The 2022-23 NBA season officially began Tuesday, with two games, but Wednesday’s slate of 12 contests is when the real action happened. It’s also when two of Arizona’s most recent draft picks made their league debuts, both impressively.
Bennedict Mathurin and Christian Koloko had impressive first professional games on Wednesday, while we’ll have to wait a few more days until Dalen Terry gets to show the skills that prompted the Chicago Bulls to use their first-round pick on him in June.
Mathurin, who was taken sixth overall by the Indiana Pacers, did not start at home against the Washington Wizards but may start soon enough after his first outing.