According to basketball history, a team must win 40 games before it loses 20 to be a genuine championship contender. This year, three teams make the cut.

San Antonio Spurs player Victor Wembanyama is expected to miss the rest of the season, according to ESPN's Shams Charania.

As the N.B.A. confronts a time without LeBron James, Stephen Curry or Kevin Durant, the Spurs star has embraced the idea that he is the league’s future.

Dillon Brooks has spent his career sparring with the NBA’s best players. With the Houston Rockets, he’s also leading one of the league’s most fearsome defenses.

Ben Simmons went on an assists rampage as he lead the Brooklyn Nets to a win in a masterclass display that left fans in disbelief.

Caitlin Clark! A’ja Wilson! Angel Reese! This year, women’s hoops emerged as a dominant pop-cultural force. But the road to sports-league supremacy has been long and winding. This is the inside story of how the W finally broke through.

LeBron James and his son Bronny made history after they became the first father-son duo to share the court in an NBA game during the Los Angeles Lakers' season opener against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, the "larger than life" center who played 18 NBA seasons, has died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the league announced Monday.

• Second consecutive French player to go No 1 overall
• Center Alex Sarr selected by Washington at No 2
• Three French players drafted in top six picks