The guard started in the five of the Warriors in the 108:125 victory over the Lakers (without LeBron) in the preseason, 13 thousand spectators came to a training game of the promising rookie. The question marks about Harden continue
For NBA fans this is still a strange sight, and still: Chris Paul wore the Golden State uniform tonight (between Saturday and Sunday) for the first time, when he debuted his new team in its first preseason game, where the Warriors Beat the Lakers 108:125. Although it is only a practice game (one of five for Golden State), all eyes were on the veteran guard, who started in Golden State’s five alongside Stephen Curry, Andrew Wiggins, Klay Thompson and Kwon Looney. Paul played 13 minutes and finished with 6 points,5 assists and 4 rebounds, against the Lakers without LeBron James. He scored the first basket of Golden State’s game, then fed Steph’s 3-pointer with a burst, and in his short minutes seemed to fit in. Jonathan Cominga scored 24 points for the Warriors, Thompson finished with 10, Anthony Davis scored 15 for the Lakers, who were also missing Austin Reaves.
* In San Antonio, Victor Wambanyama held his first practice game, which was open to the public – and 13,200 came especially to watch the Spurs center, the rookie in question. In his first time in front of his new fans, the Frenchman received a lot of love and support, and felt the hype around him – with the crowd going wild when he sniped a step-back triple and added HalleHop and assist behind the back. “It warmed my heart to see the support of the audience, every player who came up was applauded, and that’s everything I expected, even more,” he said at the end.
* Karl-Anthony Towns and Nez Reed scored 14 points each for Minnesota, which beat Dallas 96:104 in preseason/exhibition games in Abu Dhabi. Anthony Edwards scored 13, while Luka Doncic finished with 18 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds in 19 minutes for the Mavericks, who were without the injured Kyrie Irving, Seth Curry and Markieff Morris. * Philadelphia coach Nick Nourse said James Harden participated fully Friday in the Sixers’ final training camp practice, marking the first timeHarden has completed all practice since rejoining the team on Tuesday night. However, Harden’s future remains unclear. As I recall, the guard made it clear that he wanted to leave and would never play under president Der Murray who lied to him. Philadelphia will open the preseason games tonight against the Celtics and Ners says that although Harden has increased his pace, it is not clear if he will play. “I don’t know,” Neres said when asked if Harden would play in Boston. “I think we still have a number of players that we are trying to strengthen for the game, but I don’t know how it will go.”