The NBA is back!
The 2022-23 play tips disconnected with a doubleheader. First up, the Philadelphia 76ers instrumentality connected the Boston Celtics successful an aboriginal clash of Eastern Conference contenders. The Celtics are the defending league champs, portion the Sixers are looking to extremity a Finals drought that has lasted much than 2 decades.
Out West, the defending champion Golden State Warriors volition person their rings aft winning their 4th rubric successful the past 8 seasons. Looking to spoil the solemnisation volition beryllium the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James, who begins the play needing 1,326 points to walk Kareem Abdul-Jabbar arsenic the NBA's vocation scoring leader.
We'll person implicit sum from Boston and San Francisco with highlights, takeaways and the moments that substance each nighttime long.
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Philadelphia 76ers astatine Boston Celtics
When we past saw the Celtics, they fell to the Warriors successful the NBA Finals. However, that squad was led by Ime Udoka, who has been suspended for the full 2022-23 season. Tuesday's opener against Philadelphia volition people the regular-season NBA coaching debut of Joe Mazzulla, the 34-year-old erstwhile assistant who has been with Boston for 3 seasons.
This volition beryllium the archetypal opener arsenic a Sixer for James Harden, who was acquired by Philadelphia astatine the commercialized deadline past season. He signed a caller two-year declaration this offseason, taking a wage chopped from his subordinate enactment to springiness the Sixers the headdress abstraction to adhd PJ Tucker, who won a rubric with the Milwaukee Bucks successful 2021 and helped the Miami Heat scope the league finals past season.
Tatum opens up reddish hot
Jayson Tatum was acceptable for the 2022-23 play to begin. He scored 7 of the Celtics' archetypal 9 points, including this 3-pointer from the corner. Tatum's vocation precocious for a season-opener is 30 points, connected Dec. 23, 2021 against the Bucks.
Jayson Tatum is 💲 from the country 🎯#KiaTipOff22 Live Now connected TNT pic.twitter.com/pGlSiohKJg
— NBA (@NBA) October 18, 2022Celtics grant Bill Russell
Jaylen Brown speaks connected the lasting interaction and bequest of the large Bill Russell 💚 pic.twitter.com/hmh2OvZAyY
— NBA (@NBA) October 18, 2022Before tip-off contiguous the @celtics honored Bill Russell with a poem titled "SESTINA" written and performed by Porsha Olayiwola 💚 pic.twitter.com/xAn4DuQx0j
— NBA (@NBA) October 18, 2022More connected the Celtics' Russell-inspired City jerseys
Blake is successful the building
— NBA (@NBA) October 18, 2022But it's not adjacent Wednesday...
on opening nighttime we deterioration pink. pic.twitter.com/635UV14QDd
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) October 18, 2022More of Tuesday's champion looks
Los Angeles Lakers astatine Golden State Warriors
The Warriors participate the play looking to go the NBA's archetypal back-to-back champion since ... the Warriors. Golden State pulled disconnected the feat successful 2017 and 2018, backmost erstwhile Kevin Durant was starring successful the Bay Area. Now it's Andrew Wiggins who is teaming with Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, and Wiggins just signed a declaration extension that volition support him with the Warriors done the 2026-27. What that hold -- and different four-year woody for Jordan Poole -- means for Green remains to beryllium seen. Green made headlines this preseason erstwhile he punched Poole during practice, and is inactive waiting connected a declaration hold of his own.
While the Warriors were the past squad lasting past season, the Lakers failed to adjacent marque the postseason for the 2nd clip successful 4 years with LeBron James connected the roster. James enters this play not lone trying to instrumentality to the playoffs, but looking to break the NBA's all-time points record. He'll erstwhile again spouse with Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook, the second of whom spent the full offseason successful commercialized rumors and came disconnected the seat successful his last preseason quality -- thing helium hasn't done successful a regular-season crippled since his rookie season.
LeBron evokes draught time look with Year 20 arrival
Year 20 begins for @KingJames pic.twitter.com/NkmtXyLT6l
— Nick DePaula (@NickDePaula) October 18, 2022JTA volition get his ring, but Walker won't beryllium watching
Juan Toscano-Anderson says helium purchased level seats for the archetypal clip successful his beingness truthful his ma could spot his ringing ceremonial tonight. I asked him however much: "Too much." A small much prying: "Five figures." And figures to beryllium a priceless infinitesimal for his family. pic.twitter.com/XtaWGDjrYN
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) October 18, 2022Lonnie Walker doesn't program connected taking successful the Warriors' ringing ceremonial arsenic a spectator. He volition beryllium a small preoccupied with prepping to defender the 2022 Finals MVP pic.twitter.com/nLL6F7SSLF
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) October 18, 2022
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