Golden State got their first win of the season, behind 7 blocks from Kevin Durant and 33 points from Klay Thompson

If you were expecting the Warriors to come out of the gates firing after losing their season opener, well . . . that didn’t exactly happen. The Dubs looked sloppy and unfocused in the opening minutes against an energetic New Orleans Pelicans team.

With Kawhi Leonard in street clothes, LaMarcus Aldridge showed the Spurs had all the starpower they needed to beat an upgraded Minnesota squad.

Much has been made of the Spurs’ nondescript offseason, settling for seemingly marginal moves as superteams formed elsewhere. One of those new powers was meant to be the Timberwolves, who added top-flight wing Jimmy Butler to a core of Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins and have their sights set on a long-awaited return to the playoffs.

Shane Larkin comes up big in critical game for C’s

Without Gordon Hayward, Marcus Morris, and Marcus Smart, the Celtics were in real danger of going 0-3 against Joel Embiid and a promising young Sixers team. And in the most Celtic way possible, the most unlikely hero won them the game.

It wasn’t pretty, but the Rockets cranked out another victory and spoiled the Sacramento home opener, beating the Kings 105-100 Wednesday night.

Despite Chris Paul sitting with an ankle injury and a poor shooting night, the Rockets were resilient and found a way to win anyway. Eric Gordon got the start for CP3 tonight, and he was amazingly effective despite a rough three-point shot. He scored 25 points tonight and his +12 lead the team tonight. The team just looks better with Gordon out there. He’s another shot creator and takes a lot of pressure off of Harden and Paul.

The Los Angeles Clippers opened their 2017-2018 season Thursday night by trouncing the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center 108-92.

In a September 2017 interview with Mike Bresnahan of Spectrum SportsNet, Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball commented on the franchise’s rivalry with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Boston gave no timetable for Hayward’s return after a ghastly ankle injury cut his Celtics debut short.

After a gruesome left leg injury left Gordon Hayward with a dislocated ankle and a fractured tibia, the Boston Celtics announced their All-Star forward will undergo surgery on Wednesday evening in Boston.

Steven Adams is awesome, and the Thunder are back!

Turns out, putting Russell Westbrook, Carmelo Anthony, and Paul George on the same team is going to a ton of fun. Who knew? After a slow start, shots started to fall and the Thunder got into a nice second half flow to ultimately beat the Knicks by 21. Russell Westbrook had his 80th career triple double, which is cool I guess. But Steven Adams plays really good defense, and that’s definitely cool.

Stephen Curry looked locked in (scoring 18 points in 19 minutes) while rookie Jordan Bell posted a double-double

The final preseason game for the Golden State Warriors lacked some star power as Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala, and Kevin Durant (who was honored Friday night with his own bobblehead) would all be missing the matchup with the Sacramento Kings. But Warriors fans had much to be excited about as heralded rookie forward Jordan Bell would be starting in the place of Green.