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The business of basketball is booming and Tilman Fertitta, the owner of the NBA's Houston Rockets, suggests the league has a winning game plan for keeping fans tuned in. "The NBA, it's just fun and interesting and the crowd is into it," Fertitta told CNBC during "Power Lunch" this week. This season, the NBA set records for total attendance and sold out games. During the 2017 - 2018 basketball regular season, which ended April 11, attendance at NBA games was more than 22.12 million, compared with 21.99 million last year and 21.97 million during the 2015 - 2016 season. More people are watching at home too. Combined average TV viewership — on ABC, TNT, ESPN and NBA TV — for NBA games was 1.4 viewers, Continue to Article

April 14, 2018 3:25:pm EST

The monkey quickly had his own Twitter account, the state's governor steadfastly denied any involvement, and at least one Twitter user credited the animal's recent discovery with breaking a curse that kept the Minnesota Timberwolves out of the NBA playoffs for 14 years. The monkey was found in what used to be the flagship store for the Dayton's department store chain — which was once owned by Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton's family. "I was not responsible," Dayton deadpanned at an unrelated news conference Thursday. Continue to Article

April 12, 2018 7:20:pm EST

In this episode of On the Rocks, the Houston Rockets superstar shows off his best pieces, laments a lost Rolex, and talks about shady fake jewelry. Continue to Article

April 12, 2018 8:00:am EST

James Harden's year so far has been pretty okay: he led his Houston Rockets to the NBA's best regular season record, all but locked up the NBA's Most Valuable Player award, and recorded the most disrespectful crossover in the history of basketball (seriously Continue to Article

April 12, 2018 7:59:am EST

Willie Cauley-Stein scored 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting and collected 11 rebounds as the host Sacramento Kings recorded a 96-83 victory over the NBA-best Houston Rockets on Wednesday night at Golden 1 Center. Buddy Hield added 14 points and Bogdan Bogdanovic and Vince Carter scored 12 apiece as Sacramento completed its 12th consecutive losing season. Meanwhile, the setback was just the fourth in the past 35 games for Houston. Continue to Article

April 12, 2018 12:58:am EST

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