‘One of a kind’ NBA champion and broadcaster Bill Walton dies at 71
Hall of fame basketball star and two-time NBA champion Bill Walton has died of cancer at the age of 71, the NBA announced on Monday
January 2024
Thunder throttle Blazers by 62 points, tied for fifth-largest win in NBA history
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Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson clash offers peek at NBA’s future
October 2023
Trail Blazers send Jrue Holiday to Celtics in aftermath of Lillard trade
Jrue Holiday was out of the Eastern Conference for just a few days, and now it’s the Boston Celtics who will hope he can help deliver them another title banner
September 2023
The winner in the NBA-shaking Damian Lillard trade? Pretty much everyone
Lillard joining Antetokounmpo at Bucks in blockbuster trade, say reports
July 2023
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Wembanyama’s rival and a team for Vegas: NBA summer league takeaways
The record crowds that flocked to Nevada were treated to lots more than the Victor Wembanyama Show. Our correspondent in the desert empties her notebook
Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama scores 27 in second NBA Summer League outing
The No 1 pick in this year’s draft finished with 27 points and 12 rebounds on Sunday, but the Spurs lost 85-80 to the Portland Trail Blazers
Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard reportedly prefers trade to Miami Heat
Damain Lillard has asked the Trail Blazers for a trade, a move that will end the seven-time All-Star’s tenure in Portland, the team confirmed on Saturday
April 2023
Boston has a race and sports problem. But it’s hardly alone among ‘liberal’ cities
Lee Escobedo
A number of Boston Celtics players have spoken about racism in the city. But to say it’s an isolated case is to misunderstand America
February 2023
‘Was I supposed to be excited?’: Humble Lillard drops Portland record 71 points
NBA trade deadline: sorting the winners and losers from the chaos
Portland star Damian Lillard finished with 28 points on Monday night to break Clyde Drexler’s franchise career scoring record
July 2022
Blazers secure Damian Lillard through 2027 with two-year, $122m extension
Damian Lillard and the Blazers have agreed on a $122m, two-year extension that puts the Olympic gold medalist under contract through the 2026-27 season
June 2022
Former Trail Blazers player and ‘gentle soul’ Caleb Swanigan dies aged 25
Steph’s sizzle and LeBron’s lament: 20 things I learned from the NBA playoffs
June 2021
Listless Lakers staring down elimination after blowout loss to Suns
The Phoenix Suns sent LeBron James to the locker room early, dismantling the Los Angeles Lakers 115-85 Tuesday night to take a 3-2 first-round series lead
August 2020
NBA joined by MLB teams in boycott to protest police shooting of Jacob Blake
The Milwaukee Bucks have boycotted Game 5 of their playoff series against the Orlando Magic in protests at the police shooting of Jacob Blake earlier this week
LA Lakers bounce back from loss to thump Trail Blazers in Game 2
Anthony Davis had 31 points and 11 rebounds and the top-seeded LA Lakers bounced back from a Game 1 loss in a 111-88 win over Portland
Damian Lillard had 34 points and the Portland Trail Blazers spoiled LeBron James’ first playoff appearance for the Los Angeles Lakers with a 100-93 win
