Basketball

11/29/2023 |  The NBA’s tournament quarterfinals are set, with Pacers, Bucks, Lakers and Kings set to host (Associated Press (AP)) MIAMI (AP) — Khris Middleton had a thought pop into his head immediately after Milwaukee topped Miami to finish group play in the NBA’s In-Season Tournament with an unbeaten record.

11/29/2023 |  Mark Cuban selling majority stake in Mavericks to Miriam Adelson, will retain basketball control, per report (CBS Sports) Mark Cuban, one of the NBA's most well-known and successful owners, is selling a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks to Miriam Adelson and the Adelson family, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania. Earlier Tuesday, it was reported that Adelson was selling $2 billion worth of Sands stock to fund the purchase of a professional sports team. Now we know which team she had in mind. The deal values that team in the range of $3.5 billion, according to Charania.

11/29/2023 |  NBA In-Season Tournament takeaways: League gets Lakers-Suns, Knicks-Bucks and other great knockout round games (CBS Sports) The group stage of the NBA's inaugural In-Season Tournament has come and gone, and now we know who will face off in the knockout stage. On Monday, it will be the Indiana Pacers hosting the Boston Celtics in the early game and the New Orleans Pelicans visiting the Sacramento Kings in the nightcap. On Tuesday, the New York Knicks will head to Milwaukee to face the Bucks and the last game of the quarterfinal round will be the Phoenix Suns in Los Angeles to take on the Lakers.

11/29/2023 |  NBA In-Season Tournament has been worth the effort, even as some insiders remain skeptical (CBS Sports) The NBA's group stage portion of its inaugural In-Season Tournament is in the books, and my quick verdict on the event is this: So far, so good and relatively interesting.

11/29/2023 |  Ballislife is a basketball media brand with nearly 9 million Instagram followers. See the 12-slide pitch deck it used to raise its first $2.7 million. (Business Insider)

• Ballislife is a basketball media company founded in 2005.
• The company is known for its videos and events, and has millions of followers on social media.
• These are the 12 pitch-deck slides Ballislife showed investors in 2022 to raise $2.69 million.