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Victor Wembanyama's 43 points and six blocks headline a statement Saturday: Memphis is 6-0, Houston routed a short-handed Oklahoma City 119-98, and Philadelphia won twice in 24 hours, in New York on Friday and in Charlotte on Saturday behind Tyrese Maxey's 38 with LeBron James and Joel Embiid resting. Plus the reshuffled West, Cleveland's frontcourt template, the league's injury ledger, and today's four-game slate.

Segments: Where the league stands · The Memphis question: is 6-0 real? · The West's top tier, reshuffled · The East picture · Deep segment: the Wembanyama leap · The Philadelphia follow-up · Injuries and news · Today: Celtics at Magic, Nets at Pacers, Clippers at Warriors, Raptors at Lakers.

Cover photo: Victor Wembanyama, by Daiei Onoguchi (CC BY 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

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Ten days into the season, Houston and Memphis are both 5-0, Philadelphia's four-closer experiment leads the East at 4-1, and Oklahoma City just lost Chet Holmgren for eight to ten weeks on the day the NBA Cup opens. Plus a rookie class arriving ahead of schedule, Ja Morant's four-week hamstring absence, and tonight's ten Cup games.

Segments: Where the league stands / Top storylines / Deep segment: Philadelphia's four-closer experiment / Injuries and news / Tonight: the NBA Cup opens

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Five days into the season the map is upside down: Memphis is 5-0 without Ja Morant, Houston matches them out West, Oklahoma City is 4-1 and held together with tape, and the defending champion Knicks are 2-3. Plus Philadelphia's four-closer experiment, the rookie class arriving all at once, and tonight's NBA Cup openers.

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