A 73-Point Loser Is Not ‘Necessarily’ Who the Thunder Are

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports In a 152-79 loss, a rebuilding Oklahoma City team took record-setting lumps from the Memphis Grizzlies.https://nyti.ms/3prVUlW

The Knicks’ Struggles Go Deeper Than Kemba Walker

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports A surprising reconsideration of the lineup that pushed Walker out of the rotation could help with some of the team’s issues, but not all of them.https://nyti.ms/3xJm734

Are the Knicks and Lakers Really Worth $5 Billion?

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports Sports franchise valuations are guesses, with few data points for comparison. But prestige franchises like these can defy all calculations.https://nyti.ms/3FJwlnc

Are the Knicks and Lakers Really Worth $5 Billion?

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports Sports franchise valuations are guesses, with few data points for comparison. But prestige franchises like these can defy all calculations.https://nyti.ms/3FDNqyx

LeBron James Is Ejected After On-Court Melee

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports A hand to the face bloodied Isaiah Stewart, who then confronted James.https://nyti.ms/3CAa3SM

A Mexico City Basketball Team with N.B.A. Dreams Makes a Home in Texas

By BY SCOTT CACCIOLA from NYT Sports The Mexico City Capitanes, playing away from home because of the pandemic, are the first G League team in Mexico and an important part of the N.B.A.’s international expansion.https://nyti.ms/3HIIJ8F

A Mexico City Basketball Team with N.B.A. Dreams Makes a Home in Texas

By BY SCOTT CACCIOLA from NYT Sports The Mexico City Capitanes, playing away from home because of the pandemic, are the first G League team in Mexico and an important part of the N.B.A.’s international expansion.https://nyti.ms/3kXxMWU

The Nets Are Winning, but They Still Have a Lot to Figure Out

By BY TANIA GANGULI from NYT Sports They’re winning when they should but struggling against teams they’ll probably see in the playoffs. They miss Kyrie Irving, but that doesn’t explain everything.https://nyti.ms/3FCYoV0

Curry’s 3-Point Bonanza Has Golden State Bouncing Back

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports A turnaround early this season has come with Curry reasserting why he is the best 3-point shooter in basketball history.https://nyti.ms/3x5yvu1

Curry’s 3-Point Bonanza Has Golden State Bouncing Back

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports A turnaround early this season has come with Curry reasserting why he is the best 3-point shooter in basketball history.https://nyti.ms/3Csrdle

For an N.B.A. Twitter 👑, It’s All Jokes. Lots of Them.

By BY ALANIS THAMES from NYT Sports Josiah Johnson can find humor in almost any sports or pop culture moment, earning him fans from the N.B.A. to Hollywood.https://nyti.ms/3HBCbZe

Kevin Durant Can Score From Anywhere. Defenses Don’t Know What to Do.

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports The midrange game has largely fallen out of favor in the N.B.A., but not when Durant is on the court.https://nyti.ms/3kDAHUH

Ready to Unlock Your Inner Stephen Curry? Play Against the Knicks.

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports One of the N.B.A.’s best defenses last season, the Knicks now are one of the worst at stopping 3-point shooters. Opposing guards are having career nights.https://nyti.ms/3DbvevD

The Celtics Are Starting to Get Their Act Together

By BY SCOTT CACCIOLA from NYT Sports After spiraling toward dysfunction, Boston has righted the ship for new coach Ime Udoka.https://nyti.ms/3kuPp03

Nikola Jokic Ejected After Shoving Markieff Morris

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports Jokic, the Denver Nuggets star who is the reigning league MVP, was responding to a hard foul by Morris, who was also ejected.https://nyti.ms/3ofDG6v

What to Know About the Robert Sarver Racism and Sexism Allegations

By BY SOPAN DEB AND KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports Sarver, who owns the N.B.A.’s Phoenix Suns and the W.N.B.A.’s Phoenix Mercury, has been accused of using racial slurs and making sexual and other inappropriate comments.https://nyti.ms/3mJ2jJt

For Knicks, Success (and Failure) Arrives 3 Points at a Time

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports A devotion to long-distance shots has changed the Knicks’ approach and their results. But is trading 3s for 3s a winning strategy?https://nyti.ms/3bAJh1m

Kevin Garnett Talks Missed Opportunities, On and Off the Court

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports Garnett, the 15-time N.B.A. All-Star, discusses the new owners of the Timberwolves, whether he’s ready to forgive Ray Allen and his thoughts on player activism.https://nyti.ms/3pQZrMG

An Autographed Card Sold for $4.6 Million. Did Luka Doncic Really Sign It?

By BY JASON M. BAILEY from NYT Sports Handwriting experts disagree about whether the N.B.A. star’s signatures could be from one person. And collectors have brewed a bigger conspiracy theory — that Doncic’s mother signed his cards.https://nyti.ms/3mp8Pom

His N.B.A. Dream Was Right There. Then He Couldn’t Move His Legs.

By BY DAVID GARDNER from NYT Sports A mysterious illness on the eve of the 2019 N.B.A. draft derailed Kris Wilkes’s hopes of going pro. As he heals, he’s not giving up hope.https://nyti.ms/3pwTunY