(Sunday, April 16, 2017 12:04:00 PM)
What went wrong? Plenty.
[NYTimes] On Pro Basketball: ‘That Got Ugly in a Hurry’: More Playoff Pain Delivered by the Spurs (Sunday, April 16, 2017 5:28:11 PM)
In San Antonio’s first postseason game since Tim Duncan’s retirement, signs of continued dominance were everywhere.
[NYTimes] Rockets 118, Thunder 87 | Houston leads series, 1-0: Rockets Trounce the Thunder in Game 1 (Monday, April 17, 2017 3:54:11 AM)
James Harden had 37 points and Patrick Beverley added 21 as Houston took the first game of their first-round playoff series against Oklahoma City.
[NYTimes] Union Complains to N.B.A. About Phil Jackson’s Comments on Carmelo Anthony (Sunday, April 16, 2017 11:11:35 PM)
The union called the Knicks president’s comments on Anthony’s future “inappropriate.” A player could be disciplined for similar statements, the union said.
[NYTimes] A Court Used for Playing Hoops Since 1893. Where? Paris. (Monday, April 17, 2017 4:30:28 AM)
A Y.M.C.A. in France claims the oldest basketball court in the world. But it is in no shape for regular basketball games.
(Sunday, April 16, 2017 5:45:41 PM)
Knicks shooting guard Justin Holiday was in New Orleans this weekend for the wedding of his sister-in-law. Joining him as a wedding guest was his brother, Jrue Holiday of the Pelicans. The Big Easy weekend — with both brothers out of the playoffs — was for drinking and dancing. Soon, they will talk about their…
(Sunday, April 16, 2017 11:14:15 AM)
And on Easter, Kristaps Porzingis smiled. Two days after blowing off his exit interview with Knicks president Phil Jackson without notification, Porzingis posed in a series of happy photos Sunday, bicycling in the sunshine. One shot was of Porzingis, out from his Midtown apartment, looking giddy while rolling along the West Side Highway bike path….