Keefe: AJ Dybantsa (ankle) ruled out for Friday; remains day-to-day.
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Thu, Oct 22
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Mitchell Robinson on the Celtics' season-opener: "I just felt like I was playing trash the whole time." "I'm one of the best defensive bigs in the league and I didn't show it that night." Robinson had 4 PTS, 3 REB with a -8 rating in 18 MIN. https://t.co/nDekCpo3oE
Jarrett Allen (knee) plans to play Thursday, per @realDCunningham.
Status alert: Jarrett Allen (knee) participating in shootaround Thursday.
It'll probably get lost in all of the Edwards, Ball, McDaniels, Dosunmu awesomeness, but Jonathan Kuminga played a pretty good defensive game. Especially when he was guarding Giannis a lot. This play stood out, because Kuminga was battling before getting the steal. https://t.co/ck71U3PQ1b
Injuries 10/22 CLE: Jarrett Allen - Questionable Nae'Qwan Tomlin - Out PHI: Dean Wade - Questionable Ariel Hukporti - Out Dominick Barlow - Out DEN: Spencer Jones - Questionable Julian Strawther - Out OKC: Nikola Topic - Out Thomas Sorber - Out
With half of the NBA carrying an open standard roster spot, two-way usage is expected to be up. As a reminder, our Two-Way tracker is updated every morning on @spotrac with how many games each player has left and how many under-15 games each team has left: https://t.co/i6Pq5sOD8n
Veteran NBA agent Andy Miller is joining LIFT Sports Management as chief operating officer. Miller, who has represented prominent players, coaches and executives across four decades, will oversee agency operations and lead its next phase of strategic direction.
Yaxel Lendeborg on Luka Doncic: "I had a lot of respect for him ... but being in there first hand, watching all the whining and complaining, I lost all respect for him." (🎥 via @anthonyVslater) https://t.co/RZaz0yvGRa
Ty Lue after the Clippers' opening night win: "That win was for Mr. Ballmer. Just want to say thank you for everything. We're still fighting for him." https://t.co/UH3TMODRkq
Lowest FG% in a rookie debut in NBA history (min. 20+ FGA): Sidney Wicks - 18.5% FG (1971) Darius Acuff Jr. - 20.8% FG (tonight) Elmore Smith - 23.8% FG (1971) OJ Mayo - 25% FG (2008) Acuff had 12 PTS on 5-24 FG, 0-7 3PT https://t.co/AwQUHONmXX
Luka Doncic on his exchange with Yaxel Lendeborg and halfcourt shot response: "He was talking crazy ... I knew that was going before I got it in my hands. I work on those." https://t.co/gY5MUCRHok
Walker Kessler in Lakers debut: 26 PTS 9 REB 2 BLK 12-12 FG Most dunks in a game by a Laker (10) since Shaq in 2003. https://t.co/1TD5PckKHY
Damian Lillard's first game back from Achilles injury: 25 PTS 6 AST 6-10 3PT Ja Morant in Blazers debut: 14 PTS 8 AST 6-8 FG Blazers beat the Suns by 41. https://t.co/Q0oJjMvODZ
Wed, Oct 21
Status alert: Oso Ighodaro (hip) won't return Wednesday.
Luka Doncic responds to Yaxel Lendeborg's trash talk https://t.co/sGOybn3slD
Yaxel Lendeborg jawing with Luka Doncic already https://t.co/RXpq2V41HV
Draymond should have just let Thybulle go under. He didn't even need to move into his path there.
I'm pretty mad that not a single one of you told me that Ty Jerome was going to the MVP. More in tomorrow's NBA Game Notes on The Basketball Bulletin, but Cam Boozer shot like crap, but he did so many other helpful things. Grizzlies are really fun!
Anthony Edwards on LaMelo Ball: "I think he's the best point guard in the league." (via @JonKrawczynski) https://t.co/Pq4dr86Ik8
DAME'S BACK. HEAT CHECK. https://t.co/MelG6BX1HD
Tyrese Haliburton getting emotional in the postgame interview after his first game back. 23 PTS and 12 AST in a win. https://t.co/t8IsAtt5nX
The Luka Doncic-Walker Kessler lob combo has been at work early and often for the Lakers. Issue for the Lakers is they've lost Stephen Curry multiple times on cuts. No idea how that happens. It's Steph!
Ty Jerome getting MVP chants with 45 points on Opening Night https://t.co/XvWfWp62xl
Pacers-Pelicans is coming down the wire. Been a really fun fourth quarter. Tyrese Haliburton looks pretty good and just dropped a classic dime on Pascal Siakam. Zion Williams answered with a very strong and-1. Pels are getting a lot of production from a lot of different guys.
Worst plus-minus in a debut in NBA history: Caleb Wilson: -45 (tonight) Jalen Green: -37 (2021) Amen Thompson: -34 (2023) Raptors beat the Bulls by 43. https://t.co/rMh9l16Yvr
Someone let the Suns know the season has started. Sheesh.
Players in NBA history with multiple 40-point season openers: Anthony Edwards Wilt Chamberlain Michael Jordan Ant had 45 PTS, 10 REB in the win. https://t.co/Lc2A83SuzY
Status alert: Alperen Sengun (back) has returned to Wednesday's game.