The start of the NBA season

The start of the NBA season

The 2017-2018 NBA season is here and there were two highly anticipated matchups that occurred last week. On Tuesday, October 17th the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics played, and the defending champions the Golden State Warriors played against the Houston Rockets. The Cavaliers and Celtics was a highly anticipated matchup because Kyrie Irving, the former all-star point guard of the Cavaliers was traded to the Celtics for their all-star point guard, Isaiah Thomas, who was not able to play. The Cavaliers signed former all-star guard Derrick Rose, and all-star guard Dwyane Wade. This game was very close from the start until all-star forward Gordon Hayward fell awkwardly on his foot, ending up breaking it, after this, the Cavaliers ended controlling the game and won 102-99. Lebron James led the Cavaliers in points scoring 29 points! The other highly anticipated matchup was between the Houston Rockets and the Golden State Warriors. The Houston Rockets added all-star guard Chris Paul to their roster, while the Warriors added three-pointer superstar Nick Young and many others. Most fans, including me, thought that this would be a really close game, but Nick Young scored 20 points before halftime. However, in the second half, the Rockets controlled the game and ended up winning 122-121. James Harden led the Rockets with 27 points! The second day of the NBA season featured many more teams such as the Minnesota Timberwolves and the San Antonio Spurs. On Thursday there