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With just under six minutes remaining on Wednesday night, Walker Kessler walked toward the Lakers bench, his jersey drenched in sweat, his left knee bloodied and bruised, his work finished.  At that moment more than 18,000 fans inside Crypto.com Arena rose to their collective feet to give the new Lakers big man a standing ovation for his spectacular debut in …

Rookie Mikel Brown Jr.’s NBA debut was one of the few Nets bright spots in a season-opening disappointment. The Nets lost 110-103 to the visiting Hornets, though their lottery pick showed some flashes in his first game. Advertisement “Man, I can’t even put it into words, man. It’s great,” Brown said. “At the end of the day, I still wanted …

“You can’t go 82-0 if you don’t start 1-0.” – LeBron James (paraphrasing) Expectations were high, and the degree of performance was even higher. On opening night, your Minnesota Timberwolves dusted the Miami Heat by a final score of 131-106. This game got out of hand for Miami in the third quarter and Minnesota never looked back. The new Wolves …

LOS ANGELES — In a season opener to forget, the Warriors were boat-raced out of Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday night in a 127-105 loss to the Lakers. New offense, same old Steph Any concern that Curry was at less than full strength after tweaking his ankle in an open practice last week should have evaporated by the end of the …

Well, Wednesday sure was a bad day for Bay Area basketball. A should-have-been thrilling doubleheader began with disappointment when the Golden State Valkyries were blown out by the Atlanta Dream in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals, and ended with disappointment when the Golden State Warriors were blown out by the Los Angeles Lakers in their first game of the …

LOS ANGELES — Even the rain that poured over downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday couldn’t have prepared Golden State Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg for the storm Luka Dončić wrought upon him in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 127-105 win over the Warriors. In a game with plenty of highlights for the purple and gold, Luka’s evisceration of the overeager rookie may …

In theory, Collin Sexton is a Laker. Fans are still waiting for his debut after he was sidelined for the entirety of the preseason. Things seemed to be trending toward Sexton making his debut on Tuesday after he was a full participant in practice on Monday and Tuesday. Advertisement Initially, Sexton was listed as questionable for the contest with a …

He spent the offseason admiring the great Lakers centers that came before him. He pondered how he could possibly continue such a legacy. Turns out, Walker Kessler makes it look easy. The new Lakers center scored 26 points on 12-for-12 shooting with nine rebounds, one assist and two blocks in his purple and gold debut to help the Lakers (1-0) …

Yaxel Lendeborg made headlines during his debut NBA game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Was it all for the right or wrong reasons? That’s up to you. A tall task was given Lendeborg during his first official game at the highest level of professional basketball: guarding one of the league’s best players in Luka Dončić. Advertisement Given Dončić’s penchant for …

For the first 20 minutes of the 2026-27 season, the Golden State Warriors looked pretty good against the Los Angeles Lakers. After that? Not so much. After Will Richard’s dunk got the Warriors within a point at 49-48, the Lakers closed the quarter with a 17-4 run that featured two personal fouls and a technical from rookie Yaxel Lendeborg, one …

The Dallas Mavericks (0-1) opened the 2026-27 season against the in-state rival Houston Rockets (1-0) on Wednesday night, falling 128-110 at the Toyota Center after one of the worst second quarters you will ever see. The long-awaited return of Kyrie Irving only halfway materialized, as the veteran guard logged just 24 minutes in his first game back from a torn …

LOS ANGELES – Walker Kessler got a standing ovation from the Crypto.com Arena crowd as he subbed out with six minutes left to go in the Los Angeles Lakers’ season-opening 127-105 blowout win over the Golden State Warriors firmly in hand on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Kessler stole the show after wreaking havoc all night in the paint, scoring 26 points …

LOS ANGELES — It worked as envisioned from the opening tip. Luka Doncic drove the lane, drew three defenders, and Walker Kessler slid behind all of it to the rim and finished an alley-oop. There was a lot of that all night — Kessler finished with 10 dunks in his Lakers debut, the most dunks in the first game of …

Sacramento Kings rookie point guard Darius Acuff Jr. made his NBA debut against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California on Oct. 21. The Kings dropped their season-opener against the Clippers in a 121-96 loss. As for Acuff, he struggled in his first-ever NBA game. Advertisement He wasn’t shy about shot attempts, which is …

Darius Garland, microphone in hand, waited patiently at midcourt to speak before the Clippers tipped off their 2026-27 NBA season against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night at Intuit Dome. “Clipper Nation, Clipper Nation,” the eighth-year guard said to raucous cheers in Inglewood. “We’ve been working hard all summer, ready to really turn up this year. [We’ll] try to play …

There was plenty to talk about heading into Wednesday’s season opener between the Memphis Grizzlies and Utah Jazz, from the Grizzlies’ planned tribute to the late Brandon Clarke, to longtime franchise linchpin Jaren Jackson Jr. making his return to FedExForum after being traded to Salt Lake City back in February, to the NBA debuts of the second and third picks …

As far as debuts go, in this one with the Miami Heat, Giannis Antetokounmpo was exceptional. He set the record for most points during a debut in franchise history with 35 – a mark previously held by LeBron James. Advertisement He set the tone with a 21-point first half on a barrage of downhill drives and finishes at the rim, …

For the first time since 2017, the Los Angeles Lakers began their season without LeBron James on the roster. But they still have Luka Dončić. That was more than enough for their season opener on Wednesday, a 127-105 home win over the short-handed Golden State Warriors. Advertisement Dončić certainly looked eager to define this Lakers era, posting 28 points on …

Keaton Wagler made his regular-season debut for the Los Angeles Clippers during the first quarter against the Sacramento Kings at the Intuit Dome on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Rookie Keaton Wagler will make his regular-season debut coming off the bench for Los Angeles. Advertisement Wagler was the fifth overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft out of Illinois and is expected …

The moment that Tyrese Haliburton had spent the last 16 months waiting for came on Wednesday night, with his Indiana Pacers coming down to the wire on the road against the New Orleans Pelicans in their first game of the 2026-27 NBA season. And after everything he’d gone through to get back here — the surgery to repair his ruptured …

The Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball era in Minnesota could not have gotten off to a better start. Anthony Edwards was the best player on the floor and knocked down nine 3-pointers on his way to 45 points, sparking a comfortable 131-106 win in Miami. Just last year, Edwards dropped 41 on Portland in Minnesota’s season opener. Edwards has now …

It took 257 days after his trade from the Dallas Mavericks, but Anthony Davis has finally made his debut with the Washington Wizards. He looked worth the wait. The All-NBA big man posted 34 points on 11-of-20 shooting, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in a runaway 128-116 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. Advertisement He got off to a …

The Giannis Antetokounmpo era with the Miami Heat has begun with a loss. In his first game with his new team after being traded from the Bucks in the offseason, Antetokounmpo and the Heat opened the season with a 131-106 blowout loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Advertisement Miami’s problem in the loss wasn’t its new forward. He finished with a …

The Nets couldn’t keep up with the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night, falling 110-103 in their first game of the 2026-27 season. It’s Brooklyn’s sixth straight season-opening loss. Here are the takeaways… — As expected, head coach Jordi Fernández went with Egor Dëmin, Keon Ellis, Michael Porter Jr., Julius Randle and Day’Ron Sharpe as his starting five on opening night …

The Los Angeles Clippers will start the season with several notable players absent to start the season. The team’s initial injury report for the season opener against the Kings on Wednesday, Oct. 21 featured five players ruled out. Advertisement Brandon Ingram will be the biggest absence for the team, considering he would’ve been a potential starter and was one of …