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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Oct 25, 2016
Bulls hope to contend despite huge roster overhaul
The big news of the NBA summer was Kevin Durant leaving Oklahoma City for Golden State, thus, in theory, improving a team that set a record for the most wins in the history of the league.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jul 5, 2016
Durant's decision based on best chance to win titles
Jerry West may have done it again.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 21, 2016
No need for Warriors to panic despite Game 7 loss
Well, as Ron Harper famously told the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, "Don't mean a thing without the ring."
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 7, 2016
Could Durant join forces with LeBron on Cavaliers?
The NBA Finals still is the big story in basketball, and it will be for the next week or so no matter the conclusion.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 24, 2016
Cavaliers may have right formula for Warriors this time
It looks like the NBA is going to finish its 2015-16 season the way it should and the way few expected it might.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 10, 2016
Coaches find that patience no longer a virtue for teams
How does that saying go about better to rent than buy?
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 26, 2016
Thibodeau could make Timberwolves genuine contenders
One of my favorite movies, and not just because I live in Chicago — but if you want to see the best city location shots, that's the movie — is the John Belushi/Dan Aykroyd 1980s farce, "The Blues Brothers." It's a send-up of a Saturday Night Live TV show bit in which the comics actually became blues singers.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 12, 2016
Brilliant-but-humble Curry a product of the modern game
Stephen Curry is about to win his second consecutive NBA Most Valuable Player award. In its penultimate game on Monday, his team tied the all-time record for wins (72) in a season, equaling Michael Jordan's 1995-96 Bulls' record that many believed was as unassailable as Wilt's 100 points.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 29, 2016
Duncan quietly winding down a sensational career
In this NBA season of Kobe, his season-long farewell tour perhaps the only thing distracting from the Golden State Warriors fast break to history, it is fitting that this likely is the final season for probably the greatest power forward of all time in the NBA. He's a player who may even rank above Bryant in the all time sporting fantasy Valhalla.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 15, 2016
Celtics seeking missing piece to become legitimate title contenders
The Boston Celtics are having a wonderful season, third in the Eastern Conference with only about a month remaining in the regular season, one of the true surprise teams in the NBA along with perhaps the Charlotte Hornets and Portland Trail Blazers.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 1, 2016
Nomadic Whiteside playing well, but remains enigma
Hassan Whiteside has become one of the most remarkable NBA stories of recent years, a virtual outcast who was a second-round draft pick, a regular in the minor league D-League and then expatriate playing in China and Lebanon, and even in an attempt to return to the NBA released by the Memphis Grizzlies.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 16, 2016
Fisher a victim of Jackson's coaching purism
Phil Jackson is much less Zen master than basketball apostle.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 2, 2016
Hoop sage Bach lived incredible life
You probably don't know Johnny Bach. You've seen him, the ruddy-faced guy with the stern demeanor sitting on the bench of the champion Chicago Bulls next to Phil Jackson in the 1990s, steely grey eyes fixed on the defensive play, his "Doberman defense" as it came to affectionately be known during the Bulls' first three championships.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 19, 2016
Rockets lacking in many areas, will likely deal Howard
One of the theories about the Houston Rockets this season, one of the Western Conference preseason title favorites who reached the season's halfway mark at about .500, has been the proof their analytics rage isn't the answer to success.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 5, 2016
Moses Malone should be remembered as all-time great
Moses Malone, the Hall of Fame center who died Sept. 13 of a heart attack, was a man of few words.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 22, 2015
Bryant determined to remain defiant until the end
In some respects Kobe Bryant, perhaps the true Baby Jordan, reminds me the most of Jerry West, the original Los Angeles Lakers great guard. Because they go out of their way, defiant to the end.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 8, 2015
George's amazing comeback may be best story of season
Consider this story: A star professional athlete suffers a gruesome injury, a broken leg so horrific that bystanders — including me — couldn't even bear to look at the damage, the bone literally sticking out, piercing the covering skin.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 24, 2015
Warriors off to great start, but 72-10 Bulls were better
It's the defense, stupid.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 10, 2015
Pressure on Donovan from outset in Oklahoma City
Billy Donovan qualifies as the luckiest, unluckiest rookie coach in the NBA. He also, by the way, has to save a franchise.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Oct 27, 2015
Spurs hope Aldridge will continue cycle of greatness
It seems like the last time San Antonio was a destination was about 180 years ago when an adventurer and one-time United States congressman named Davy Crockett tried to help local settlers protect an old mission called the Alamo against the Mexican army.
New JAL chief concerned about yen’s ‘excessive’ weakness
Mitsuko Tottori became Japan Airlines’ first female CEO on April 1, having risen through the ranks as a flight attendant and heading the flight attendant and customer experience divisions.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.

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