Keerthika Uthayakumar

Not sure what's going on in the NBA tonight, new injury every time I looked at my phone.

Wolves were +33 in 17 minutes with LaMelo Ball on court tonight, -10 in 31 minutes with him off. They shot 22-for-29 from the field when he was on court tonight!!

Shout out Fred VanVleet & Ben Taylor, only started learning to code because of those two, ifykyk

The Raptors are the 6th team in the 31 seasons of pbp data to get through their first 2 games without ever trailing. Last to do it was the '22-23 Pelicans. No team in those previous 30 seasons got through 3 games without ever trailing.

Knicks are the first reigning NBA champion to start the season 0-2 since the 2011-12 Dallas Mavericks. Dallas started 0-3 that season.

Raptors are 2-0 to start the NBA season for the first time since 2018-19, when they started 6-0. Their opponents through 2 games: 57 made shots, 50 turnovers

Sixers comeback from down 29, their largest comeback win in the play-by-play era. NBA teams are now 8-2 when leading by 20+ points this season.

Raptors win by 43 points, the 4th-largest margin of victory in a season opener in NBA history.

Celtics blew a 22-point lead today, their largest blown lead since they blew a 22-point lead vs the Cavs on Feb. 28, 2025. Boston was 38-0 when leading by 20+ points last season, incl. playoffs.

Pistons came back from down 22 to beat the Celtics, their largest comeback win since they completed a 24-point comeback vs the Magic in the first round.

There are 17 Canadians on opening night rosters this season, including Kyshawn George who played for Canada at World Cup Qualifiers this summer. George was born in Switzerland but represents Canada internationally.

This is the third Achilles injury this month & the season hasn't started yet.

Raptors are +20 in 11.5 minutes with Kawhi Leonard, Scottie Barnes & Collin Murray-Boyles on court together this preseason. +14 in 6.5 minutes tonight.

Do we already have a nickname for Kawhi Leonard, Scottie Barnes & Collin Murray-Boyles?

Including playoffs, Poeltl & CMB played 89 total minutes on court together across the regular season & playoffs.

There are 4 minutes left in the 2nd quarter of Heat/Raptors. Giannis Antetokounmpo has assisted on 7 of the Heat’s 10 threes. SEVEN

All the Raptors regular roster guys are healthy going into camp. The only players with limitations today were Kawhi Leonard and Alijah Martin. They went through drills but didn’t participate in live contact. Just planned ramp up period and load management for Kawhi early in camp

Wild how we went from "Wikipedia isn't a reliable source" to "Google isn't a reliable source"

If I had a way to check this, I would, but I think Kawhi has said more words in the first 10 minutes of his presser than he did in through the entire 2018-19 season.

How I feel working in basketball:

I've probably opened twitter a total of 10 times since mid-July. I've wanted to throw my laptop at a wall every time.

Thought my little cousin was a hardcore Laker fan, so texted him belated condolences yesterday. The Justin Edwards drop was my fave part of this

At 41-years-old, LeBron James will be the oldest player to play for Philly in Sixers franchise history, passing 40-year-old Rick Mahorn (1999).

Canadians on the Hawks: Nickeil Alexander-Walker Lu Dort Ryan Nembhard Onsi Saleh Atlanta is now the most Canadian team in the NBA.

This has to be one of the wildest offseasons in NBA history.

It's been 309 days since the Aspiration deal was initially reported on September 3, 2025.

The Raptors are retiring Kyle Lowry's #7. He's officially retiring as a Toronto Raptor. His franchise ranks, regular season & playoffs: 1st in wins 1st in assists 1st in threes 2nd in points Raptors have 1 playoff series win without Kyle Lowry. They have 9 series wins with him.

Gotta be honest, this is the funniest & most obvious outcome after Trump got involved. v Game 3 Knicks-like

Very kind of the Belgians to give the Americans 2 whole minutes to celebrate

V sad for the thousands of fans at Fan Fest in Toronto. Some of the loudest crowd pops I’ve ever heard.