Basketball

Even at 41 years old the superstar is set to spark a bidding war to tilt the power balance again.

In the 53 years between Knicks championships, fans had wondered what it might be like to celebrate the team the city cared about most, just once, as other places with beloved teams had done many times over.

Jalen Brunson and the Comeback Knicks have done it again, overcoming Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs to win the NBA title.

New Yorkers gathered in each other’s homes, piled into bars and thronged sidewalks outside restaurants to stare through the windows at the video screens as the Knicks contended with the San Antonio Spurs.

San Antonia have beaten the Knicks in New York on the back of a big game from star centre Victor Wembanyama.

The San Antonio Spurs will face the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals after they overcame Oklahoma City in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals.

Melbourne United are still without a coach but have received a huge boost with confirmation Joe Ingles will join the NBL club, after ending his NBA career.

Authorities are investigating as the league mourns ‘an outstanding teammate and even better person’.

An Australian star was one of two players ejected for fighting before Atlanta’s NBA play-off hopes came to a brutal end with a historic loss to the New York Knicks.

Brian Goorjian should feature prominently in the discussion around Australia’s greatest coaches after winning his seventh NBL championship, writes Dane Eldridge.

The Sydney Kings have narrowly won a tense first game of the NBL play-off series against the Perth Wildcats.

Miami’s Bam Adebayo has produced one of NBA’s all-time most remarkable performances, pouring in 83 points for the second-highest tally in a game in league history.

Australian centre Jock Landale has moved NBA teams twice in as many days, joining the Atlanta Hawks alongside fellow Boomers star Dyson Daniels.

James Harden has landed on a fifth NBA team in as many years, with the superstar guard heading to Cleveland in a blockbuster trade.

Jock Landale will become the latest Australian to pull on a Utah Jazz uniform, with the centre part of a multi-player swap ahead of the NBA’s trade deadline.

For the first time since 2004, LeBron James has failed to be named as a starter for the NBA All-Star Game.

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic faces at least four weeks on the sidelines.

Australian NBA star Josh Giddey has suffered a blow in his All-Star hopes, limping off in Chicago's home defeat to Minnesota with a hamstring injury.