When Talking Trash To Luka Doncic Goes HORRIBLY WRONG...

This is why you should never talk trash to Luka. On the contrary, Ant-Man went nuclear on every Heat player. Buckle up cause day 2 of the new season was chaotic. We gotta start in Miami for the marquee matchup between the Heat and the Wolves where Giannis opened up his new chapter by knocking down the first shot of the game. it was LaMelo and Ant early on who made it rain from downtown. It was a classic shootout at the start with Klay Thompson responding with a couple of threes of his own on the other end. But as the game progressed, it turned into a showdown between Ant-Man and the Greek Freak. Edwards struck first but Antetokounmpo's response was vicious. Damn, when he puts his head down, there's absolutely no stopping him. It was a tight game early in the second when Giannis somehow pulled off a half court dunk with no dribbles. Chris Finch is irate on the sidelines asking for a travel, but the ref mimics to him that LaMelo poked the ball. On the slow-mo, we clearly see that Giannis throws the ball over him and travels all the way to Greece before the flush. So on the other side, Melo decides to get him back. that's a travel oh my goodness travel like that has to be called that has to be called created an extra six eight feet of separation it's the gather step and then four after no doubt are you kidding me everybody in the building saw that travel except for the ref who was right there this is ridiculous and mellow was teased about it in the post-game interview that one play dog and please tell me you know you walked on that play like you had like three gathers going to you're right you made the shot that's funny you know what's crazy yeah my man's was just talking about it and i cussed his ass out on the bench because i said if you watch i let the ball guide you feel me so if i'm letting the ball guide and i ain't touching it you can take as much steps as you want so Melo it's not travel your brother Lonzo went on on X and said that's a travel bro lmao he hated he hated he hated see i gotta give him a call right now because with the family he know what you're supposed to do even if i'm wrong i'm right that's how i go i gotta teach Anyway, back to Ant and Giannis as their battle reached the boiling point. This is what it's all about. You gotta love the competitive spirit of these two, going head to head and chirping at each other. Let's go! So, Edwards continued pressing and finished the half strong. Both guys had 21 points apiece in the first half, but the Wolves got up by double digits heading into the break. And coming out of it, the game quickly turned into a one-sided affair because... Oh my goodness! The Ant-Man goes nuts from beyond the arc, knocking down 4 more 3s in a span of 5 minutes while trash talking everybody. He let Giannis, Wiggins, Bam and the entire arena hear it. He had a loud 45 points on 9 of 17 from downtown while Melo added 21 points and 6 dimes. Fun fact is that both guys combined for more threes last night than 15 entire teams. That's insane. Giannis' 35 wasn't enough as the Heat dropped the first one at home. On the other hand, the show-time Lakers got off to an impressive start in LA. Heck, the first bucket of the game was an alley-oop dunk from Luka to Kessler. Here's to many more to come. Walker was feasting inside the paint all night long, getting served on a silver platter on numerous occasions. My goodness, the no look up bounce pass to the running big man for the easy dunk. Kessler had the perfect debut for the Lakers, posting 26 points, 9 boards and two blocks on a mind-boggling 12 of 12 from the field. That's elite. But the story of the game was Luka Doncic and Yaxel Lindeborg jawing at each other. I don't know if you want to wake up the dragon, but two guys who are unafraid to talk. And there's going to be a point here as this extracurricular continues that Luka Doncic is like me and you. One on one. Let's get there. Steve Kerr put Yaxel on the bench after the little incident, but then Luka on the next play called him out. Stop pop and hit from Doncic. Well, without Yaxel in the game, you see Will Richard has got this. And then he's like, come on back in here. And Steve Kerr not going to back away from a challenge, this is too good. Props to coach Kerr for putting Jaxels immediately back in to finish what he started. With 18, Green back on the floor playing with three fouls, another great pass. That is six assists, beautifully done from Green. And now Lendeborg called for a foul trying to find Doncic. The rookie tries to play pressure defense but Doncic baits him for the foul. He actually played really good defense on Luka, forcing him to shoot 0 for 5 from the field with him as the primary defender. But he didn't know when to stop talking. On the replay, we can read trash from Jaxels' mouth, but the talking went both ways. I don't know why only he got a tech. Regardless, Luka used all of it as motivation for his next magic trick. That's for you, rookie. Doncic had the last laugh in this one as the Lakers toyed with the Warriors in the second half, leading by as many as 35 points. The clutch-time trio of Luka, AR, and Kessler combined for 77 points in the dominant win at the end. But the trash-talking didn't stop there. of flop and a lot of foul bait and a lot of praying to the ref man interesting first game for me for sure obviously the back and forth with Luka you know we all saw it looks like at times maybe trying to get in your head the back like what did you make of of that and how do you felt like you handled it i had a lot of respect for him you know just because just watching i didn't really watch the NBA much i just watched highlights seeing them you know kill people all the time but then being in their first hand just watching all the whining and complaining i lost all respect man like that He's pretty straightforward as a rookie, but the vets and the coach all stood behind him, saying how they like his competitiveness and encouraged him to go right back at Luka in the very next game. I don't know what the NBA was on last night because we had a lot of scuffles. Tari Eason suddenly flipped out 7 minutes into the game. this. Oh yeah, there's no question. Tari gets him and it's a great look right in the back. Of course you'll get ejected. What was that all about? In this one, we had two guys coming back from injuries that kept them sidelined for more than a year and a half. Fred VanVleet and Kyrie Irving. And after a balanced first quarter, the Rockets took off. Of course, Morris Johnson Jr. played for him at Michigan. Shin Goh turning the corner and ramming it down. Jabari Smith Jr. had himself a ball game last night scoring 30 points on 65% efficiency and KD matched him equally. 30 for the 38-year-old on 63% shooting from the field. The Rockets look promising this season. Just look at the score at halftime, 70-38. Needless to say that Houston won the game. And things got even worse in Portland, where the Blazers started off blazing hot going up 21-0 against the Suns. Yup, you heard that right. Falling in such a deep hole early on, Booker got pissed at Ja. I don't blame him. I would be mad myself getting beat up like that. The Blazers were running circles around the Suns all game long. Lillard had an outstanding homecoming, racking up 25 points on 6 of 10 from distance in just 24 minutes of action. That's all it took to demolish Phoenix. And I liked Morant's role last night as he did more playmaking dishing out eight assists while taking only eight shots for 14 points total. Another high-profile duo was bowling out in Washington as well. Washington has 14 of their 18 points coming in the paint. And there might be more right here. AD and one. Counts a foul on Khalil Ware. Anthony Davis had the debut of his dreams, posting 34 points and 12 boards on 55% shooting from the field. But no one expected to hear this from the crowd. Drew, hold on. This might have never happened in Capital One Arena. With 4-16 remaining in the first quarter, they're chanting MVP for Anthony Davis. Wait a minute, he had a fire debut in Dallas as well, don't you remember? I guess all those empty years lowered their standards. Nevertheless, the fans have another guy to cheer for. Despite an off-shooting night, Trae Young left his imprint with 13 assists in the home win opener. Moving on to Toronto now, where everything was set for Kawhi's comeback. Leonard rocked the afro and rocked the crowd with his first bucket after making his first three-pointer the claw started struggling missing his next eight shots from the field he had a rough shooting night going 5 of 17 but still managed to put up 23 points with 11 coming from the free throw line his teammates backed him up though building a huge lead in the second quarter. All three of Quickly, Barnes and Barrett scored 20 plus points as well, leading the Raptors to a dominant win at the end. And speaking of that, no one in Memphis expected to see this from Ty Jerome. What? Ty Jerome pulls up a casual logo 3 with 16 seconds on the shot clock and nails it to send the fans into a delirium. He was on fuego last night scoring a career high 45 points on 68% efficiency in the surprising win over Utah. Man, what a night in the NBA! Judging by the first couple of days, this is going to be one hell of a season! And in case you missed all the craziness from day one, here's my video recap to check it out! Talk to you in the next one! Peace out!