2026-27 NBA Season, Opening Week Reactions

Intro (00:00 - 01:03)

Preview of this NBA Opening Week reactions episode (01:04 - 01:26)

October 20 games including underwhelming season debuts for Jayson Tatum and Victor Wembanyama as well as Ring and Banner Night for the world champion New York Knicks (01:27 - 10:05)

October 21 games including Yaxel Lendeborg's complaints about Luka Doncic, Ty Jerome's nuclear 45 point game, new team debuts for Anthony Davis, Julius Randle and Kawhi Leonard as well as injury returns for Tyrese Haliburton, Fred VanVleet and Damian Lillard (10:06 - 22:06)

October 22 games including the Philadelphia 76ers winning despite being down by 29 points to the Cleveland Cavaliers and a subpar performance from Nikola Jokic in a physical battle between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Denver Nuggets (22:07 - 24:08)

October 23 games including a franchise record blowout win for the Atlanta Hawks, Jayson Tatum bounces back from an underwhelming season debut and Domantas Sabonis posting the league's 1st triple double for the season (24:09 - 27:02)

October 24 games including a frustrated Nikola Jokic in his postgame presser after the Nuggets' OT win vs the New Orleans Pelicans, Joel Embiid's triple double and Devin Booker's 43 point explosion (27:03 - 32:21)

October 25 games including Luka Doncic's scorched earth 52 point performance, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 34 point game in a costly win for the Thunder and the Detroit Pistons' tough road win at Philadelphia (32:22 - 35:32)

Injury news including Jalen Williams, Cason Wallace, Paolo Banchero, Jalen Suggs, Jalen Duren, Yves Missi, Steven Adams, AJ Dybantsa and Cooper Flagg (35:33 - 42:50)

Games of high interest for next week's schedule (42:51 - 46:05)

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Wrap-up of this episode & a call to action (47:36 - 48:44)

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