Keeping a championship lineup after a dominant season puts Boston on edge Celtics to be seen as the main favorite in the National Basketball Association (NBA) this season as well, although the competitors are not dormant. Philidelphia got a star reinforcement in the summer 76ers and New York Knicksthe current core of leaders big ambitions allow Denver to cherish as well NuggetsOklahoma City Thunder and Milwaukee Bucksbut after reaching the finals, Dallas may have found the missing element in the lineup with the signing of Klay Thomson Mavericks. There is usually enough intrigue on the eve of the new season, but Latvian sports fans are expecting it in an unusual situation in recent years, because we won’t see our basketball players on the court at least until Christmas.
The season will be opened on Wednesday night Latvian time in Boston, where the champion flag will be raised Celtics the 18th title won this summer. Kristaps Porzingis also had a big chance in achieving the record, but due to injuries, the decisive act of the season came out shaky. After injuring the calf muscle of his right leg in the first round of the elimination tournament, the player from Liepāja returned to the field in the final series, but in the course of it, he injured his left leg in an unfortunate episode. The complicated operation performed in the summer forced him to miss both the Olympic qualifying tournament in Riga and the start of the new NBA season.
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