The Old Foe Again

A classic example was their newly appointed head coach this season—Mark Daigneault.

He had been an outstanding assistant under Donovan.

Under the influence and guidance of the "Championship coach," he had gradually made a name for himself in the League.

So now, Daigneault had finally taken that most important first step.

He'd joined the Pelicans as an assistant, then made the leap to head coach of an NBA team.

More importantly, that team was the New Orleans Pelicans.

They had one of the most stacked defensive lineups in the entire League.

That had to be a pretty sweet way to start.

It was now seven o'clock on the evening of the eleventh.

The Thunder and the Pelicans faced off for the first time this season, with the game officially tipping off at the Oklahoma home game.

The Pelicans' starters: Holiday, Beasley, Butler, Horford, Sabonis.

The Thunder's starters: Westbrook, Chen Xi, Batum, Davis, Little Jordan.

Neither team had made many changes to its starting lineup.

The only difference for the Pelicans was at shooting guard: Beasley had replaced Redick.

The Thunder, meanwhile, had made a change at small forward.

Before the game, Jeff Green was ruled out for the night due to his health.

Maybe he'd caught a cold in Toronto and was now running a bit of a fever.

So Donovan had promptly put him on the injury list.

It was only the start of the season, and the team was doing well anyway. No big deal~~

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The game finally began as the chief referee blew his whistle.

Sabonis lost the opening tip to Uncle.

The Thunder got the ball for the first possession.

Westbrook received the ball in the backcourt, slowly dribbled over half court, then reached the Top of the Key and passed to Chen Xi.

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