Golden State Warriors @ Brooklyn Nets

Spread: BKN -7.5

O/U: 234

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What a way to kick off the NBA season! There are storylines all over the place here, but none bigger than the return of the Slim Reaper, Kevin Durant . It hasn’t been specified about how many minutes Durant will be playing, but we expect him to handle as much as he can handle in his return from a brutal Achilles injury in the 2018-’19 NBA Finals. How will Kyrie Irving and Durant co-exist is going to be the question on everyone’s mind as the season begins.

In Golden State, what is this version of the Warriors going to fare in the Western Conference without Klay Thompson who’s already been deemed done for the year with a torn Achilles himself. Stephen Curry has a bunch of guys that like to get up the floor and run surrounding him, which bodes well for them offensively, but will they be able to stop Brooklyn here, especially without Draymond Green .

For me, there are a LOT of pieces from Golden State that could potentially be the value we’re looking for in order to fit two studs tonight -- because there are a lot of them.

The question of the night -- who will Golden State start at power-forward/center and will they go small for most of the night? I think most of us are assuming Eric Paschall and Kevon Looney but will Paschall be able to stay in front of Kevin Durant ? Not totally sure about that.

Los Angeles Clippers @ Los Angeles Lakers

Spread: LAL -2.5

O/U: 219.5

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This is a pretty spicy match-up as the Lakers will lower the banner on both these team’s home floor. The big question is how much do the stars of the Lakers play here considering we saw limited exposure in the preseason and we just saw them winning the championship very recently. We don’t really know, but we did see Anthony Davis play 30 minutes in his final tune up game while LeBron James played 25.

The Clippers are going to be without one of their starters in Marcus Morris , but they can simply slide Kawhi Leonard down to the four and play a smaller lineup if they want. The part we’ll be anxiously awaiting is who starts in Morris’ place. The likelihood is that it’s either Luke Kennard or Nicolas Batum , who was starting in the preseason. Both are great values.

The Lakers rotation is somewhat of a question mark as well because we still don’t know if Dennis Schroder is going to start like he hopes for and if Talen Horton-Tucker ’s dominant preseason play translates to him getting actual run in meaningful games.

 

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