Hawks teammate Mouhamed Gueye rolled up on Young’s knee with 2:09 to play in the first quarter.

Gueye was defending the Nets’ Noah Clowney, ...Read more

SAN ANTONIO — Less than a week after Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was arrested as part of an FBI gambling probe, developments continue to emerge from the ongoing case.

On Wednesday, the South Florida Sun Sentinel confirmed through multiple NBA sources that Rozier’s $26.6 million salary for the coming season, the final season on his ...Read more

Former Duke and NBA player Kyle Singler has been charged with assault in Oklahoma.

Haskell County deputies say Singler and his girlfriend were staying at an Airbnb in Whitefield in eastern Oklahoma when he allegedly tried to rape her, grabbed her and pushed her down last Thursday.

Mitch Dobbs, with the Haskell County Sheriff’s Office, told ...Read more

MIAMI — Adversity? Nah, merely an opportunity for a Miami Heat team thriving amid its season-opening rendition of Operation Warp Speed.

Again playing at pace and in transition, Erik Spoelstra’s team, already playing in the post-surgical absence of Tyler Herro, this time also withstood the absence of leading scorer Norman Powell in a 144-117...Read more

DALLAS — In their fourth career NBA games, LeBron James scored seven points, Luka Doncic 21, Michael Jordan 25, Dirk Nowitzki eight, Tim Duncan 19, and Cooper Flagg went off for two.

He also left Game No. 4 with a bum shoulder that was wrapped in ice after the game.

Flagg may ultimately be a great player, but he’s a kid playing against ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Jamal Murray could have been charitable to chicken lovers, like Boban Marjanovic before him.

Maybe for another fan base. But this was a rivalry game.

A number of NBA teams, including the Timberwolves, participate in a Chick-fil-A promotion designed to incentivize home crowds to be loud and distracting when opponents shoot free ...Read more

CHICAGO — Like many Chicago Bulls fans, Ayo Dosunmu is looking forward to seeing Zach LaVine on Wednesday when his former teammate returns to the United Center for the first time since being dealt to Sacramento last February.

“Yeah, I saw him last at (Alex) Caruso’s wedding,” Dosunmu said Monday of the August nuptials of the Oklahoma ...Read more