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Yes, NBA basketball games were held on Friday night. After a dead season filled with tragedies, changes of lineup and coaching changes, the Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets, the Philadelphia 76ers and an Australian team (excuses at Melbourne United) clashed for the first games of the season. preseason of the year.
We're not going too much into the analysis – it's just the pre-season after all – but there have been many notable moments on Friday night. More importantly, it was simply exciting to see NBA basketball again. First of all, we have the scores (few people probably care), then we'll give you 10 things you might have missed if you did not realize that the games had already started. Enjoy it and welcome to NBA action.
NBA pre-season results for Friday, September 28
- Philadelphia 76ers 104, Melbourne United 84 (box score)
- Charlotte Hornets 104, Boston Celtics 97 (boxed score)
1. Gordon Hayward is back (and rusty)
It has been less than a year since Gordon Hayward suffered a catastrophic leg injury five minutes into the 2017-18 season, so it was great to see him at full strength. He was supposed to be rusty and shy (2 out of 7 on the field, 1 to 5 out of 3 points), but he managed to get to the free throw line and finish with 10 points, three rebounds and 22 assist. minutes. Here is his first bucket, in case you missed it:
2. Markelle Fultz made a jumper
Ring the NBA's Twitter siren. Yes, Markelle Fultz (or Mark L. Fultz as my colleague James Herbert like to call him), made a jump shot Friday night. Fultz's bizarre firing pattern that was either the cause or the consequence of a shoulder injury, depending on who you asked, was a hot topic in NBA circles this summer. Everyone was waiting to see what its shape would look like this year and …
Not bad. Not bad at all. The shape still looks a little awesome, but the important thing is that he photographed it with confidence – something difficult to do for a 20 year old man. after the type of control that he has undergone over the past year. Fultz started alongside Ben Simmons in the place of JJ Redick, a somewhat surprising and intriguing development, demonstrated the athletic ability and playfulness that led the Sixers to qualify for the first time in the overall rankings. Last year. He finished with 14 points, four assists, two flights and two blocks – one of them making the difference early in the season.
3. Ben Simmons is still very creative
What was Simmons thinking about in this room? No idea. Do we care? Not the least. The 6-10 points keeper produced one of the most unique assistants you've ever seen by throwing the ball out of the back panel, then delivering a superb touch pass to Fultz for the throw-in.
It seems that Simmons originally thought of getting rid of it himself, but he changed course when the defender arrived. Whatever the case may be, we are glad that this has happened. The NBA rookie of the year finished with eight points, eight rebounds and 14 assists in 26 minutes against a team from the city where he was born.
4. Whoa, Tony Parker is on the hornets
Parker competed in an NBA game without the Spurs jersey for the first time in his career, and it was … very bizarre.
Parker would have joined the Hornets to play a bigger role. He showed signs of speed and vision on the field Friday. But we still have to get used to this teal.
5. Joel Embiid is always a monster
Poor Melbourne United. They had absolutely nothing to do with Embiid, who seems to be in a fantastic form for his fifth season in the NBA (only his third on the field). He posted his full skills Friday, finishing with 20 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks.
6. Miles Bridges announced its presence
Well, it's a way to make your name known.
The rookie scored 10 points and had eight rebounds in 23 minutes. She even launched another free kick for good measure.
7. LeBron is a real basketball nerd
If you find yourself stuck to the couch with a bag of potato chips watching the preparatory basketball on Friday night, do not apologize for your behavior. The best basketball player in the world was doing the same thing – well, probably without the potato chips … and maybe from his inner hyperbaric chamber.
8. New GIF Brad Stevens!
It's really the GIF that continues to give (I'm sorry). Man is only a walk.
9. It was raining 3 seconds (at least attempts)
Last season, the Celtics averaged 30.4 attempts of 3 points per game. They shot 27 in the first half alone on Friday. They ended up taking 47 shots far away (unfortunately for the Celtics, they only made nine, 19%). The Hornets, who averaged 27 attempts of 3 points per game last season, shot 36 on Friday. A sign of the new NBA run-and-gun or just a group of guys who launch it in their first game of the season? Only time will tell.
10. The Celtics are scary
Boston has launched what some have dubbed "The Poison Lineup" – Kyrie Irving, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Hayward and Al Horford – and it's as terrifying as it sounds.
They are fast, disjointed, defensive and almost impossible to protect with five legitimate shooters on the ground. They have not played much with each other because of Hayward's injury, but the potential of this training is out of the ordinary.
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