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Every team in the NBA has made its debut in the 2026-27 season after the Denver Nuggets and Cleveland Cavaliers both played for the first time on Thursday night. The regular season is genuinely eternal with 82 games on the calendar for each franchise before the playoffs start, but it’s our right as sports fans to overreact to the first …

James Dolan is firmly cemented as one of the most reviled owners in sports, but even knowing the depths of his awfulness, nobody was prepared for the story that broke on Thursday night about how atrociously he treated Knicks employees. When a team wins a championship it’s customary for an organization to give at least some employees championship rings as …

On Championship Night, the New York Knicks were honored at Madison Square Garden and received their long-awaited championship rings. However, the assistant coaches were handed empty boxes, creating the illusion that they had received their rings, The Athletic reported. During the championship celebration, each Knicks player was individually presented with their ring in front of the crowd. The ceremony culminated …

Before I get started, I know I gotta drop the health disclaimers The Golden State Warriors walked into Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday without their starting small forward, their starting center, their starting shooting guard, and the backup behind him. Jimmy Butler is still rehabbing the ACL, Kristaps Porzingis is out with an injury that none of my buddies can explain, …

Luka Doncic has never met a microphone he liked. Yet when Lakers staffers approached the star guard a few days before the Lakers dominated their season opener against the Golden State Warriors to ask him if he wanted to address the crowd, Doncic didn’t just agree to the task. “Of course,” he said afterward. Advertisement Standing at the center of …

Imagine your employer had an excellent year and you were in line for an award, one you earned through great effort, extensive travel, and long nights. Instead of receiving it, however, you’re handed an IOU note at the ceremony. Or worse, you were gotcha-ed with a fake email about the award, just to test the company’s cybersecurity. Your response might …

Karl-Anthony Towns provided a reminder of one of comedy’s greatest lessons. During Jalen Brunson’s “Saturday Night Live” monologue, Towns asked him, “Can you foul out of ‘SNL?'” It poked fun at last season’s constant issue of getting into foul trouble. Advertisement “I feel like all jokes,” Towns said after Knicks practice Thursday, “have some truth to [them], right?” Karl-Anthony Towns …

The Lakers’ backcourt is about to get healthier. Backup guard Collin Sexton was taken off of the team’s injury report and is expected to be available for Friday’s home game against the Clippers after dealing with a strained right soleus (calf). Advertisement Sexton sat out of Wednesday’s season-opening win over the Warriors and the entire preseason with the injury. The …

LeBron James was as still as a statue during the national anthem before Thursday’s game between the 76ers and Cavaliers. Video from the Philadelphia Inquirer showed James straight-faced with his arms behind his back while the anthem played at Wells Fargo Arena, a stark contrast to his movements before Philadelphia’s season-opener against the Knicks. During the playing of “The Star-Spangled …

Josh Hart spent five years going at it with Mitchell Robinson in practice. Now, they’re about to do it in a real game, on opposing teams. Friday night against the Celtics in Boston will be the first time the Knicks face Robinson since he left in free agency. Advertisement He signed a three-year, $47.4 million deal — a number the …

It may be just the second game of an 82-game regular season, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early for the San Antonio Spurs to get a bad taste out of their mouths. The bad taste in question would be their opening night loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, which featured some dreadful shooting from the Silver and Black and …

From boos to a roar, Sixers give Philadelphia the night it needed originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Over the last three weeks, it has not exactly been Always Sunny around the sports complex on South Broad Street. Advertisement There has not been much to cheer for, either. The Phillies fell to the division-rival Braves in the National League Wild …

The Dallas Mavericks will try to notch their first win of the season as they travel to Indianapolis to take on the Indiana Pacers Friday night. Opening night didn’t go the Mavericks’ way, as they lost to the Rockets in Houston Wednesday night. The Pacers, meanwhile, opened the season with a win against the New Orleans Pelicans. Dallas faces a …

The Clippers kicked off the 2026-27 season with an Opening Night victory. Head coach Tyronn Lue dedicated the Clippers’ 121-96 win over the Kings to owner Steve Ballmer, who is currently serving a one-year suspension for violating the NBA’s salary cap circumvention rules. Advertisement “That win was for Mr. Ballmer,” Lue said. “Just want to say thank you for everything. …

After kicking off the season with a dominant victory against the Golden State Warriors, the Lakers (1-0) will take on the L.A. Clippers (1-0) on Friday. The Clippers are coming off their own strong win over the Sacramento Kings. Start time and TV schedule Who: Los Angeles Lakers vs. L.A. Clippers Advertisement When: 7 p.m. PT, Oct 23 Where: Crypto.com …

No one has to remind you of the soul-crushing events that occurred less than 48 hours ago. The invocation of Ty Jerome’s name is enough to set fire to South Temple Street. Of course, one loss has near-no significance in the grand scheme of an 82-game season. Utah will have a fresh set of feet along with a home crowd …

LeBron James says his home debut was “everything that I dreamed of and more” after the Philadelphia 76ers turned boos into cheers by overhauling a 29-point deficit to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-106. It is the largest comeback win of James’ 24-season NBA career and also the largest comeback by the 76ers in the play-by-play era, which began in 1996-97. …

Remember the good old days of just caring about diamond rings, roughly 70 square feet of fabric and the feelings of Ariel Hukporti? Yeah, me neither. It’s what a loss against the Philadelphia 76ers on Banner Night at Madison Square Garden can do to you. It functions as a stark reminder that the new NBA season is upon us and …

The Utah Jazz released their injury report, and it looks similar to opening night. It does look like Tony Bradley has a chance to play tomorrow. Or, at least, he’ll be potentially available. Utah struggled with the rebounding battle against the Memphis Grizzlies, and Bradley could provide help with that. Advertisement Utah is going to have to be careful with …

The San Antonio Spurs will do anything to fly under the radar. First, they bribed The Athletic to rank them lower than anyone expected them to finish. Then they lost their opening game of the season at home to further throw us off the scent. Advertisement The Spurs have grown accustomed to being the snake in the grass. They just …

Regular Season Bell Ringer Standings:Tyrese Maxey – 1 Following a first half that saw the Philadelphia 76ers turn the ball over 14 times and trail Cleveland by as many as 29 points, the Sixers team we dreamed about all summer re-emerged in the second half. The Sixers ratcheted up the defensive intensity four or five notches, and were flying all …

This team might just have some juice. The Sixers erased a 29-point deficit to win their home opener 114-106 over the Cleveland Cavaliers Thursday night. Tyrese Maxey put together the most complete game, leading the Sixers with 32 points with six assists. Joel Embiid quietly came alive, putting up 24 points and seven rebounds. Advertisement LeBron James had a very …

We all witnessed a basketball atrocity in the Suns’ season opener. Portland scored the first 21 points of the game. The Suns lost before they even scored a single point. Phoenix didn’t get on the board until Devin Booker went to the free-throw line with 5:54 left in the first quarter, and the Suns didn’t make a field goal until …

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s historic streak is over. The Oklahoma City Thunder superstar and reigning MVP scored 17 points in a 96-84 win against the Denver Nuggets on Thursday, Oct. 22. This ended his streak of 141 straight games scoring 20 points or more, the longest streak in NBA history. Advertisement He finished the first half without a field goal and his …

LeBron James does not seem to mind that the president of the United States is mad at him. The Philadelphia 76ers star drew some attention for his behavior during the national anthem at his team’s season-opener against the New York Knicks on Tuesday. As “The Star Spangled Banner” played, James went through rotational exercises and his shooting motion while lined …