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Is Luka Doncic already a lock to win MVP? Can any other first-year player challenge Paolo Banchero for Rookie of the Year? Our experts give their early picks for this year’s NBA accolades.  

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Stephen Curry posted his 11th career 50-point game to tie Allen Iverson for 9th-most all-time on Wednesday, but the Warriors star’s outburst couldn’t keep Golden State from setting a club record for season-opening road futility in a loss to Phoenix.  

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After dropping a fifth straight game to short-handed Milwaukee, Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff wondered if his team developed a “fat cat mentality” amid an 8-1 start.  

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Pelicans guard Trey Murphy, who played his junior season at Virginia, said he was dedicating his past two games to the three Cavaliers football players who were shot and killed Sunday night.  

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Hornets guard LaMelo Ball reinjured his left ankle Wednesday night, the same one that kept him out of the first 13 games of the season.  

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Lakers’ leaders credited a team meeting before their win over the Brooklyn Nets Saturday for helping them “do better” as a group and dig out of their early-season hole.  

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Kyrie Irving is nearing completion on the process needed for a return to play and could rejoin the Nets as soon as Sunday, sources told ESPN.  

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