Run it Back! NBA Week in Review 2024-25 Week #1

2024-25 - Week _1 === Speaker: [00:00:00] Week number one of the 2024 25 NBA season is in the books, which means it's time to run it back. This is Run It Back, NBA week in review. I'm Jose Salviati, editor at thepeachbasket. net, and this is a show where we recap the week that was in the NBA and then highlight the marquee matchup for the week to come. We start with the only objective overall top 10 NBA power rankings anywhere. You can read more about how we get to these rankings and see the entire list at thepeachbasket. net. Let's take a look at the top 10 at the conclusion of the first week of the season. With a little caveat, the first week is always a little muddy. We've got really good teams that start off at it and won't sustain it. And we've got potentially bad teams that start off really good. So the first week is always, again, a little wonky. With that in mind, Let's start at number 10. The Los Angeles Clippers start the week and this season at number 10 on the strength of a win on the road against a good Nuggets team. Number nine belongs to the San Antonio Spurs, [00:01:00] CP3, and seems to be enjoying his time against playing alongside Wemby. The Spurs started out at one and one. The eighth spot belongs to the Cleveland Cavaliers. They've not beaten any great teams in week one, but they've won every game, which is enough to earn them the number eight spot. Same goes for the team at number seven. The Golden State Warriors look like an offensive juggernaut. with their wins over Portland and Utah. Number 6 goes to the 1 1 New York Knicks. They lost to the Celtics, but that win against a good Pacers team got them extra points, moving them to number 6. New Orleans Pelicans, without DeJounte Murray, start at number 5 after a 2 0 start. The defending champion, Boston Celtics. End of week number one at number four. I know, but remember our rankings are based on who you play and where you play them. The Celtics have won every game. They haven't played a quality opponent other than the Knicks so far, and that's counting against them, just not getting enough [00:02:00] points. Number three belongs to the two and one Phoenix Suns. Suns got here by beating a good Clippers team on the road and a very good Mavs team at home. Number two are the Oklahoma City Thunder, who started 2 0, including a win in Denver against the Nuggets. And the number one spot after week number one belongs to the 3 0 Los Angeles Lakers. Week number two will be tougher for the Lakers, so let's see if they can retain this top spot. That's the objective top 10 list for week number one. If you want to see where all 30 teams land this week, please visit thepeachbasket. net. Now let's shift our focus to the players. These are the best to do it by average in week number one of the 2024 25 NBA season. These are the best by average in points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and steals. Anthony Davis is off to a hot start. He led everyone in the first week of the NBA season averaging 34 points per game. The top assist man in the NBA in the first week of the season. Also plays [00:03:00] his basketball in Los Angeles, James Harden. He averaged 12 dimes for the Clippers. Chet Holmgren was the best rebounder in the association after week number one. He averaged 15 rebounds per game. Dyson Daniels of the Atlanta Hawks was the top thief, averaging 3. 5 steals per game. And the best rim protector, averaging 4. 5 blocks per game, was Brooke Lopez. Looking ahead to week number two, the marquee matchup has to be the Boston Celtics traveling to Indiana to take on the Pacers in the Eastern Conference. That should be a great game. And in the West, we've got the hot Los Angeles Lakers will take on the Suns in Phoenix. It should be a great second week of games in the association. That's it. Week number one of the 2024 25 NBA season is in the books. Join us again next week after week number two, when we once again, run it back.