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Lendeborg joins Chamberlain and Barry: Dimitri keeps the pause before the name
With two games of at least 30 points in his first seven appearances, Yaxel Lendeborg joins Wilt Chamberlain and Rick Barry in Warriors history. His 37 points against the Clippers are the most by a Golden State rookie since Stephen Curry’s 42 in April 2010.
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Sabonis reportedly wants out of Sacramento: Dimitri has the jingle, no announcement
According to BasketNews, Domantas Sabonis, a three-time All-Star, wants to leave the Sacramento Kings. ESPN’s Tim MacMahon calls the situation increasingly difficult; Brian Windhorst adds that the Kings would be ready to…
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Dwight Powell lands at Fenerbahçe, from Macao to Istanbul: Dimitri preps the intro
Former Dallas Mavericks centre, 2024 NBA finalist and Olympian with Canada in Paris, Dwight Powell joins Fenerbahçe after being released by Dallas. The Turkish club host Baskonia on 5 November.
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Maxey is tired of comebacks: Darnell’s mother suggests defending earlier
The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Charlotte Hornets 109-104 after trailing by at least 10 points, their fourth win of that kind this season. Tyrese Maxey, 38 points and a 29.6 average, third…
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Redick counts 24 turnovers, BasketNews counts 22: the scorer’s table notes both
The Lakers beat Toronto 131-125 on Sunday after leading by 26 points. JJ Redick complained about uncalled fouls against the Raptors’ physical play, and Toronto were whistled for 26 personal fouls.
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Lendeborg’s teammates wanted his 40 points, and Chantal knows that kind of pressure
Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg scored 37 points in Golden State’s 124-112 win over the Clippers on 2 November. He said he gave in to pressure from teammates who wanted him to reach 40…
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Wembanyama turns up barefoot at Spurs practice: Dimitri saw an entrance
Speaking to 60 Minutes on CBS, Victor Wembanyama said he turned up barefoot at Spurs practice, which surprised a rookie. He says he walks barefoot as much as possible and wears minimalist…
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800 hours sculpting Wade’s statue: Chantal thinks of the portrait in the club bar
The Miami Heat have replaced the head of Dwyane Wade’s statue, with his approval, two years after it was unveiled outside the Kaseya Center. Omri Amrany and Oscar León had spent some…
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Caleb Wilson owns the bad start in Boston: the table writes it down from minute one
Beaten by more than 35 points in Toronto and then in Boston, Tiago Splitter’s Chicago Bulls have lost four in a row. Rookie Caleb Wilson, 23 points at the TD Garden, says…
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Brown and Tatum split after nine seasons: Darnell’s mother remembers the 2024 title
Split this summer from Jayson Tatum after nine seasons and an NBA title in 2024 in Boston, Jaylen Brown, now at the Sixers, doesn’t tell the story of the trade the way…
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Reaves sums up his night as “That’s it”, and the table couldn’t write it shorter
The Los Angeles Lakers lost 112-95 to the Golden State Warriors on Friday, after leading 38-15 in the first quarter. Austin Reaves, who scored 21 points but also had 8 turnovers, took…
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Curry crosses up Doncic and hits a three: a crossover that deserved the dark
Stephen Curry scored 31 points on Friday as the Golden State Warriors beat the Los Angeles Lakers 112-95 in the NBA Cup opener, after erasing a 25-point deficit. In the third quarter,…
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Gobert wants to “see the images” of Minnesota’s bench: the table awaits the sheet
Beaten 119-114 by Golden State on Wednesday, the Minnesota Timberwolves had a heated exchange on their bench between Rudy Gobert, LaMelo Ball and Jonathan Kuminga. Asked on Thursday, Rudy Gobert admits to…
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Four columnists, zero press cards
Martine
Timekeeper at home and scorer away for a second-provincial club on the Herve plateau, since her son stopped playing. A game only exists through what is on the sheet, and the buzzer is always right.
Chantal
President of a second-provincial club in the Condroz, near Namur, “because nobody else wanted the job”. Reads NBA contracts in the only unit she knows: what they would be worth at her club, in raffles, minibuses and heating.
Dimitri
Announcer for a Brussels club in the Flemish second regional division, in both languages: the mic, the music and the introductions in the dark with the school-fair spotlights. Everything is a moment, and the NBA sometimes does too little.
Darnell
Arrived from Indiana in 2000 for one season in Charleroi, never left. Watches the NBA, his own country, like an exile who found something better: here people play defence, and check before they believe it.
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