John Hollinger

6 days ago | nytimes.com | John Hollinger

Does the NBA regular season mean less than it used to? Recent history seems to be pointing that way. I feel like I'm mentioning this every year, but as long as it stays true, I'll keep doing it: The postseason has become less chalky. Historically, the average NBA postseason only sees four teams without home-court advantage prevail out of the 15 series, but of late, that number has increased.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | John Hollinger

Just like that, 82 regular-season games have passed us by. But thank goodness for Play-In Tournament week, a time for us to stop and collect our breath a little before a frenzied sprint to the NBA finish line in June.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Joe Vardon |John Hollinger

An NBA regular season marked by shocking trades and stunning dismissals of coaches whose teams were in the playoff hunt came down to the final day for six Western teams to learn, and earn, their fates. One of those teams that fired its coach over the last two weeks claimed the No. 4 seed, and one of the teams to pull off a blockbuster trade fell into the Play-In Tournament in devastating fashion. The Denver Nuggets beat the Houston Rockets 126-111 Sunday to capture the No. 4 seed.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | John Hollinger |Mike Prada

Hello basketball fans! Welcome to The Athletic's live coverage of the final day of the NBA regular season, with postseason implications galore. By day's end, with all 30 teams in action, playoff seeding will be solidified. We already know the first-round matchups and Play-In tournament participants in the East. In the West, four teams (Nuggets, Clippers, Timberwolves, Warriors and Grizzlies) remain separated by one game, with one doomed to join the Grizzlies in the Play-In tournament.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | John Hollinger |Adam Jahns |Dan Sheldon |Jacob Tanswell

As a proud Harvard Business School alum, I am partial to case studies as an instructive tool to understand dynamics in management, innovation, investment or attention. Each Friday, I'll select a few recent stories - case studies, really - published by The Athletic's team that might yield insights about what works (or what doesn't) inside of organizations, surrounding athletes and impacting their success (and our fandom). - Dan Shanoff, Managing Editor, Sports BusinessA case study in ...