The best basketball league in the world is coming back in style - on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday (1:30), the defending champion Denver Nuggets will take on the Los Angeles Lakers, the team they "cleaned" in the Western finals last year.
The team from Colorado enters the new season with an almost unchanged composition, Bruce Brown is missing from the championship generation, who decided to continue his career in Indiana.
The team from the "City of Angels" completely transformed the team in February, so they hope that with additional time and experience from last year's playoffs, they can disrupt the plans of the "Nuggets".
The Phoenix Suns added the great scorer Bradley Beal to Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, while the Kilpers hope that this year will be "the one" - Kawhi Leonard and Paul George must avoid injuries, and the rest of the roster led by Russell Westbrook is ready to "rush " to history.
Luka Doncic and Kyri Irving have their "hands full" in Dallas, veterans from San Francisco are aiming for a fifth ring, while teams like Memphis, Oklahoma and New Orleans are waiting for the next breakthrough of their young stars.
San Antonio will be in the spotlight because of the young Frenchman who wowed everyone in the preseason - Victor Vembenjama now has the chance to showcase his talent on the world stage.
However, the Nuggets' main competitors are stationed on the East Coast.
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Damian Lillard replaced Portland with Milwaukee and paired with the Greek superstar, Giannis Antetokounmpo, formed a "dream" duo.
Lillard's shooting ability, along with Greko's omnipresence in the racket, looks like an indefensible combination.
One of the best defenders in the league, Jrue Holiday, who was sent by the Bucks to Portland, from where he joined the great rival - Boston, no longer lives in Wisconsin.
Jayson Tatum and the owner of the biggest contract in the history of the league, Jaylen Brown, have a team built for big things around them.
The defensive wall consisting of Holiday, Derrick White and Kristaps Porzings has the potential to be the first defense in the league, while the leader Tatum is expected to make a big leap this year and be among the top three candidates for the MVP award.
The Miami Heat have shown you can never write them off, Joel Embiid is looking to cement his status after winning MVP and (yet another) premature playoff exit with the Sixers, and the Cleveland Cavaliers aim to continue their evolution.
This season, the first edition of the NBA version of the European Cup competitions is expected, and Nikola Vucevic is once again the only representative of Montenegro in the NBA league, after Marko Simonović returned to Europe.
Denver and Lakers (1:30 a.m.), or Golden State and Phoenix (04:00 a.m.) will be an introduction to the basketball spectacle that will last for the next eight months.
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