The Detroit Pistons set an NBA record by losing 28 consecutive games this season. From San Antonio to Washington to Charlotte to Portland, you can hear the sotto voce whispers, “Thank God for the Pistons.” On Thursday, the Trail Blazers lost a game by 62 points, with the biggest deficit after three quarters in NBA history; they’ve also lost games …
We complain sometimes when the NBA is too much of a top-heavy league, like when the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers met in the finals four straight times. Even last season’s unexpected postseason contention relied in part on players who since have been traded to further that rebuild, and the Jazz are sitting on a pile of picks and …
PHOENIX — There’s a special feeling when you’re in the building for that, “Holy s—!” moment, that rare, special game in which a young prodigy establishes that he’s ready to take his place as one of the game’s next big stars. If you missed it, the San Antonio Spurs’ 7-foot-4 French phenom took over crunchtime in just his fifth NBA …
