INGLEWOOD, California — Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer won’t fight the NBA’s salary cap circumvention punishment in a reversal of the team’s initial defiance and vow to fight against what it called “a heavily biased investigation.” In his first public comments since the NBA announced a sweeping punishment against the Clippers this month, Ballmer Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has reversed his earlier stance and accepted the NBA's penalties over the Kawhi Leonard salary cap circumvention case. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• INGLEWOOD, California — Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer won’t fight the NBA’s salary cap circumvention punishment in a reversal of the team’s initial defiance and vow to fight against what it called “a heavily biased investigation.” In his first publi...S1S3

• Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has reversed his earlier stance and accepted the NBA's penalties over the Kawhi Leonard salary cap circumvention case.S2