Basketball

The name of the 20,000-seat venue will change when the Lak­ers host the Brook­lyn Nets in the NBA’s Christ­mas show­case.

Brook­lyn Nets guard, who could lose $17m this sea­son if he doesn’t get the jab, says he’s do­ing ‘what’s best’ for him.

Nets gen­er­al man­ag­er says Irv­ing will not take part in team ac­tiv­i­ty un­til he is ‘el­i­gi­ble to be a full par­tic­i­pant’.