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Larry Nance Jr. and CJ McCollum added 20 points each, Zion
Williamson scored 16 and Trey Murphy III and Jose Alvarado had
10 points each.
Jordan Poole scored 20, Jonathan Kuminga and Ty Jerome had 18
each, Anthony Lamb scored 16 and Moses Moody had 14 for the
Warriors, who completed an 0-5 trip and dropped to 0-6 on the
road.
Golden State played without Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson,
Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins because of injury maintenance.
Trail Blazers 108, Suns 106
Jerami Grant sank a fadeaway jumper from the right baseline as
time expired to give Portland a dramatic victory over host
Phoenix.
Grant scored a season-best 30 points as the Blazers defeated the
Suns for the second time this season. Jusuf Nurkic recorded 14
points and eight rebounds, and Justise Winslow had 12 points,
nine rebounds and nine assists.
Devin Booker scored 25 points for Phoenix, which had a five-game
winning streak halted. Deandre Ayton contributed 24 points and
eight rebounds after missing the previous two games with an
ankle injury. Damian Lillard (calf) and Anfernee Simons (foot)
sat out.
Nets 128, Wizards 86
Kevin Durant collected 28 points, a season-high 11 assists and
nine rebounds to help visiting Brooklyn overcome the absence of
Kyrie Irving and breeze to a victory over Washington.
Durant, who is from the Washington D.C. area, made 10 of 21
shots from the floor and all six attempts from the free-throw
line. Nic Claxton recorded 18 points and nine rebounds while Cam
Thomas contributed 17 points and six assists off the bench.
Royce O'Neale added 13 points with eight assists and Edmond
Sumner had 11 points while making the start in place of Irving.
Irving sat out the first contest of his team-imposed suspension
that spans "no less than five games" after he failed to formally
apologize for the hurt caused by his posts following his
promotion of a book and film with antisemitic messages. For the
Wizards, Bradley Beal scored 20 points, Kyle Kuzma had 19 and
Kristaps Porzingis collected 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Bucks 115, Timberwolves 102
Jrue Holiday scored 29 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded
his first triple-double of the season as Milwaukee improved to
8-0 for the first time in franchise history with a win over
Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Antetokounmpo finished with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 11
assists. Bobby Portis added 18 points, rookie MarJon Beauchamp
scored a career-high 14 and Grayson Allen chipped in 10 for
Milwaukee, which never trailed after the opening two minutes and
led by as many as 22 points in the third quarter.
Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 24 points, while Karl-Anthony
Towns had 22 points, 11 rebounds and five assists.
Mavericks 111, Raptors 110
Luka Doncic scored 35 points and made some history as Dallas
held on to defeat visiting Toronto.
Doncic has scored 30 or more points in each of his first eight
games of the season, a feat accomplished previously by one
player: Wilt Chamberlain (1959-60, eight games; and 1962-63, 23
games). Spencer Dinwiddie had 21 points for Dallas, which has
won three in a row. Christian Wood added 13 points, and Dorian
Finney-Smith had 11 points.
The Raptors lost Pascal Siakam to a groin injury late in the
third quarter, and he did not return. He had 18 points in 32
minutes. O.G. Anunoby scored 27 points for the Raptors.
Pacers 101, Heat 99
Buddy Hield tied his season high with 25 points, leading Indiana
to a win over Miami in Indianapolis.
Miami's Tyler Herro, who had a game-high 29 points, missed a
would-be winning 3-pointer off the front rim at the buzzer.
Miami, which was without leading scorer Jimmy Butler for a
second straight game due to a sore left hip, also received 18
points and 10 rebounds from Bam Adebayo. Max Strus added 17
points, Gabe Vincent had 15 and Kyle Lowry 10.
Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton had a near triple-double with 22
points, nine assists and nine rebounds. Bennedict Mathurin,
Indiana's rookie first-round pick, added 23 points off the
bench, going 10 for 12 from the foul line.
Celtics 123, Bulls 119
Jayson Tatum ran up a team-high 36 points, Sam Hauser and
Derrick White buried key fourth-quarter 3-pointers and host
Boston avenged a recent loss to Chicago.
Malcolm Brogdon chipped in with 25 points and Jaylen Brown added
16 for the Celtics, who had lost three of their previous four,
including a 120-102 setback at Chicago on Oct. 24.
DeMar DeRozan had a season-best 46 points in defeat for the
Bulls, who led by as many as eight late in the first quarter
before gradually watching their two-game winning streak end.
Knicks 106, 76ers 104
Obi Toppin scored 13 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and
drained the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:27 left for visiting New
York, which overcame a 12-point deficit to beat undermanned
Philadelphia.
Jalen Brunson scored 23 points and Julius Randle (17 points, 10
rebounds) had a double-double for the Knicks, who snapped a
three-game losing streak. RJ Barrett finished with 22 points and
nine rebounds while Cam Reddish added 11 points off the bench.
Tyrese Maxey scored 31 points for the 76ers, who have lost two
straight. They were without defending NBA scoring champion Joel
Embiid, who missed a third straight game with a non-COVID
illness, as well as James Harden, who suffered a right foot
tendon strain Wednesday night that is expected to sideline him
the remainder of the month.
Clippers 113, Spurs 106
Paul George scored 35 points and Ivica Zubac added 17 points and
15 rebounds as visiting Los Angeles came from behind in the
fourth quarter to beat San Antonio to win its third straight
game.
The Clippers trailed by four points heading to the fourth but
ran past San Antonio with a 14-3 run over a span of four-plus
minutes in the middle of the period. George hit a 3-pointer to
put Los Angeles ahead for good at 99-96 with 6:41 to play and
built its advantage to 11 points. John Wall added 15 points,
Reggie Jackson scored 14 and Norman Powell added 13 off the
bench for the Clippers.
Reserve Devin Vassell racked up a career-high 29 points to lead
San Antonio, with Tre Jones adding 18, Keldon Johnson tallying
16 and Doug McDermott contributing 10 points. The game was the
first of a home-road back-to-back for the Spurs, who play in
Denver on Saturday.
Cavaliers 112, Pistons 88
Jarrett Allen had 23 points and seven rebounds and depleted
Cleveland stretched its winning streak to seven games with a
blowout win over host Detroit.
Kevin Love supplied 21 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds off
the bench. Caris LeVert and Cedi Osman contributed 15 points and
six assists apiece, while Evan Mobley tossed in 11 points with
eight rebounds. Mobley added a career-high eight blocked shots
for Cleveland, which hasn't lost since its opener.
Cleveland's starting backcourt was held out of action. Darius
Garland was sidelined with a left knee sprain, while Donovan
Mitchell sat out with a left ankle sprain. Cade Cunningham led
the Pistons with 19 points, five assists and five rebounds while
Saddiq Bey and Jaden Ivey had 18 points apiece.
Jazz 130, Lakers 116
Lauri Markkanen scored 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead
Utah to a victory at Los Angeles.
Former Laker Jordan Clarkson contributed 20 points and Mike
Conley totaled 15 points and 10 assists as Utah snapped a
three-game road losing streak.
Russell Westbrook led the Lakers with 26 points off the bench.
Anthony Davis scored 22 points, but only two after halftime, and
grabbed eight rebounds, and LeBron James tallied 17 points, 10
rebounds and eight assists.
Grizzlies 130, Hornets 99
Behind a red-hot shooting night from Dillon Brooks and a
record-setting performance from Steven Adams, Memphis rolled to
a home win over Charlotte.
Brooks tied a career-high with six 3-pointers, finishing with a
game-high 23 points. Adams had a double-double by halftime (13
points, 19 rebounds). His 16 boards through the game's first two
quarters set a Grizzlies franchise record and his career high
for rebounds in the opening half. The entire Hornets team had
just 17 at the break.
Charlotte's Mason Plumlee had his streak of double-doubles
snapped at two games. Plumlee finished with seven points, seven
rebounds and three assists. Kelly Oubre Jr. led the Hornets with
17 points, while James Bouknight had a season-high 14 points.
--Field Level Media
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