The results of the night in the NBA
Sixers @ Celtics : 117-126
Lakers @ Warriors : 109-123
– We expected a fairly defensive game for the start of the season between Boston and Philadelphia, especially with the intentions shown by the Sixers during the offseason. Missed. The Sixers collected 126 points at TD Garden, including 70 from gunslinging Jay-Jay, Jayson Tatum et Jaylen Brown35 points each, and came away with the loss once morest a team with which nothing will happen in friendship throughout the season.
Philadelphia basically tied the game for a half with good things from Joel Embiid (26 pts, 15 rbds, 5 pds, but 6 TO) and, above all, to James Hardenbefore taking the water on the game in transition (24-2 on counter-attacks) and on the aggressiveness.
– James Harden did the classic James Harden and it’s finally quite reassuring: an arrival at the room with an improbable outfit (when will there be a commission to sanction bad taste in clothing in the NBA?), sequences where he tried to humiliate the adversary (especially Marcus Smartsent into the 4th dimension on the cross below, before a shimmy and a messed up shot in stride), a 12/12 on the line and possibly his best offensive game since joining the City of Brotherly Love: 35 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists at 9/14 .
Heavy comfy vibes from Harden ????
(via @NBCSCeltics)— Overtime (@overtime) October 18, 2022
Everything we love. An offensive foul, a flop, a disgusting and unassuming shimmy, and an old brig behind pic.twitter.com/d8i6tGZtzX
— Thierry Normandie (@TitiNormandie) October 19, 2022
– On the side of the Celtics, in addition to the big performance of the Tatum-Brown tandem, it must be recognized that the first match coached by Joe Mazzulla was rather a success. Even if we didn’t see Boston in wall mode like last year, the state of mind and the fighting spirit were still there and that’s the main thing in view of the events of the off-season…
We appreciated the contribution of Malcolm Brogdon (16 pts) and Grant Williams (15 pts) off the bench and Mazzulla’s fairly small five without Robert Williams, injured until mid-season, was good.
The C’s did not back down from Embiid and even went to hold him to account when he attempted a dangerous armbar on Marcus Smart…
— sportsvids99 (@sportsvids991) October 19, 2022
– The theme of the evening was a tribute to Bill Russell and the Celtics did what their legendary center did best: win a basketball game once morest a rival for the Eastern throne.
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Successful party for the Warriors, Steph on cloud nine
– Don’t worry regarding a dolphin in a snap of your fingers, Laurent Sciarra would have said if he were head coach of the Lakers… Anthony Davis announced before the game that he wanted to “spoil” the Warriors ring ceremony. Well… Failing to achieve what would have been a small feat, “AD” finished the match without injury, which should have been his priority displayed in front of the media.
The Lakers, new coach and modified roster oblige, have not shown much convincing collectively to suggest that their level is close to that of the defending champions this season. LeBron James (31 pts, 14 rbds, 8 pds) and Anthony Davis (27 pts, 6 rbds, 4 stls) attempted to take matters into their own hands individually and in streaks, but it was unsurprisingly too light to really worry the Warriors.
The 3rd quarter was a total purge for the Purple and Gold, with game choices to bang your head once morest a wall. We must still recognize a certain fighting spirit at the end of the match, but each time they approached 10 points behind in the 4th, the Lakers took crazy Stephen Curry et Andrew Wiggins in the face.
Watching Curry give Anthony Davis a spin to score, then slam a 3+1 in the space of 15 seconds is disheartening, you have to admit…
Steph Show.https://t.co/pU9Em4uMTC pic.twitter.com/ctuIiLTjz4
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) October 19, 2022
???? Steph is UNREAL #KiaTipOff22 pic.twitter.com/ug1S3BvLDn
— NBA (@NBA) October 19, 2022
With 33 points, 7 assists and 4 steals, the MVP of the 2022 Finals (it’s still nice to finally be able to write this to stop the disrespect) started its season very well. Ditto for Andrew Wiggins (20 pts, 6 rebounds, 4 wt), with an Olympian serenity when it was necessary to calm the ardor of the guys opposite a little with well-felt shots in the 2nd half.
– Draymond Green et Jordan Poole shared the same space without texting each other, which is rather reassuring. There was some doubt for a moment regarding Poole’s punching potential, when he was seen snagging with ex-colleague John Toscano-Anderson on a ground ball, but it all ended well. .
– Let LeBron be reassured: if the Lakers force three points all season (10/40 tonight) and no one other than him and Davis has the will to put baskets regularly, he will overtake Kareem Abdul-Jabbar before Christmas…
– Hot, we can already say that Donte DiVincenzo and JaMychal Green are excellent recruits as they blended wonderfully into the game of the Warriors and managed to positively impact the match. Hot, always, the first outings of Kendrick Nunn, Patrick Beverley and Lonnie Walker in the jersey of the Lakers were much less convincing…
