National Basketball Association

Phil Jackson and Jeanie Buss announce they have ended their engagement

Published Dec. 27, 2016 11:43 p.m. ET

Rob Perez

The NBA's power couple of Los Angeles Lakers co-owner Jeanie Buss and New York Knicks president Phil Jackson is no more.

On Tuesday evening, the two announced they have ended their four-year engagement via an iPad page document distributed by Jackson's Twitter account.

https://twitter.com/PhilJackson11/status/813955607250096128

Jeanie Buss immediately followed the announcement with a tweet of her own:

https://twitter.com/JeanieBuss/status/813956801901146113

From the sound of the comments made publicly available, it appears the end of their engagement was a civil split.

Per ESPN's Baxter Holmes, the two have dated since 1999 and became engaged during the Christmas holiday of 2012 -- an unfortunate turn of events for basketball's most popular duo.