Basketball

The Cavaliers ruled out guard James Harden for Wednesday night’s game at Milwaukee after he suffered a non-displaced fracture in his right thumb Tuesday against the Knicks.

The odds to win the NBA’s regular-season MVP have tightened, with the top two betting favorites — Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Denver’s Nikola Jokic — at risk of not qualifying for the award

The Cavaliers said guard James Harden is questionable for Wednesday night’s game against the Bucks after suffering a non-displaced fracture in his right thumb Tuesday against the Knicks.

NBA insiders break down where all 30 teams land coming out of the All-Star break.

Former Virginia coach Tony Bennett joined the Lakers on Wednesday as NBA draft adviser to president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka.

In late 2002, Nike began creating a global campaign featuring the black mamba — and presented it to an NBA superstar. That star was not Kobe Bryant.

The Lakers lost to the Magic 110-109 on Tuesday after a botched sidelines out-of-bounds play between LeBron James and Luka Doncic in the final seconds failed to produce a quality shot.

New Lakers president of business operations Lon Rosen made it clear that GM Rob Pelinka will remain in his role and be flanked by Andrew Friedman and Farhan Zaidi.

After the Cavaliers beat the Knicks on Tuesday night, coach Kenny Atkinson noted the “renewed confidence” the addition of James Harden has brought to his team.