Plus, the Pelicans are in the midst of a free fall. The NBA’s first Rivals Week ended up pitting many of the league’s top teams against one another. Lakers-Celtics , a historic matchup that dates back decades, and Grizzlies-Warriors, a budding beef between two of the best teams in the West, both delivered, while  Joel Embiid  got a crack at  Nikola Jokić  in a battle of MVP candidates . Boston stumbled...

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