NBA Day 1 results

KNICKS 106, CELTICS 104
- Carmelo Anthony was unguardable.
- Iman Shumpert was impressively assertive for his NBA debut.  Too bad he's now out for a month.
- Celtics are still in the hunt.  They only lost by two and they were playing without Paul Pierce.

HEAT 105, MAVERICKS 94
- Mark Cuban needs to find another defensive-minded big man.  Unless he finds one, the Mavs will not repeat.  Having said that, Brian Cardinal was +16 in 14:27 of play.
- LeBron looked like a man on a mission.  37 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks.
- The Heat bench is still thin.  I don't get why they brought Juwan Howard back, but it says something about their bench that he's in their nine-man rotation.

BULLS 88, LAKERS 87
- Plenty of off-season speculation that this might be the year Kobe Bryant slows down.  Didn't look like it.  If anything it'd be those nagging injuries he should be worried about.  And the lack of help from his supporting cast.
- Bulls won on a 7-0 run.  When the offense gets spotty, their defense can keep them in the game.

THUNDER 97, MAGIC 89
- First of all, it's the Thunder.  I wouldn't start speculating Stan Van Gundy's getting fired just yet.  But with every loss, Otis Smith has to be that much more concerned he's not going to be able to talk DWight into staying.
- Might just bide their time and hope Brook Lopez is healthy before the trade deadline.

CLIPPERS 105, WARRIORS 86
- This game was close until the fourth quarter.  The Clippers might have been able to put this away sooner if Blake Griffin (4-8) and DeAndre Jordan (4-12) could make free throws.
- The Warriors had 8 blocks.  DeAndre Jordan had 8 blocks.