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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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LaVine wants a leader “like a Chris Paul”: Dimitri is already preparing the entrance
After the Sacramento Kings’ third straight defeat (112-123 against Memphis), Zach LaVine said the team needs to find a leader. He mentioned a player, a veteran coach or a bench coach, and…
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Rudy Gobert says “dominate” three times: Dimitri already hears a sports hall chant
Rudy Gobert said after the Timberwolves beat Toronto that his role is to be the best in the world and to dominate in his own way. Unbeaten Minnesota play at Cleveland on…
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The NBA reviews a Jakucionis flop on video: Chantal thinks of her own replay
Kasparas Jakucionis, Milwaukee Bucks guard, was fined $2,000 after the game for flopping against the Chicago Bulls on 23 October. The NBA published the video of the play, reviewed once the game…
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Jokic will text Westbrook only for the official record: Darnell’s mother approves
Nikola Jokic recorded his 199th regular-season triple-double against New Orleans, the 222nd counting the playoffs, one more than Russell Westbrook’s 221. Westbrook still holds the NBA’s official regular-season record, and Jokic said…
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Eleven turnovers for Doncic, a career worst: the scorer’s table opened a column
The Lakers beat the Clippers 125-117 in the first Los Angeles derby of the NBA season, their second win in two games. Luka Doncic finished with 23 points, 7 assists and 11…
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Sixteen points down, then 64-61 for Fenerbahçe: Darnell’s mother saw the defence
Fenerbahçe beat Olympiacos 64-61 in the EuroLeague after trailing by 16 points. Sarunas Jasikevicius said his team had been much better over the last 25 minutes, after a first 15 minutes he…
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Dalton Knecht to the Knicks on a two-way: three spots, one to clear, the table waits
The New York Knicks have agreed a two-way deal with Dalton Knecht, waived a few days earlier by the Los Angeles Lakers, according to his agents quoted by ESPN’s Shams Charania. To…
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Knicks: empty boxes under the banner, Dimitri would have added a drum roll
At the Knicks’ championship banner unveiling on Tuesday, before the game against the Sixers, the assistant coaches were handed boxes with no ring in them, according to The Athletic. They had been…
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No more wow factor for Doncic, says Reaves: Dimitri cues the jingle anyway
Austin Reaves, Luka Doncic’s Lakers team-mate, says Doncic has done the same thing for eight years and that there’s “no wow factor”. Draymond Green talks of “greatness fatigue” and repeats that Doncic…
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Boos, then a shaking roof in Philadelphia: Chantal thinks of who fixes it
Down 29 to Cleveland a minute before half-time, the Philadelphia 76ers won 114-106, their first home win of the season. LeBron James spoke of cheers that “almost blew the roof off”.
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Four fouls and a technical for a rookie: Martine’s table counts, no opinion
The Lakers beat the Warriors 127-105 in the NBA season opener. Golden State rookie Yaxel Lendeborg finished with four personal fouls while guarding Luka Doncic, and a technical for swearing; Steve Kerr…
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Andre Drummond skips the Knicks’ banner ceremony on purpose: Dimitri saves his intro
During the raising of the 2026 NBA champions’ banner at Madison Square Garden on 20 October, Andre Drummond stayed in the locker room to leave the stage to the title winners. The…
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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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