A look at some of the key moments in the 2023-24 NBA regular season:
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Oct. 24 — The Denver Nuggets get their championship rings, raise the NBA title banner and defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 119-107 in the first game of the season. Nikola Jokic scores 29 points and grabs 13 rebounds.
Oct. 25 — Victor Wembanyama scores 15 points in his much-hyped NBA debut, but he and the San Antonio Spurs fall to the Dallas Mavericks 126-119.
Oct. 28 — Zach LaVine gets the first 50-point game of the season, scoring a career-high 51 in Chicago’s 118-102 loss to Detroit.
Oct. 31 — James Harden gets his wish and is traded out of Philadelphia, being sent to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Nov. 9 — Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo scores a then-season-high 54 points, but the Bucks fall to Indiana 126-124.
Nov. 14 — Golden State’s Draymond Green grabs Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert around the neck in an on-court altercation, gets ejected and is suspended for five games the following day.
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