Magic 97, Knicks 95

As Last-Gasp Shot Fails, Knicks Can Only Sigh

By SCOTT CACCIOLA

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J. R. Smith, who had 19 points, missed a 3-pointer as time expired, and the Knicks lost their sixth straight.

The Knicks faced an Orlando team playing its second game in 27 hours but could not take advantage.

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Gerald Green, driving against the Nets' Mason Plumlee, scored 28 points for the Suns on Wednesday. Green played for the Nets during the 2011-12 season.

Former Net Gerald Green Has 28 Points as Suns Top His Old Team

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Green came off the bench to score 28 points as the host Phoenix Suns erased a 19-point deficit to beat the Nets, 112-104, on Wednesday night.

Bria Hartley, left, and Kayla McBride have battled boredom and homesickness in their first month in a foreign country.

Overseas, Lost in Transition

By SETH BERKMAN

Women’s basketball players say the money is overseas, but the adjustment can be tough, especially if you’re not in a metropolis, say the first-timers Bria Hartley and Kayla McBride.

All 14 of the players who played for the Spurs in the N.B.A. playoffs last season are back, and the rookie Kyle Anderson (1) has replaced Damion James.

Spurs, Picture of Continuity, Are Set for Another Run

By BILLY WITZ

With the same players, save for a rookie, the Spurs are trying to recapture the form they displayed in June when they eviscerated the Heat to win their fifth N.B.A. championship.

Jane Hill, who runs the New Mexico company that owns Nets.com, with her son John. She has asked the Nets for $5 million for the domain, a figure the team has rejected.

Taunting Nets? Family Makes That Its Domain

By ANDREW KEH

Along with her son, the owner of a New Mexico company that holds the Nets.com domain name is behind pranks on the site that are intended to push the Nets to buy the domain.

LeBron James, dribbling against the Pelicans' John Salmons, finished with 32 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.

LeBron James’s Triple-Double Carries Cavaliers in Their Return Home

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

James got help from Kyrie Irving, who scored 27 of his 32 points in the second half, and Kevin Love, who added 22 points, in a victory over the Pelicans.

Hawks 91, Knicks 85

J. R. Smith, right, and Iman Shumpert of the Knicks battling Paul Millsap of the Hawks for control of the ball.

Jackson Offers Advice, but Knicks Fail to Follow It All

By SCOTT CACCIOLA

The team’s president, Phil Jackson, who has tried to stay in the background, told his players to protect the ball and shed defenders, but that didn’t happen against the Hawks.

Nets 104, Magic 96

The Magic’s Evan Fournier being hounded by the Nets’ Bojan Bogdanovic (44), Alan Anderson and Kevin Garnett. Garnett’s defense proved to be a game-changer.

With All-Star Benched for Lax Defense, the Nets Hang On

By ZACH SCHONBRUN

The Nets won with a tenacious defensive performance in the fourth quarter, but they stuck with an effective Kevin Garnett as Brook Lopez watched from the sidelines.

Ernie Vandeweghe, Knick and Physician, Dies at 86

By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN

A leading Knicks player of the early 1950s, Vandeweghe was also the patriarch of a three-generation family of athletes that includes the current professional tennis player Coco Vandeweghe.

Kings center DeMarcus Cousins is scoring more ably than he did last season while remaining a force on the boards.

N.B.A. Game of the Week: Kings vs. Mavericks

By JONAH BROMWICH

On Tuesday, the Kings, who went 28-54 last season but are off to a fast start, will face the Mavericks, a playoff team last season that is scoring a lot of points but giving up a lot, too.

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Derek Fisher, left, with J.R. Smith, has made the transition from being a player this time last year to being the coach of the Knicks.

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As Knicks’ Derek Fisher Finds, Coaching’s Burdens Are Heavy

By WILLIAM C. RHODEN

No matter how long you have played, no matter how often you have been labeled a coach on the court, you are never prepared for the extent to which coaching can take over your life.