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• Game Thread: Suns vs. Jazz, the finale

  17-10-2026 03:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX, AZ - OCTOBER 10: Collin Gillespie #12 of the Phoenix Suns handles the ball during the game against the San Antonio Spurs during a preseason game on October 10, 2026 at PHX Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE
  
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• Walker Kessler's Lakers debut couldn't have gone much better

  22-10-2026 09:54 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Lakers center Walker Kessler, looking to pass while under pressure from Warriors center Graham Ike, finished with 26 points on 12-for-12 shooting from the field in the season opener on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)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
  
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• Warriors vs. Lakers player grades: Yaxel Lendeborg and Graham Ike shine in NBA debuts

  22-10-2026 09:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 21: Yaxel Lendeborg #1 of the Golden State Warriors dribbles the ball during the game against the Los Angeles Lakers on October 21, 2026 at Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images) | NB
  
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• JJ Redick says Collin Sexton did not suffer setback, collaborative decision not to play vs. Warriors

  22-10-2026 08:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 21: Collin Sexton #10 of the Los Angeles Lakers arrives to the arena before the game against the Golden State Warriors on October 21, 2026 at Chase Center in San Francisco, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE v
  
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• Luka Dončić gave Yaxel Lendeborg his ‘Welcome To The League’ moment

  22-10-2026 08:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 21: Luka Doncic #77 of the Los Angeles Lakers shoots the ball during the game against the Golden State Warriors on October 21, 2026 at Chase Center in San Francisco, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Gett
  
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• Sacramento Kings rookie Darius Acuff Jr. struggles in NBA debut

  22-10-2026 08:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  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.He wasn't shy about shot attempts, which is something you might want to see from your No. 7 overall pick of the 2026 NBA Draft. The 19-year-old played 35 minutes in his debut game for the Kings
  
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• On opening night, Luka Doncic, Walker Kessler pairing works beautifully

  22-10-2026 08:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  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.Luka Walker pic.twitter.com/ZSAehnoPU3 — Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) October 22, 2026There was a lot of that all night — Kessler finished with 10 dunks in his Lakers debut, the most dunks in the first game of the season by a Laker since Shaquille O'Neal in 2003. It was just one game — against a shorthan
  
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• Yaxel Lendeborg on Luka Dončić: ‘I’ve lost all respect for him’

  22-10-2026 07:48 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 21: Yaxel Lendeborg #1 of the Golden State Warriors & Luka Doncic #77 of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on during the game on October 21, 2026 at Chase Center in San Francisco, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images) |
  
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• Ty Jerome explodes for career-high 45 points, sets Grizzlies opening-night record in win over Jazz

  22-10-2026 07:18 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  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 in June’s 2026 NBA Draft: Utah’s Darryn Peterson and Memphis’ Cameron Boozer.Coming out of Wednesday night, though, there was r
  
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• Darius Garland leads Clippers to big win over Kings

  22-10-2026 07:16 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Clippers guard Darius Garland lets out a yell after scoring against the Kings during the second quarter Wednesday at Intuit Dome. (Luke Hales / Getty Images)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 re
  
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• Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves spoil Giannis' home debut with Heat

  22-10-2026 07:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  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.He set the tone with a 21-point first half on a barrage of downhill drives and finishes at the rim, giving the Heat a legitimate Most Valuable Player candidate they haven’t had since James was on the roster. He played with pace and was practically impossible to guard in transition and
  
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• Player Grades: Recapping the Mavericks’ 128-110 opening night loss at the Rockets

  22-10-2026 06:58 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON, TX - OCTOBER 21: Cooper Flagg #32 and Kyrie Irving #11 of the Dallas Mavericks look on during the game on October 21, 2026 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images The Dallas Maveri
  
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• Walker Kessler wreaks havoc on Warriors as Lakers impress in opener

  22-10-2026 06:54 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  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 on a perfect 12-for-12 shooting performance – 10 of which were dunks, nearly all of which came via alley-oop – to go along with nine rebounds and two
  
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• Steph Curry can’t save Warriors from familiar disaster in Lakers blowout

  22-10-2026 06:52 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  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 StephAny 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 first quarter, if not earlier. He was just as smooth an operator as ever, even while breaking in a new, five-out offensive system.Curry finished with 23, including 16 of the
  
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• Luka Doncic punks Warriors rookie in season opener

  22-10-2026 06:48 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 21: Yaxel Lendeborg #1 of the Golden State Warriors plays defense on Luka Doncic #77 of the Los Angeles Lakers on October 21, 2026 at Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via
  
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• NBA winners and losers: Giannis gets nothing from new Heat teammates; Steph Curry could be in for a long year

  22-10-2026 06:47 via CBS Sports Headlines
  
  If an opening night blowout loss to Minnesota was any indication, Giannis' first season in Miami could be a bumpy one
  
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• NBA Final Score - Wolves 131, Heat 106

  22-10-2026 06:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI, FL - OCTOBER 21: Anthony Edwards #5 and LaMelo Ball #1 of the Minnesota Timberwolves celebrate during the game against the Miami Heat on October 21, 2026 at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty
  
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• Lakers’ Big 3 dominates in season-opening win over Warriors

  22-10-2026 06:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The Lakers’ Luka Doncic era couldn’t have gotten off to a better start.And the game’s opening play foreshadowed what turned into a dominant 127-105 Lakers’ win over the Warriors Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena.Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers prepares to shoot a free throw during a game against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. NBAE via Getty ImagesAs the shot clock was winding down, Doncic drove past Warriors star Draymon
  
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• Lakers rout Warriors in perfect season-opening performance

  22-10-2026 06:42 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 21: Walker Kessler #14 of the Los Angeles Lakers smiles during the game against the Golden State Warriors on October 21, 2026 at Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Gett
  
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• Luka Dončić-led Lakers begin post-LeBron James era with blowout win over Warriors

  22-10-2026 06:41 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  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.Dončić certainly looked eager to define this Lakers era, posting 28 points on 7-of-18 shooting, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals. He spent much of the game matched up against Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg and appeared to tak
  
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• Game Recap: Suns suffer 124-83 blowout loss to Trail Blazers in season opener

  22-10-2026 06:33 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, OREGON - OCTOBER 21: Ja Morant #1 of the Portland Trail Blazers steals the ball from Devin Booker #15 of the Phoenix Suns during the first half at Moda Center on October 21, 2026 in Portland, Oregon. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Phoenix Suns opened the 2026–27 season o
  
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• Former UVA star Ty Jerome erupts for career high in Memphis’ season opener

  22-10-2026 06:33 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MEMPHIS, TN - OCTOBER 21: Ty Jerome #2 of the Memphis Grizzlies celebrates during the game against the Utah Jazz on October 21, 2026 at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Grant Burke/NBAE via Getty Images) | Photo by Grant Burke/NBAE via Getty Images No
  
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• Damian Lillard drops 25 points in Trail Blazers return, leads historic 41-point rout over Suns in season opener

  22-10-2026 06:27 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  It may be a long season for Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns.They opened the 2026-27 campaign in perhaps the worst possible way on Wednesday night at the Moda Center, and couldn’t do anything to slow down Damian Lillard in his official return to the floor for the Trail Blazers. Portland, after a historic opening half, rolled to a blowout 124-83 win over the Suns to kick off the season. Lillard dropped 25 points and went 6-of-10 from behind the arc in his official return to Portland. The long
  
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• Stats Rundown: 3 numbers to know from the Mavericks’ season-opening 128-110 loss at the Rockets

  22-10-2026 06:19 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  HOUSTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 21: Kyrie Irving #11 of the Dallas Mavericks drives to the basket during the second quarter of the game against Marcus Smart #36 and Alperen Sengun #28 of the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center on October 21, 2026 in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images) | Getty Image
  
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• Familiar faces, new places: Grading debuts for Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kawhi Leonard, other NBA stars

  22-10-2026 06:15 via CBS Sports Headlines
  
  As Giannis debuted for Miami and Kawhi made his great escape to Toronto, LaMelo Ball was up to his old tricks and Anthony Davis... finally played a game!
  
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• Lakers’ Luka Doncic hits halfcourt shot, chirps at Warriors’ Yaxel Lendeborg

  22-10-2026 05:57 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  It doesn’t take much to get Lakers superstar Luka Doncic going. Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg learned that the hard way Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena in his early “welcome to the league” moment.Yaxel Lendeborg of the Golden State Warriors and Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers chirped back and forth for most of the second quarter. NBAE via Getty ImagesDoncic and Lendeborg spent most of the second quarter talking trash to each other after the former Michigan Wolverwine was calle
  
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• 'It means a lot to be back out here': Tyrese Haliburton tears up after starring late in Pacers' win over Pelicans

  22-10-2026 05:54 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  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 Achilles tendon, the grueling rehab complicated by a nasty case of shingles, day after day of waiting and straining and striving after being laid low just as he re
  
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• Tyrese Haliburton fights back tears in emotional Pacers return after Achilles tear

  22-10-2026 05:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Tyrese Haliburton hadn’t touched the floor in a meaningful basketball game in 486 days. So in the moments after he dropped 23 points and 12 assists for the Pacers on Wednesday night, it was no wonder he was feeling all the emotions.Haliburton spoke with Indiana’s broadcast after the team’s 123-120 win over the Pelicans at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans about what this return to the floor meant and just how exciting it was to be back in a game that counted.Tyrese Haliburton broke down
  
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• Clippers rookie Keaton Wagler makes regular season debut

  22-10-2026 05:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  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.Wagler was the fifth overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft out of Illinois and is expected to be a promising prospect for the franchise.While there’s an expectation that it will be an underwhelming season for the Clippers, it will allow for
  
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• Watch Anthony Edwards go off for 45 points in Minnesota's season opening win in Miami

  22-10-2026 05:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  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.ANT JUST WENT OFF TO LEAD MINNESOTA TO VICTORY!45 PTS
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  FIRST PLAYER IN NBA HISTORY WITH 45+ PTS, 10+ REB, AND 5+ 3PM IN A SEASON OPENERpic.twitter.com/m1Y3cKKUAE— NBA (@NBA) October 22, 2026Just last year, Edwards dropped 41 on Portland i
  
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