Basketball – Page 71

Coach Who Posed as a High School Player in Virginia Causes Season’s Forfeit

The Portsmouth Public Schools received a report last week that an assistant coach had played in a girls’ junior varsity basketball game on Jan. 21. The team decided not to go forward with the season.

By Eduardo Medina

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Damian Lillard Has Stuck With Portland for 11 Years. What Kind of Star Does That?

The Trail Blazers point guard has prized loyalty over easier paths to winning. And that’s what makes him great.

By Kurt Streeter

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LeBron James Is Reminded in Boston That a Career Is Not All Glory

James drew closer to the N.B.A. career scoring record ahead of games in New York, but the Celtics proved again why they have been one of his great adversaries over the past 20 years.

By Scott Cacciola

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LeBron James Scoring Tracker: How Close Is He to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Record?

James is fewer than 200 points away from breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s N.B.A. career scoring record. Abdul-Jabbar set the record before James was born.

By Tania Ganguli