Basketball News

Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he "couldn't justify" not using a 12-man rotation in Wednesday night's season-opening win, saying this is "as a deep of a team as I've ever coached."

The Thunder have exercised fourth-year contract options on Chet Holmgren, Ousmane Dieng and Jalen Williams and their third-year option on Cason Wallace.

Coming off a season marred by controversy and injury, Ja Morant scored 22 points in 28 "hard-playing" minutes to lead Memphis to a 126-124 season-opening win over Utah.

Zaccharie Risacher drained his first shot before finishing with seven points as the Hawks held on against the Nets on Wednesday night.

Pelicans power forward Zion Williamson was scratched from the lineup for the club's regular-season opener against the Bulls on Wednesday night.