🎃 Is Luka Doncic a Witch?

Greetings to all you ghouls and goblins out there, and welcome to the spookiest newsletter of the year. You’ll never know when something frightful could be lurking in the shadows…

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🕸️ Today’s Lineup 🕸️

A Scary Amount of Buckets: We just witnessed a crazy NBA weekend.

Still Here: Denver still looks like the team to beat out West.

Unsung Heroes: This Magic PG got hot last season…and he’s still scorching.

👻 Friday’s Freaky Finishes 👻

Now that is how you kick off a Hallo-weekend of hoops. Good gracious.

Where do we start? Wemby is always a safe call. He was a little erratic and still finished with 21/12/3/3 to help San Antonio beat Houston. He’s truly as good as we thought he’d be. Outrageous.

Meanwhile, we had Game Winners Galore. Alex Caruso hit one as Chicago beat Toronto, Jordan Clarkson hit one for Utah against the Clips, and Luka Doncic was basically creating new types of shots to hit in the fourth quarter against Brooklyn, the last one being a dagger. He finished with 49 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST…and zero turnovers. He might be a witch. WHAT IS THIS?

🧟 Saturday’s Spooky Scenes 🧟

People are saying…Detroit Basketball. The Pistons had a dunk party against Chicago on Saturday, rendering Zach LaVine’s 51-piece fruitless in a loss. Jalen Duren = very good.

Important note: if you’re sitting courtside and your team is playing the Pacers…don’t say whatever this fan said. Because Tyrese Haliburton will, apparently, do this.

Also, the Naz Reid Show (25 PTS, 8 REB) resumed broadcasting in Minnesota. Naz Reid.

🧟 Sunday’s Ghostly Games 🧟

Nuggets fire on all cylinders, beat Thunder 128-95 in Sunday matinee

You can’t have a championship hangover if you immediately go race horses after winning one. In other words, the Nuggets (3-0) are still good. Nikola Jokic did Nikola Jokic things, while Peyton Watson (17 PTS) continued his extremely impressive start to his sophomore campaign. Chet Holmgren (19 PTS) looked good for OKC on a day when not a lot of things went right.

Hawks use balanced scoring effort to beat Bucks, 127-110

One team in this game had eight double-figure scorers. One team had four double-figure scorers. We’re not mathematicians here, but...more players scoring more points does seem like a recipe for success. Trae Young led the way with 20 points and 11 rebounds (and some looooong threes), and Atlanta (1-2) got 51 bench points, too. Milwaukee (1-1) will not go 82-0.

Sixers get big games from Maxey and Embiid, beat Portland 126-98

The Tyrese Maxey (26 PTS, 10 REB) starting point guard era is off to a roaring start in Philadelphia (2-1). The Joel Embiid (35/15/7/6 BLK) Being Really Good Era continues, as well. Portland (0-3) got 20 from Shaedon Sharpe, who is going to put up some eyebrow-raising individual numbers this season.

Warriors get hot from deep, down Rockets 106-95

When Steph Curry enters playground mode, just call it a night. Golden State (2-1) hit 18 threes to Houston’s nine and pulled away late. Amen Thompson did do this, though, so it’s not all bad for Houston (0-3) fans.

Clippers are rude to Wemby for some reason, beat Spurs 123-83

We don’t wanna say it. But we will. IF THE CLIPPERS (2-1) CAN STAY HEALTHY…they can make a deep playoff run. LA trounced the Spurs (1-2) from the opening tip, limiting Victor Wembanyama to 11 points and forcing 25 San Antonio turnovers. They still can be great, and games like this remind us why. Kawhi Leonard led the way with 21 points and is apparently still increasing his range in Year 13.

Fox shows toughness, Huerter is clutch as Kings beat Lakers 132-127

De’Aaron is not just a Fox, he is also a DAWG. After rolling his ankle pretty badly in the fourth quarter Sunday night against Los Angeles (1-2) he came back into the game and hit some huge shots, finishing with 37 points and eight assists. In OT though, the moment belonged to Malik Monk and Kevin Hurter, who both hit massive threes to propel Sacramento (2-1). Beam stays lit.

🦇 (Early) Unsung Heroes: Cole Anthony 🦇

Yes, we’re one week into the regular season. Yes, we’re starting Unsung Heroes anyway. Sorry, we’re excited! Magic guard Cole Anthony has gotten somewhat lost in the metaphorical shuffle of Orlando’s rebuild, but after an extremely strong finish to last season (16 PTS, over 40% from 3PT in March and April) he’s picked up right where he left off this season.

In two games, Anthony has scored 38 points and shot 14-27 from the field. He’s playing with confidence and is helping Orlando look like a competitive team a few years earlier than many people expected.

👽 Frozen Moments 👽

• Trey Murphy’s reaction to the idea the Pels don’t get along 💀 

• A new nickname for Josh Giddey. Or maybe not…

• Most blocks ever in a game? Not who you might expect…

🎃 What We’re Enjoying 🎃

The Nightmare Before Christmas (30th Anniversary): The all-time great Halloween (or Christmas ((or both))) movie from Tim Burton is back in theaters this Halloween season to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Go sing along to all the classic songs on the big screen!

Signing Off

And we’re out of here! A week through the season and we’re feeling good. Everyone be safe and responsible this Halloween and remember to make decisions for yourself, not anyone else. Talk soon!

-Quinn Everts

Trivia Answer: The most points on Halloween? A man that frightens other teams daily: Steph Curry. He scored 53 on Halloween in 2015!

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