NBA 2010-2011 Season

The hype is over... rated! It's time for the grit and grind. Lebron James of the new big three scored 31 points, but the other 2/3 combined for only 21 points in their first game of the NBA 2010-2011 season losing to the Boston Celtics' original big three 88-80.

Dwayne Wade on their dismal first game, said, “This is one of 82. Sorry if everyone thought we were going to go 82 and 0. It just ain’t happening.”

Celtics coach Doc Rivers also is convinced the Heat will progress into a championship contender and offered some encouraging words: “They’re going to be great,” he said.

When that happens for the new Miami Heat, we'll find out in the next 81 games of the NBA 2010-2011.

For now, the Boston Celtics are still the team to beat in the Eastern Conference and the Los Angeles Lakers are still the NBA champs. Kobe and Pau combined for 56 points as Lakers cap ring night with win over Rockets 112-110.

Nicolas Batum made three 3-pointers down the stretch in their own game opener against the Phoenix Suns. Batum also had 11 rebounds to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 106-92 victory.

The games can be watched on NBA.com for free.

The NBA finally announced Tuesday the marquee basketball games in the 2010-2011 NBA season. The NBA is banking on three of the hottest teams in the NBA today and the return of one of the NBA's marquee centers to kick off the 2010-2011 NBA season on October 26, 2010.

For the first nationally-televised basketball game in the NBA season 2010-2011, its Big Three against Big Three. Then versus now. Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, Lebron James and the newly revamped Miami Heat goes up against the 2010 NBA finals runner-up lineup of Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, Rajon Rondo and the proven Boston Celtics.

There's still some bad blood left over from these two teams and Lebron James still hates the Celtics for being his nemesis in his Cavaliers years, so this Heat Vs. Celtics match-up is going to be one heck of a first basketball game in the NBA 2010-2011 season.



The second NBA season 2010-2011 game will feature the 2010 NBA finals champions Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Ron Artest and the rest of tinseltown's Los Angeles Lakers versus the Houston Rockets and the returning Wall of China, Yao Ming, in his first NBA game back from a foot injury since the 2009 playoffs.

It's finally here. The summer of shock is over. The preseason of patience is done. In just a couple of hours, the Miami Heat begins its most anticipated season in franchise history. It starts with a road game befitting of such a circus this grand experiment has already become. The Heat begins the NBA 2010-2011 regular season at 7:30 p.m. against the defending Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics on their home turf.

"It seems like it's taken forever to get here -- I know that,'' said Heat forward Udonis Haslem, who, along with guard Dwyane Wade, was named a team captain on Monday. ``And it's not a coincidence we're starting off against Boston. Don't let anyone tell you it is. There's a reason we're starting off against Boston at Boston. There's a lot of hype built up around it.''

The story line is obvious. Boston is the Eastern Conference's reigning champ and Miami, with its roster built for greatness, is the weight class' top challenger. It's only October, but Tuesday's environment will surely feel like late May. TD Garden will be a violent sea of Celtic green. Heat forward LeBron James, the player everyone outside of South Florida now loves to hate, will be welcomed to Boston accordingly.

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The lights will dim and music will blare. Another banner will rise to the Staples Center rafters and the giant video screens will fall from the scoreboard to the floor to bring reminders of the Lakers' run that won the new championship rings handed out minutes earlier.

The Rockets will be there, invited to attend, but not to join in, like seat fillers at one of those Hollywood award ceremonies across the street.

The Rockets will have their own goals, their own season to open tonight against the Lakers, complete with their own reason to celebrate with the return of Yao Ming.

"There will be a lot of attention," forward Luis Scola said. "They will receive their rings, and everything. We don't have to think about that. It's just one game. Just focus in.

"It could be fun, but we got to win."

They have before. The Rockets opened the 2008-09 season with a win in Los Angeles against the Lakers. They opened their playoff series against the Lakers with another win in Staples Center.

They'll be reminded tonight about everything that has happened since, but also of how much they want to start over.

"We opened out there two years ago and it was just a great atmosphere," said Battier, who clinched the season-opening win with a corner 3. "We were able to sneak one by them and escape with a win. I'm hoping to do the same thing.

"They can have all the fanfare and all the rings they want. We just want one little win and we'll leave."

Perhaps brought about by a bit of jealousy over his friends Lebron James and Chris Bosh, Carmelo Anthony also wants to leave Denver Nuggets for a better shot at the NBA Finals trophy. Carmelo Anthony's agents furnished the Nuggets front office with a short list of teams that Anthony would like to be traded to.

No amount of marketing, gimmick or pep talk could change Carmelo Anthony's mind from wanting out. Anthony wants to leave Denver and get his three-year, $65 million contract extension now. This partnership is rounding third and rapidly reaching disrepair. Denver is willing to trade Anthony, J.R. Smith and Kenyon Martin, and start over again, sources said.