After a long summer without basketball, the Celtics and Warriors both began the season with reminders to the league why they won their respective conferences last season and why they’re the favorites to do so again.
An opening night doubleheader is a treat because with just two games on television, you know you’re not missing anything. The second night of the season is a different story: 22 teams take the court with plenty of enticing matchups..
Fans get their first looks at Zion Williamson, Jamal Murray and Ben Simmons in quite some time after they all missed all of last season; Donovan Mitchell, Jalen Brunson, Rudy Gobert and Dejounte Murray make their debuts with new teams; and highly drafted rookies like Paolo Banchero, Jabari Smith, Keegan Murray and Jaden Ivey get their first regular-season action in the association.