The 2019-2020 Golden State Warriors now know what victory tastes like, after smacking around a severely depleted New Orleans Pelicans squad 134-123.
Both teams were the walking wounded, with the Pelicans especially hurt by the absence of Jrue Holiday and Zion Williamson.
I won’t lie, I had to re-write this thing 1,000,000 times in the fourth quarter. All for naught.
Though they seemed a little off at times, the Bucks ultimately took care of their divisional foes, knocking off the Cleveland Cavaliers, 129-112.
It’d be a bit of the same story that defined the second half vs. Miami to start this one out. It seemed that the Bucks would be sleepwalking at times, with not a whole lot of energy. All in all, there’d be seven lead changes and five ties to begin, and Cleveland advanced into the second quarter with a 31-30 lead.
Early in the second quarter, Brandon Ingram received a pass from Kenrich Williams for an easy two-hand dunk. With the basket, it was clear that the Houston Rockets were in for a long night as Ingram recorded his 11th point of the game.
You know the phrase death by a thousand paper cuts? The idea being that one cut won’t do noticeable damage but the cumulative effect of a thousand is too many to survive? Two games into this season, the Los Angeles Clippers already have an offensive system that can best be described as death by a thousand chainsaws.
As far as opening nights go, this one was wildly entertaining. And, to make it better, the Milwaukee Bucks came back to defeat the Houston Rockets 117 to 111.
