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NBA-Highlights of Friday's NBA games

[October 21, 2017]

Oct 20 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights from National Basketball Association games on Friday:

Lakers 132, Suns 130

Lonzo Ball had 29 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists in his second NBA game to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 132-130 win over the Phoenix Suns on Friday.

Ball made only one shot and scored three points in his NBA debut on Wednesday, a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. But Ball turned it on Friday, shooting 12 of 27 from the field and barely missing his first triple-double.

T.J. Warren had a chance to tie the game with 1.2 seconds left and the Suns down by two. But he missed the first free throw, purposely missed the second, grabbed his own rebound but shot an air ball as time expired.

Brandon Ingram had 25 points and Brook Lopez had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Lakers.

Cavaliers 116, Bucks 97

LeBron James scored 24 points and Kevin Love recorded his second double-double of the season as Cleveland spoiled Milwaukee's home opener.

James, who admitted earlier in the week that he still wasn't fully recovered from a left ankle injury that limited him to one preseason game, played 37 minutes and hit 10 of 16 shots while dishing out eight assists.

Love had 17 points with 12 rebounds while Kyle Korver also finished with 17, hitting 5 of 6 of his 3-point attempts.

Trail Blazers 114, Pacers 96

C.J. McCollum returned from a one-game suspension to score 28 points as Portland improved to 2-0 on the road to open the season.

Portland (2-0) opened its season Wednesday night with a dominating 124-76 victory at Phoenix, then continued its solid play in Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

Evan Turner added 17 points for the Trail Blazers, and Damian Lillard finished with 18 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Al-Farouq Aminu added 16 points and 16 rebounds

Celtics 102, 76ers 92

Kyrie Irving scored seven of his 21 points in a game-ending 18-8 run as short-handed Boston earned its first victory of the season.

Al Horford added 17 points and nine rebounds for Boston, which lost newly acquired forward Gordon Hayward, likely for the season, to a dislocated left ankle and fractured tibia in Tuesday's opener in Cleveland. The Celtics (1-2) were also without starting guard Marcus Smart, who sprained both ankles in Wednesday's home opener to Milwaukee, and forward Marcus Morris, who is out with a knee injury.

J.J. Redick scored 19 points for the Sixers (0-2). Joel Embiid had 11 points and 14 rebounds, but missed his first eight shots and finished 4 of 16 from the floor. Rookie Ben Simmons had 11 points, 11 rebounds and five assists.

Wizards 115, Pistons 111

Otto Porter scored 28 points and John Wall had 26 points and 10 assists as Washington improved to 2-0.

Bradley Beal finished with 25 points as the Wizards held on after letting a 15-point fourth-quarter lead slip away.

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Reggie Jackson scored 21 points and Avery Bradley had 18 for Detroit (1-1). Detroit center Andre Drummond had nine points and 12 rebounds before fouling out with 9:15 remaining with his team trailing 98-83. The Pistons immediately rallied with a 14-0 run and eventually took the lead at 104-102. Washington responded with a 9-2 run to regain the lead.

Nets 126, Magic 121

D'Angelo Russell scored six of his 17 points down the stretch as Brooklyn withstood a career-high 41 points from Nikola Vucevic to win its home opener.

Russell made 8 of 16 shots after getting 30 points in his Brooklyn debut Wednesday in Indiana. He converted a crossover layup and then executed a nifty foul line jumper while being defended by D.J. Augustin with 83 seconds left for a 119-116 lead.

DeMarre Carroll also scored 17 and grabbed eight rebounds for the Nets.

Hornets 109, Hawks 91

Kemba Walker scored 26 points and Dwight Howard torched his former team for 20 points and 15 rebounds, and Charlotte rallied from a 20-point deficit to win.

The Hornets trailed 40-20 with 8:52 left in the second quarter, but closed the gap to 56-49 at halftime and then dominated the second half with a 24-0 run in the third quarter. They outscored Atlanta 35-17 in the period.

The Hawks (1-1) were led by Dennis Schroder with 25 points.

Timberwolves 100, Jazz 97

Andrew Wiggins scored 21 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 20 points and 10 rebounds for Minnesota Timberwolves in a nail-biting win over Utah.

Jimmy Butler added 13 points for Minnesota, which overcame 26 turnovers and was just 7 of 22 from 3-point territory.

Jamal Crawford provided the big closing flurry with 17 points, all in the fourth quarter. His 3-pointer with 27.5 seconds left was the key shot of the game.

Kings 93, Mavericks 88

George Hill poured in 21 points Friday night to lead Sacramento to the road win.

The key basket came when Hill grabbed an offensive rebound and scored to put the Kings (1-1) ahead 91-86 with 16.4 seconds remaining.

Harrison Barnes paced the Mavericks (0-2) with 24 points. The Mavs played without rookie point guard Dennis Smith Jr., who has a left knee effusion.

Warriors 128, Pelicans 120

Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant combined for 83 points and Golden State rebounded from its season-opening loss to beat New Orleans.

The Pelicans scored 39 first-quarter points to take a 13-point lead, but the Warriors worked their way back.

Thompson finished with 33 points and Curry had 28 for the Warriors, and Durant had 22 points and a career-high seven blocks.

Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins had 35 points apiece for the Pelicans.

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