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Opening Night: Nets-Bucks, Warriors-Lakers

October 13, 2021 06:00 PM

Pro Basketball Talk's Kurt Helin and Corey Robinson preview opening night in the NBA, featuring the defending champion Bucks hosting the Nets and the Warriors traveling to face the Lakers.

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