A record broken by Alperen Sengun as well!    A wonderful performance in a season opener really... 5 3-pointers by him was just an extra performance honestly.

I think he was the best performer of the game. There was a great rivalry between him and Shai. I wish Rockets won though after all that effort by Alpi. They just needed a few more points from Durant... All his 3-pointer attempts failed.

I hope it can be change or will be different once the team in complete and LBJ is playing. Coz the king is a big help and a big change if he can play.
There will be also a good progress as days goes on, the chemistry is still in development and theres a lot of time for that and the play and defense of JJ should make them better.

Lets give the team a month.

Just like the ratings of NBA, the interest towards betting on it has decreased too. I bet if we asked some older casino here, like lets say Stake or something, that has been around for a long time, and ask them to check their NBA betting year by year (would be better if they had season by season) you will see a decrease, I am 100% sure of it.

It means that doing these competitions or anything that is marketing based on NBA is just waste of money for them considering it is not getting bigger. Never put money into something that is getting smaller revenue for you, they focus more on things that makes them money. These days, UCL is underway so they focus on that. World cup is about to happen, they are leaving some money aside so they can do big bang for that.

Durant mid range is something soft and pure, if they will play like this they will be top 3 for sure rockets are showing that they are one of the team to beat, sengun really evolved as a force, in the NBA, OKC also still the team to beat hope this two face in the west finals, if rockets make it this will be a battle, but ofcourse OKC nuggets will not hand it easily, is this the rockets time? or there is still long way to go, both team core players are young.

Yes the Rockets are really a threat in the Western Conference. Especially when they get a PG. Alperen played as a PG against OKC and they still gave OKC a tough time. If KD can be healthy for the bulk of the season, I think they should make the playoffs. 

Not really that difficult, he was the alpha at Dallas too, and now he is going to be alpha at lakers as well. Sure for a while when he played with Lebron he wasn't the alpha, we could say that he was not taking orders neither, he wasn't some role player, but he wasn't the captain of the team neither, now he has to take that leadership role too now that Lebron is not playing and resting most of the season. But that doesn't mean Luka can't do it, he is good enough to make that work.

We will see Luka have a career year I am sure of it, of course that is only possible if he stays healthy too. I always found him a bit out of shape but because he can score and do what he needs to do, it never bothered anyone, same like Harden. If that causes any injuries, that's an issue.

Agree to that, as he's been to that position before and now that LeBron is not playing that responsibility is now on his shoulder, and same with what you said he can score and keep his team up but he also needs some help with those known key players who are playing with him, they have a lots of time to adjust and to find what is needed for their system to work well.

For now, let see Luka entertain his fans as he always do for sure numbers ain't going to be a problem just need to stay healthy and keep himself away from any possible serious injury.

Luka is looking and playing even better now with the improved workouts and diet, but that Lakers team is still a work in progress until Lebron gets back.
Warriors on the other hand look really good too, the Western conference is stacked again as usual Rockets looking deadly as well sucks that FVV is out. Seeing so many new lineup changes on each team this season is gonna be interesting for sure.

Right, it's the usual Luka, but this time he is moving better because he has lost a lot of weight. Only thing though is that without Lebron, might be very hard for the Lakers to get that victory. Luka really need some help here, not just Reaves.

Ayton though might be disappointing in his first game as a Laker. For the Warriors, they look strong with Butler and it seems that Kuminga, even though him and the Warriors have some drama before the season starts with the contract, was brilliant and might be given the starting five lineup that he wanted.

Couldn't agree more bro, Wemby is a problem he definitely putting the league on notice.

Overall good night for totals bettors as well almost every game went over, the pace is increasing and the game seems faster too.