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LOS ANGELES – Victor Wembanyama launches his bid to lead the San Antonio Spurs back to basketball's top table while the defending champion Denver Nuggets are chasing a dynasty as the NBA season tips off on Tuesday (Wednesday, Manila time).
The times, they are changing in basketball. Basketball fans expressed incredulity when Real Madrid beat the Dallas Mavericks, 127-123 in a preseason tune-up a few days ago. Granted, Luka Doncic only played five minutes, Kyrie Irving was not available, and second-stringers filled the Mavs’ roster, but this isn’t supposed to happen. Given how Team USA – composed entirely of NBA players – threw away what was left of the myth of American basketball supremacy in the FIBA World Cup, you’d expect some fightback. It didn’t happen.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Luka Doncic scored 25 points but could not prevent the Dallas Mavericks going down to a 111-99 defeat by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the opening NBA preseason game in Abu Dhabi on Thursday (Friday, Manila time).
LOS ANGELES – Eight-time NBA All-Star guard Kyrie Irving said Thursday (Friday, Manila time) it was a relatively easy decision to re-sign with the Dallas Mavericks after briefly exploring free agency.