LeBron asked about resting the first few pre-season games: "Rest Nah, that's a bad word. I haven't been resting, I've been around the clock all day every day since the first Wednesday of training camp."

During the Spurs 1994 season opener at the Alamodome a water cannon goes off showering people with thousands of gallons of water

The Toronto Raptors have defeated the Detroit Pistons for the first time since January 2020