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Tuesday 17 OcTOber 2017

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Dallas Mavericks’ Dennis
Smith Jr. (1) drives between
Charlotte Hornets’ Frank
Kaminsky (44) and Kemba
Walker (15) in the second
half of a preseason NBA
basketball game in Charlotte,
N.C., Friday, Oct. 13, 2017.
Associated Press
Welcome, Rook:

Ball, Tatum,

Fultz and

more making

NBA debuts

By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
MIAMI (AP) — If there was
one takeaway from Lonzo
Ball’s first training camp
and preseason, it was this:
He doesn’t sound like his
dad. There’s no humility
in Ball’s game. The confi-
dence of the Los Angeles
Lakers’ rookie point guard
is high when he’s on the
floor and with a ball in his
hand. But when he speaks,
when microphones are
thrust near his face and
the lights of cameras shine Turner’s walk-off HR gives
in his eyes and reporters
pepper him with questions, L.A. 2-0 series lead
there’s no bluster or brava-
do emanating.
Yes, even the most bally-
hooed player in this highly
regarded NBA rookie class Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner celebrates
knows that a learning pro- after a three-run walk off home run against the
cess awaits over the next Chicago Cubs during the ninth inning of Game
few months. 2 of baseball’s National League Championship
“The grind of the sea-
son, 82 games, I’ve never Series in Los Angeles, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017.
played that before,” Ball The Dodgers won, 4-1.
said. “It is my first year, so Associated Press
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