Finally, NBA basketball is back. After a summer that felt way too long, a preseason full of injuries and just a general lack of basketball that counts at the highest level, the NBA regular season starts on Tuesday night with three games that should be plenty entertaining. But we here at Pelican Debrief care mostly about just one, the nightcap when the New Orleans Pelicans will step on the floor in Oakland to take on the defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors.
There are plenty of story lines surrounding the contest. From new Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry going up against the team he worked for last season to Anthony Davis, the pick of many people to win this season’s MVP award taking on defending MVP Stephen Curry.