NBA Opening Night Reactions: Warriors Shine, Lakers Struggle & KD’s Costly Mistake

Locked On NBA – Daily Podcast On The National Basketball Association

Locked On Podcast Network

Sports Podcast, Podcast, National Basketball Association Podcast, Nba, Basketball, Nba Highlights, Basketball Podcast, Nba Today, Nba News, Daily Podcast, Professional Basketball, National Basketball Association, Nba Podcast, Nba Games, Sports

4.3 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

NBA Opening Night did not disappoint! In this episode of Locked On NBA, Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore, and Haize review a wild night of basketball featuring Steph Curry’s clutch performance, Jimmy Butler’s dominance, and a double-overtime showdown between the Thunder and Rockets. The crew debates what the Warriors’ win means for the Lakers’ chemistry, breaks down Kevin Durant’s missed free throw, and highlights standout players like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Alperen Şengün. Tune in for expert insights, game analysis, and predictions for tonight’s Cavs vs Knicks and Spurs vs Mavericks matchups. Your daily NBA podcast — every game, every story, every angle.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Good afternoon. The season is back. We've got games to talk about a thriller in Oklahoma City.
0:05.6	Steph Curry says night night, all of that and more on today's Locked on NBA.
0:14.9	You are Locked on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:19.7	Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:26.5	All right, welcome back to Lockdown NBA.
0:29.2	However, you're tuning in on YouTube.
0:30.3	We're on your favorite podcast app.
0:31.8	Thanks for making us your first listen every day.
0:33.6	I'm Wes Goldberg.
0:34.3	We're talking today about one of the most fun opening nights in the NBA that I can remember. We're also going to look ahead to a pair of big matchups tonight. We're doing it with the help of lockdown's local experts. I have two of the best with me, as always, from the Lockdown Nuggets podcast. He's a senior NBA writer for the Action Network. It's Matt Moore, Matt. Great night of hoops. NBC did such a phenomenal job with the production. So glad to have the NBA back.
0:58.7	I am, I am playing a little hurt today because I went to the media versus the assistant
1:05.1	coaches thing for the Nuggets yesterday. Hayes, I got dunked on three times.
1:11.4	Who dunked on you?
1:13.1	The player assistant development, Cam Griffin, several times.
1:19.3	I was the only one willing to run back.
1:22.2	So like, I took the Alonzo morning approach, which is like nothing easy.
1:27.2	So like I was there.
1:28.7	Did, did stop two of them, which is more than a lot of my colleagues did.
1:32.5	Final score in that game across about what five, four minutes, no, six, six seven six minutes or four minute segments was a hundred and fourteen to sixteen wow wow
1:49.4	didn't lose by a hundred didn't lose by a hundred small victories he's uh he's a bulls and bears
1:57.4	creator over at bleach report also the host of Locked on Bulls.
2:02.9	I'm just glad that we got some basketball. My team, well, my secondary team played last night and all things given, they look pretty good.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Locked On Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Locked On Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.