The National Basketball Association and its players reached a tentative labor agreement that would settle an antitrust lawsuit and set a season-opening triple-header on Dec. 25.
NBA Commissioner David Stern said the league plans a 66-game season starting Christmas Day. If players and owners ratify the deal reached yesterday morning after 15 hours of talks, Stern said the NBA will open training camps Dec. 9 and he expects the free-agency period to begin that day as well.
