NBA preseason in full swing

Ask any NBA fan what their two favorite months are, chances are you’ll get June for the NBA Finals and October for the beginning of the season.

Today marked the first day of NBA basketball in over three months as several teams were in action.

Although the regular season doesn’t begin until Oct. 29, fans are getting an early fix of basketball with four preseason games on Saturday.

The Oklahoma City Thunder were first to play, squaring off against Fenerbahce Ulker in Istanbul, Turkey, a game OKC won 95-82.

The Chicago Bulls play the Indiana Pacers in the highly anticipated returns of Derrick Rose and Danny Granger.

The Houston Rockets and New Orleans Pelicans are the third match of the day. Dwight Howard makes his Rockets debut, meanwhile, New Orleans plays their first game as the Pelicans.

Finally, the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors play from Ontario, Calf. Kobe Bryant will not be in a Lakers uniform tonight, the shooting guard is in Germany receiving platelet-rich plasma treatment on his right knee and left ankle.

The tweets were coming in all day from players about to commence another season.

Lock In!

— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) October 6, 2013

!!!!!RT @WestoverBBall: The NBA…its baaaaack! #thankyouGod

— Eric Maynor (@EMaynor3) October 5, 2013

Planes, trains, automobiles & arenas! It begins. @nba 13/14! #gameday

— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) October 5, 2013

Great team scrimmage today. Nice to play in front of our fans. Go Hawks!

— Al Horford (@Al_Horford) October 5, 2013

Tomorrow I will play against Denver at Staples. I’m looking forward to play again after more than 5 months of my last official game.

— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) October 5, 2013