Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he “couldn’t justify” not using a 12-man rotation in Wednesday night’s season-opening win, saying this is “as a deep of a team as I’ve ever coached.”
Coming off a season marred by controversy and injury, Ja Morant scored 22 points in 28 “hard-playing” minutes to lead Memphis to a 126-124 season-opening win over Utah.
Playing in a regular-season game for the first time since Jan. 26, LaMelo Ball had 34 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds to lead the Hornets to a 110-105 win over Houston.
The Pelicans fear guard Dejounte Murray suffered a fractured left hand in Wednesday night’s season-opening 123-111 victory over the Bulls, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania.
With the Clippers’ Intuit Dome making its regular-season debut, we asked our NBA insiders to help rank the other 29 arenas. Which venue takes the No. 1 spot, who’s at the bottom and what sets each arena apart?
Dwyane Wade, Goran Dragic, Mike Miller and Jamal Mashburn were among the ex-Heat players who returned to Miami on Wednesday night to watch the team’s home court dedicated to their former coach, Pat Riley.
The Thunder have exercised fourth-year contract options on Chet Holmgren, Ousmane Dieng and Jalen Williams and their third-year option on Cason Wallace.