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LeBron James improves case versus Michael Jordan as all-time NBA best
LeBron James captured his fourth NBA title in his 10th finals appearance when the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Miami Heat 106-93 on Sunday to close out the...
With the win in the league's quarantine bubble in Orlando, the Lakers completed a 4-1 victory over the Nuggets in the best-of-seven Western Conference finals.
ESPN and The Athletic website said players attending a meeting in Orlando had agreed to resume the playoffs, although games scheduled for Thursday would be postponed.
Blake was seriously injured after being shot point-blank in the back seven times by police officers in a confrontation captured on video.
"It's a testament to Jordan's staying power as an iconic, almost like mythical, cultural figure."
The documentary will be available outside the United States on Netflix on five consecutive Mondays starting 20 April, in each case one day later than its US premiere on ESPN.
The NBA-backed 12-team league had been due to tip off on March 13 in Dakar, Senegal but has now been put on hold due to health concerns.
Bryant (41) and the others were killed on 26 January in a crash in Calabasas, California, while en route to a youth basketball tournament at which Kobe was planning to coach his daughter and her teammates.
'Kobe, Kobe, Kobe!' chanted a crowd milling about in LA Live, an entertainment district next to the Staples Center, the home court of Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers.
"Kobe Bryant, despite being one of the truly great basketball players of all time, was just getting started in life," said US President Donald Trump.
Bryant joined giant centre Shaquille O'Neal to spark the Lakers to NBA titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002, becoming at the age of 23 the youngest player to capture three titles.
Fact file on basketball star Kobe Bryant, who died on Sunday in a helicopter crash in suburban Los Angeles. His 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others also died in the incident
Bryant, a five-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers and two-time Olympic gold medallist, died in a fiery helicopter crash in suburban Los Angeles that also claimed the life of his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others.
Daryl Morey apologised on Monday for any hurt caused by the tweet that he quickly deleted over the weekend, but his support for the protests in the Chinese-ruled city angered Beijing, Chinese fans and the team’s partners in a key NBA market.
LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Stephen Curry, James Harden, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook and Paul George are among those who opted out.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, who plays for NBA club Milwaukee Bucks, lashed out on Twitter: 'I have lost sleep in the last few days over the recent racist incident.'
The 33-year-old forward leaves the Cavaliers to join an iconic franchise that has won 16 NBA titles but is rebuilding after posting a losing record for five consecutive seasons.
Fergie has issued an apology after her rendition of the US national anthem at the NBA All-Star game on Sunday which was met with criticism.