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Offseason open chat and discussion: November 1
Cardinals vs. Seahawks odds: Opening lines for Week 9 matchup
Just like we all expected.
The Arizona Cardinals would fall behind by two scores, look completely lost on offense once again and then make a change at quarterback.
And, as we all expected, Gardner Minshew would but up 30 points in a little over one quarter and lead the Arizona Cardinals to one of the most improbable wins in the 2026 NFL season.
Now, the Cardinals with Gardner Minshew likely starting, even if Mike LaFleur wants to play coy, have the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle.
On the one hand, the Seahawks are way, way better than the Cowboys.
On the other hand, the Cardinals are on the road, where they clearly are better at playing football.
However, our friends over at FanDuel Sportsbook have the Cardinals as big time 10.5-point underdogs before net weeks game.
The Cardinals are part of an amazing stat where at least one touchdown plus underdog has one every week the first eight weeks, and the Cardinals three wins coincide with three of those weeks.
Can they make it four? With the injuries mounting it feels unlikely, but hell… Minshew Magic, baby!
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Preview: Wizards go to Orlando to face Magic on Monday
The Washington Wizards go on a brief one-game road trip, heading down south to Orlando, to face the Magic. After an impressive NBA Cup win over the Hornets, holding the opponent to only 79 (!) points, they now face arguably a hungry Orlando team that hasn’t had a great start to their season (2-3 record so far).
In fact, the Wizards are coming with a better record (3-3).
Here’s the preview!
Game info
When: : Monday, November 2, 2026, 7:30 p.m. ET
Where: Kia Center, Orlando, FL
How to watch: LeaguePass
How to listen: The Team 980 AM, 106.7-2 FM
Wizards: Jamir Watkins, Justin Champagnie, and Tristan Vukcevic.
Injury Report
Magic: Izaiyah Nelson, Jalen Suggs, Jonathan Isaac, Noah Penda, and Paolo Banchero.
Pregame notes
The Wizards are at .500 — The Wizards are back, after a good number of years to being a league average team. You can see that in many of their stats (defensive and offensive) and you can also see it from their split record 3-3. This is a big improvement already, although obviously there is still a lot of room for progress.
This is a must win for the Magic — The Magic consider themselves as a borderline contender, and so given the lukewarm start to their season (for instance, a 30 point loss to the Raptors) they are definitely looking to win this one, and not enter into a 2-4 record hole. Their potential for explosiveness is there, as was on display in their relative easy win over the champions, the Knicks, last week.
Defense — The Wizards have dramatically improved their defense. This was on full display against the Hornets, that were not able to cross the 80 point line. Can they keep it up against the very dynamic Magic?
Let us know your thoughts!
Celtics outlast Magic, 108-97, behind 32 points from Jayson Tatum
When the Celtics shoot somewhere in the neighborhood of 44 percent from the floor and 27 percent from 3-point range, as they did Sunday against the Magic, that is often an indicator that perhaps it simply isn’t their night.
In this particular game, though, those numbers didn’t tell the whole story. Boston made crucial hustle plays, extra passes and played excellent defense, leaning on intangibles and collective grit to outlast Orlando, 108-97, and move to 5-1 on the season.
Jayson Tatum led the way with 32 points (15 of 17 from the free-throw line) and seven assists. Paul George added 17 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
The Magic (2-4) jumped out to a 13-4 edge, as the Celtics looked a step slow in the opening minutes and Orlando burned Boston from the outside.
Hugo González and Tatum responded with conviction, with González contributing an and-one and a crafty lefty finish in traffic and Tatum doing damage all over. González finished with 7 points in first start of the season.
A Luka Garza and-one in the final minute gave the Celtics the lead, and they took that 24-23 edge into the second quarter despite shooting just 9 percent from 3-point range in the first. Orlando shot 50 percent from 3 but had eight turnovers, and Boston’s ability to turn defense into offense paid dividends.
Tatum took a hit to the head, started bleeding and briefly went to the locker room before returning.
The Celtics’ shooting woes continued into the second, as they started the game 1 for 15 from distance despite getting decent looks. But, they continued to make timely plays, as Payton Pritchard found Baylor Scheierman in the corner, Garza connected with Tatum for two more and Jordan Walsh sprayed it to Derrick White for a triple. Neemias Queta added a thunderous dunk, Pritchard kept Orlando off balance and Tatum was terrific defensively.
Boston shot 23 percent from 3 in the half, yet won the turnover battle, 9-3, and built a 55-50 halftime advantage behind 17 points from Tatum.
George helped Boston push the lead to double digits early in the third, stymying Orlando on one end feeding Queta (who got the start with Mitchell Robinson resting) for a lob on the other. George continues to mesh well stylistically with the Celtics and look like he has been in Boston all along.
White buried a 3 to extend the margin to 69-54, and a diving hustle play and silky side-step 3 from Sam Hauser kept the energy high late in the quarter.
The Magic, playing without Paolo Banchero and Jalen Suggs, answered with a 12-0 run behind shotmaking from Tristan da Silva (23 points). They tied it at 72 on an Anthony Black (23 points as well) corner 3, then Tatum hit two five free throws late to give Boston a 77-74 edge through three.
A Pritchard and-1 that Brian Scalabrine referred to as “Michael Jordan vibes,” and Garza 3 gave Boston an 85-79 advantage with 9:48 remaining. George extended it to 90-83 with a corner triple of his own two-plus minutes later.
Scheierman splashed another 3 to push it back to double digits. Orlando answered with an 8-0 flurry, then Tatum calmly canned back-to-back jumpers to create a bit of breathing room. A timely Queta swat and George dagger 3 helped seal it.
The Celtics (29 assists Sunday) have racked up 25-plus assists in all six of their games so far, which is the longest streak to start a season in franchise history.
This was Boston’s first of 12 road games in November. Next up is a matchup at Houston on Monday at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Importance of patience being reinforced for Lakers early in season after 25-point collapse
The early-season success might’ve masked the reality of where the Lakers are at in their team-building journey.
But they returned to Southern California for their back-to-back set against the Raptors and Heat with a renewed perspective on what needs to happen for them to grow into the championship-caliber team they’re hoping to become.
And how the process isn’t as easy or linear as they made it look early on.
“We want to become a great team,” coach JJ Redick said. “You don’t become a great team in six games. We want to become a great team after 82 games and have a chance to go compete for a championship in April, May and June. It’s a process to get there.”
There was a hitch in the process during Friday’s blowout loss to the Warriors at Chase Center.
The Lakers went from looking like worldbeaters when they took a 25-point lead early in the second quarter to unrecognizable by the time the Warriors completed the 42-point turnaround.
Their offense fell off a cliff when the Warriors blitzed or put two on the ball against Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.
The Lakers star guards created the types of advantages teams strive for.
But they didn’t cash in on the openings, with it being clear that the role players are still learning how to operate when playing four-on-three basketball.
“We just need to do better with that,” Doncic said. “You create [an] advantage, you put two on the ball. And you got to go score. It’s a four on three, so we gotta be better at that.”
It sounds easy.
But the small sample the Lakers have when playing against teams deploying more aggressive defensive coverages makes it clear it isn’t as easy as it appears.
There’s a rhythm to playing advantage basketball.
Spacing principles need to be mastered.
Decision-making needs to be quick and crisp before those advantages disappear and evaporate just as quickly as they were created.
With so many new faces, the nuances haven’t set in yet.
“Obviously, it’s a new team, so a lot of guys have different roles,” Walker Kessler said. “It’s different because guys aren’t necessarily comfortable yet, like talking to each other during tough times or calling each other out or taking coaching or taking a response. That just builds with time. We have a lot of talent on this team and a lot of good players. Everyone has seen it. When we’re playing well, playing connected, so continue to build that.”
With the Lakers entering Week 3 of the season, there’s plenty of time for these intricacies to be learned.
“We know we are going to be patient,” Redick said. “There’s also, along with patience, doing what you’re supposed to do. As we play more games together, we do more walk-throughs together, we do more film together, we do more practices together, that we’ll all get better.”
Aaron Judge supports wife Samantha at NYC marathon with daughter Nora
Aaron Judge was in attendance supporting his wife, Samantha, once again at the New York City Marathon Sunday, this time holding their 1-year-old daughter, Nora.
According to one video on social media, Judge snapped a picture of Samantha and Nora while standing at the corner of 88th Street and First Avenue, and he donned a Yankees pullover.
As Samantha ran toward where Judge was positioned with the spectators, he waved at his wife and pointed so Nora could see, too, and when the pair met Samantha near the finish, he was wearing an Air Jordan shirt.
Judge has supported Samantha at marathons before, as she also ran the NYC Marathon in 2025, 2023 and 2022, too. She finished this year’s race with an unofficial time of 3:29:44.
The pair met in high school, attended Fresno State together and were married in 2021.
This has become an offseason tradition of sorts for Judge, though the 2026 edition of the NYC marathon followed an injury-filled campaign for the Yankees’ captain.
He was limited to 66 games, 18 homers and 41 RBIs during the regular season before not playing at all in the playoffs.
Judge, who has five years remaining on his $360 million deal with the Yankees, was sidelined with a stress fracture in a right rib before returning, playing seven games and sustaining the right calf strain in September that ultimately ended his season.
He desperately tried to return for the postseason and make a case to be on the Yankees’ ALDS roster, but the decision, which came down to the final day, ultimately ended up erring on the side of caution.
Following the Yankees’ season-ending loss to the Rays last month, Judge sent a message to the front office about going ‘all in’ during the offseason — with another year added to the Yankees’ drought since their last World Series title in 2009.
“We’re the Yankees. I feel like they should go all in and do what they need to do,” Judge said at the time. “If we’ve got holes, if it’s finding certain players or personnel, whatever we need, you got to go out there and get it. That’s why I signed back here to play with the Yankees is to fight for a championship every single year and to go all in. That’s what I do every offseason is get ready to give this team and this city everything I’ve got, so I expect them to do the same.”
Andreas Almgren of Sweden and Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won the men’s and women’s races Sunday with times of 2:06:01 and 2:24:36, respectively.
It marked the second time that Chepkirui won the women’s division for the marathon, as she also took the race in 2024.
Aaron Judge supports wife Samantha at NYC marathon with daughter Nora
Aaron Judge was in attendance supporting his wife, Samantha, once again at the New York City Marathon Sunday, this time holding their 1-year-old daughter, Nora.
According to one video on social media, Judge snapped a picture of Samantha and Nora while standing at the corner of 88th Street and First Avenue, and he donned a Yankees pullover.
As Samantha ran toward where Judge was positioned with the spectators, he waved at his wife and pointed so Nora could see, too, and when the pair met Samantha near the finish, he was wearing an Air Jordan shirt.
Judge has supported Samantha at marathons before, as she also ran the NYC Marathon in 2025, 2023 and 2022, too. She finished this year’s race with an unofficial time of 3:29:44.
The pair met in high school, attended Fresno State together and were married in 2021.
This has become an offseason tradition of sorts for Judge, though the 2026 edition of the NYC marathon followed an injury-filled campaign for the Yankees’ captain.
He was limited to 66 games, 18 homers and 41 RBIs during the regular season before not playing at all in the playoffs.
Judge, who has five years remaining on his $360 million deal with the Yankees, was sidelined with a stress fracture in a right rib before returning, playing seven games and sustaining the right calf strain in September that ultimately ended his season.
He desperately tried to return for the postseason and make a case to be on the Yankees’ ALDS roster, but the decision, which came down to the final day, ultimately ended up erring on the side of caution.
Following the Yankees’ season-ending loss to the Rays last month, Judge sent a message to the front office about going ‘all in’ during the offseason — with another year added to the Yankees’ drought since their last World Series title in 2009.
“We’re the Yankees. I feel like they should go all in and do what they need to do,” Judge said at the time. “If we’ve got holes, if it’s finding certain players or personnel, whatever we need, you got to go out there and get it. That’s why I signed back here to play with the Yankees is to fight for a championship every single year and to go all in. That’s what I do every offseason is get ready to give this team and this city everything I’ve got, so I expect them to do the same.”
Andreas Almgren of Sweden and Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won the men’s and women’s races Sunday with times of 2:06:01 and 2:24:36, respectively.
It marked the second time that Chepkirui won the women’s division for the marathon, as she also took the race in 2024.
Kings star center reportedly isn’t happy playing with top draft pick as trade rumors swirl
The Sacramento Kings have enjoyed watching Darius Acuff Jr. take off, but are facing an internal problem with their roster as Domantas Sabonis isn’t too keen on playing alongside him.
According to Sean Deveney, of Heavy.com, Sabonis doesn’t appear to enjoy Acuff Jr.’s play style and the Kings could be willing to part ways with Sabonis via trade this season or during the summer.
“Sabonis has some hope, because teams always need size, and if he is not traded this season, he should be dealt off next summer. The Kings have no interest in keeping him there, and he is not enthused about playing with a ball-dominant guard like Acuff,” Deveney reported.
Deveney added that while teams could be looking to acquire Sabonis, the likelihood of Sacramento receiving a first-round pick for him is unlikely, and would be considered “a major score, and a long shot.”
Denevy added that due to Sacramento’s 0-6 start to the season, moving off from their star center could make it easier for them, as they could embrace tanking this season.
For the last five seasons, Sabonis has been a mainstay in the Kings lineup and is one of the last remaining players from the team’s 2022-2023 playoff appearance, which snapped a 16-year drought.
While the Kings ended up losing the opening series against the Warriors, they took the reigning NBA champions to the limit by going seven games.
Since then, the Kings have found themselves rebuilding from the ground up, yet again.
Acuff Jr. appears to be part of the Kings’ future, as he was taken with the No.7 pick of the NBA Draft this past summer and has had a promising start to the season, averaging 26 points through six games.
Mets', Yankees' free agent target Teruaki Sato posted by Hanshin Tigers
Teruaki Sato, the 27-year-old star of the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), has been posted to free agency, per multiple reports.
Sato won the NPB's MVP award last season, recording a triple crown with a .306 batting average, 39 homers, and 106 RBI.
The lefty slugger is a natural third baseman who also featured sparingly in both left field and right field in 2026 and has never played a game of professional baseball at first base.
However, it's been rumored that the Mets are among a few teams interested in signing Sato to play first base to solve their well-documented issues at that position.
The Yankees, meanwhile, will no doubt be looking for an upgrade at third, with the poor hitting of Ryan McMahon preventing him from nailing down an everyday role at the hot corner.
All 30 MLB teams will have a 45-day window to negotiate with Sato. Additionally, once he signs to an MLB ballclub, the Hanshin Tigers will receive receive a to-be-determined “release fee” based on the value of Sato’s contract.
Sato joins SP/RP Kaima Tara, SP Hiromi Itoh, and 3B Roh Si-Hwan as international free agents who were posted by their respective teams in the NPB and KBO League (South Korea's professional baseball league).
Roh, just 25, is another intriguing option for both the Mets and Yankees to consider if they're seeking to boost their offensive production from a corner of their infield. In the last four KBO seasons he's spent with the Hanwha Eagles, has hit 116 homers in 538 games played.
In order for Roh to join an MLB team, however, that ballclub would need to match or exceed the $21.3 million annual value of his current contract with Hanwha.
Sunday Standings: Starting to get late early for the Penguins
Dan Muse had a couple of quotes after Pittsburgh’s loss last night to Montreal that had more defensive lapses and errors that could pretty well describe the Penguins’ month of October.
“Hockey is a game of mistakes, so mistakes are going to happen. But in terms of them being able to get two quick ones, or even sometimes just shifts with multiple chances back-to-back, we need to be better at just kind of controlling that,” Muse said.
“Guys are getting clean looks there at the net, and second opportunities around the net. Those things are preventable,” Muse said. “So again, breakdowns, mistakes are going to happen, breakdowns are going to happen. It’s just happening too much. Got to correct it.”
Whether or not the Penguins have the talent and ability to correct those issues for a prolonged period is becoming more unlikely. They’ve righted the ship for small periods of time – like a recent three-game stretch from Oct 22-29 where they only surrendered six total goals. On either sides of that stretch, however, they’ve regularly been giving up 4-5 goals per game and that’s just no way to live in the NHL.
As such, it’s starting to get late early for the Pens. As of last night they were 14th out of 16 teams in the Eastern Conference – and the bad news is a team with a .607 points% (Buffalo, with 17 points in 14 games) is sitting below the playoff line currently. Pittsburgh only has 12 points in 14 games.
Let’s take a look at the division and see how things went in the past week for the teams in the Metropolitan Division.
Carolina (2-0-0): This doesn’t even count the 7-0 whopping the Hurricanes put on Winnipeg today. Safe to say as now winners of 12 of their first 16 games this season – and more importantly only two regulation losses – there is no Stanley Cup hangover to be found.
New Jersey (2-1-1): Connor Hellebuyck won both of his appearances with New Jersey, giving up only three goals along the way. Goaltending has been a major factor holding this team back over the last handful of years and that issue appears to have been resolved.
Washington (2-0-0): Good week for the Caps, who pulled off a changing of the guard. They have an Alex with 10 goals in 12 games, but now that is Alex Tuch. Ovechkin only has one goal in his first 12 games and has receded in his final season as a bit player as others have been brought into do the heavy lifting.
NY Islanders (2-2-0): A bit of smoke and mirrors for the Isles – they lost their two games by a combined 10-3 score on the week and managed to pull off OT and SO wins in the close games. Quite to their character of hanging around, they’re finding ways to get some results- aided in no small part by the cheat code that is Matthew Schaefer playing a full five minutes of OT in one game, then scoring the GWG in the other.
NY Rangers (0-1-0): It was a good time for the Rangers to only play one game in a week, where they gave up six goals and lost. NYR has given up 5+ goals in four of their last six games as they navigate life without their franchise goalie, this week will test them with four games (and Connor McDavid surely licking his chops to get after them today).
Pittsburgh (0-1-1): Nothing is coming easy for the Pens right now. Both games played were fairly frenetic and in a see-saw fashion with plenty of chances at both ends of the ice. But they’re not outscoring their problems that much so far this year, in part because as Muse mentioned above – they have way too many issues.
Columbus (1-2-0): The Blue Jackets found a way to beat Philadelphia in OT early in the week, then lost a one-goal game to Carolina and lost by two to Dallas after a late ENG. Goal scoring later on against those tough teams was a problem, only three combined goals in two games isn’t going to parlay well into earning positive results.
Philadelphia (0-1-1): If misery loves company, the commonwealth of PA is in the same boat hockey-wise on the Eastern and Western side. The Flyers won all three of their games on the season so far a little streak from Oct 17-21, then have lost their next three.
Yaxel Lendeborg bounces back to fuel Steph Curry-less Warriors' win vs. Clippers
Yaxel Lendeborg bounces back to fuel Steph Curry-less Warriors' win vs. Clippers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO – If Yaxel Lendeborg continues to sing at this level, hit after hit after hit, his rookie season with the Warriors will fill a triple album.
Two nights after his self-described “wet the bed” performance, Lendeborg on Sunday dropped the kind of gem that has the Warriors raising their already lofty dreams.
Lendeborg’s season-high 37 points in a 124-112 win over the rebuilding Los Angeles Clippers was impressive enough, but his production delivered a showcase of various facets of his game. When he digs into his bag, you can’t predict what he’ll bring out.
“We knew he was a good shooter,” coach Steve Kerr said. “And when he came in for a workout, you could see the skill in terms of being able to put it on the floor and pull up and shoot. But I didn’t expect what I saw tonight when we when we worked him out in the summer.”
He entered the game shooting a respectable 36.4 percent beyond the arc and walked out shooting 40.9 percent from deep after draining 6 of 11. The variety of his triples – step-back, pull-up, catch and shoot in halfcourt and in transition – were like warning shots to the rest of the NBA.
Lendeborg’s 37 points came on 13-of-19 overall shooting – he missed his last three shots in a vain effort to score 40 – adding six assists and four rebounds.
“I’ve never been a stat chaser in my life, so just falling into peer pressure like I did just now was pretty much bad on my part,” Lendeborg said. “I’m a guy that loves ethical hoops. I’m a guy that loves efficient basketball, and I didn’t do that for the last two, three minutes. It’s bad on my part, but I know next time I definitely won’t do that again.”
With Stephen Curry resting on the first night of a back-to-back set, Lendeborg seized the scoring load and carried it like a lower-case warrior.
“It changes everything,” Kerr said. “You see on a night like tonight without Steph and we score 124 points, and Yax is the main reason that we’re high-powered. You can play off him. I thought everybody did a really good job of spreading the floor and executing for the most part, and a lot of guys took advantage of the space out there.”
De’Anthony Melton, starting in place of Curry, finished with 21 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field, including 6 of 8 from beyond the arc. Brandin Podziemski put in 17 points, and Brandon Williams matched that total coming off the bench.
But everything revolved around the 6-foot-9, 240-pound rookie from the University of Michigan. This was what he wanted. What he needed to satisfy his soul after posting such a poor representation of his game Friday night: Season-low six points, season-high six fouls and five turnovers in a 112-95 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
He’ll sleep better after this one.
“One hundred percent,” Lendeborg said. “I wanted to switch that up. That’s not who I am, and last game I was playing like a Debbie Downer, so I just got to go back to playing the way I always play, with a lot of joy, a lot of smiles, dancing and all that other stuff.
“I’m going to try to steal some of the Steph’s dance moves eventually, but I’ve just got to get back to being me. That was an awful game.”
Lendeborg has had a 37-point game, a 13-rebound game and is displeased that his season-high assists total is six. It’s conceivable, even likely, he will post a game with 10 dimes.
What may be the most surprising development seven games into Lendeborg’s NBA career is his relative comfort, particularly on offense. Things seem to come naturally for someone who didn’t get serious about basketball until he was approaching adulthood. The 24-year-old is raising eyebrows on the court without realizing it.
“He just be going out there and playing,” Melton said. “That’s what we love about him; he don’t even know what he be doing sometimes.”
What Lendeborg is doing is laying down enough potent tracks to give the Warriors a strong present and allowing them to visualize a tantalizingly wonderful future.
He’s not the only one dancing.
Yaxel Lendeborg dunking on girlfriend during basketball beatdown turns heads
Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg didn’t have a great game against the Lakers on Friday night, as he scored a career-low six points and had a -20 +/-.
Perhaps this was because Lendeborg used up all of his good hooping against his girlfriend before the game.
On Thursday, Dub5 Apparel, a clothing brand that Lendeborg and his girlfriend, Tacarra, are heavily affiliated with, posted an Instagram video of them seemingly playing a game of 1-on-1.
But it wasn’t much of a contest, which the 6-foot-9 forward quickly proved when he posterized his girlfriend then had several words to say to her about it afterward.
The two were obviously joking around, and the apparel brand has posted several clips of them hooping together while wearing Dub5 clothes.
This dunk was definitely the most merciless moment of all from the rookie.
The Warriors did not need a good game from Lendeborg to beat the Lakers 112-95 on Friday night.
But they’re going to need the rookie if they’re going to make any noise in the Western Conference this season, as he has already proved to be one of most valuable members of their roster through the season’s first six games.
Because of his success, Yaxel and Tacarra can expect to stay in Golden State for quite a long time.
Gilbert Sent Down, Former Sabre Gets Fined, Amerks Update
The Buffalo Sabres return home to start a four-game homestand against the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday, and they made a roster move to send a former Sens blueliner back to their AHL affiliate. Defenseman Dennis Gilbert was called up after veteran Matt Grzelcyk went on injured reserve, but with the Sabres returning home, they demoted the veteran to the Rochester Americans on Sunday.
The Buffalo native posted two points (1 goal, 1 assist) in five games since being recalled earlier this month, and played in the 7-6 win over Anaheim on Thursday. Both Grzelcyk and Conor Timmins have been out with lower body injuries, so it is possible that one or both are close to returning to the lineup.
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In former Sabres news, Boston Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov was fined $5,000 for a sucker punch of Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Alex Vlasic on Saturday. Zadorov was assessed a pair of minor penalties for roughing as well as a 10-minute misconduct. The former Buffalo first rounder leads the NHL with 47 penalty minutes this season. Another former Sabre, Dylan Cozens had a goal and an assist in the Ottawa Senators 5-1 win in San Jose over the Sharks on Saturday.
NEWS: #NHLBruins D Nikita Zadorov has been fined $5,000 (max allowable under CBA) for roughing #Blackhawks D Alex Vlasic. pic.twitter.com/7q0zNd5IOK
— NHL News (@PuckReportNHL) November 1, 2026
In AHL news, the Rochester Americans beat Lehigh Valley 6-3 at Blue Cross Arena on Friday. Jake Richard scored his third of the season, and Matthew Peca had a goal and two assists for the Amerks, who are 5-4-1 this season, and on fifth place in the North Division.
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How to watch Warriors vs. Clippers
The Golden State Warriors will host the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night. The game will be played at 5:30 PM PT in San Francisco and can be watched on NBC Sports Bay Area.
Previously with the Warriors:
After opening the season with three consecutive losses, the Warriors have turned things around with three straight wins, most recently defeating the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night, 112-95.
Golden State found themselves in an early hole trailing by 23 points after the first quarter. However, a furious comeback led by superstar Steph Curry completely shifted the momentum, as the Warriors outscored Los Angeles 97-57 over the final three quarters to secure the victory. Curry led the team with 31 points while providing the home crowd with multiple highlights along the way, including this ankle-breaking move against Lakers star Luka Dončić.
What to watch for tonight:
The Warriors will have to keep their winning streak alive without two of their biggest stars on Sunday. Curry and Draymond Green have both been ruled out against the Clippers, with Golden State opting to rest their veteran duo on the first night of a back-to-back.
Look for rookie Yaxel Lendeborg to have a bounce back game tonight. Lendeborg struggled to find his rhythm against the Lakers, finishing with a season-low six points Friday night. The rookie was critical of his performance afterward, acknowledging that he needed to be better.
Now, with two of Golden State’s stars unavailable, Lendeborg will have a chance to respond. The Warriors have already seen flashes of his versatility and offensive potential early this season, but Sunday’s matchup could provide an interesting opportunity to see how he responds to a poor performance.
Enjoy the game Dub Nation. GO WARRIORS!!!
Projected Starters
Warriors: De’Anthony Melton, Brandin Podziemski, Yaxel Lendeborg, Gui Santos, Graham Ike
Clippers: Darius Garland, Kris Dunn, Rui Hachimura, Derrick Jones Jr., Isaiah Jackson
How to watch Regular Season Game 7
Who: Golden State Warriors (3 – 3) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (1 – 4)
When: Saturday, November 1st, at 5:30 p.m. PT
Where: Chase Center — San Francisco, California
TV and Streaming: NBC Sports Bay Area
LIVE DISCUSSION: Brooklyn Nets at Indiana Pacers, 5:00 PM ET
Halloween might be over, but that doesn’t rid the scare from Nets fans.
Brooklyn dropped to 0-5 on Friday night after letting another promising start slip away in a 110-94 loss to the Detroit Pistons. The Nets came out with another solid start, but couldn’t sustain it over four quarters.
The road doesn’t get any easier tonight. The Nets won’t have Egor Dëmin and Mikel Brown Jr., leaving Nolan Traoré with an opportunity to take on a larger role at point guard. They’re back on the road at Indiana, who are also trying to find their footing after a 145-125 loss to the Miami Heat on Friday.
The Pacers enter at 2-4, but remain a dangerous opponent even without its franchise point guard, Tyrese Haliburton. The two-time All-Star will miss some time with a strained hamstring.
Indiana won the first meeting between these teams, 136-109, on Oct. 25.
Game Info & How to Watch
- Matchup: Brooklyn Nets (0-5) at Indiana Pacers (2-4)
- Time: 5:00 PM ET (4:00 PM CT)
- Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
- TV/Streaming: YES Network/DAZN
Nets-Pacers Injury Report
Brooklyn Nets
- OUT: Egor Dëmin (right bone bruise)
- OUT: Mikel Brown Jr. (back injury management)
- OUT: Joshua Jefferson (G League assignment)
- OUT: Ben Saraf (G League assignment)
- OUT: Tyler Bilodeau (G League assignment, two-way)
- OUT: Grant Nelson (G League assignment, two-way)
Indiana Pacers
- QUESTIONABLE: Obi Toppin (low back soreness)
- OUT: Tyrese Haliburton (left hamstring strain)
- OUT: Ben Sheppard (left meniscus surgery)
- OUT: Ivica Zubac (left ankle sprain)
- OUT: Johnny Furphy (right ACL surgery)
- OUT: T.J. McConnell (right hamstring strain)
- PROBABLE: Aaron Nesmith (left hamstring strain)
Game Preview
“The Nets are off to their worst possible start, and Friday’s loss to Detroit didn’t do much to inspire confidence. People can accept losing, but they can’t accept poor effort. Brooklyn’s latest defeat left plenty of questions about the team’s effort and execution. This year was supposed to be different for the Nets, but it looks all too familiar.
Nolan Traore will get all the minutes he can handle tonight. With Demin and Brown Jr out, it’s on him to man the point. That’s a lot on his shoulders. He’ll need to dictate the offense and generate downhill pressure. If he does get to the rim, the Nets need him to turn those opportunities into points.” – Brian Fleurantin
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