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Lee hit a 10-foot fallaway jumper over Spencer Dinwiddie to cap
an electric Phoenix comeback in the season opener for both
teams. Dallas star Luka Doncic missed a 3-point attempt just
before time expired.
Devin Booker recorded 28 points and nine assists and Deandre
Ayton contributed 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Suns.
Cameron Johnson added 15 points, Mikal Bridges had 13 points and
11 rebounds and Lee scored 11 points off the bench.
Doncic had 35 points, nine rebounds and six assists for the
Mavericks. Christian Wood added 25 points and eight rebounds in
his Dallas debut while Dinwiddie added 15 points.
Timberwolves 115, Thunder 108
Rudy Gobert scored 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to help
Minnesota earn a season-opening win over Oklahoma City in
Minneapolis.
D'Angelo Russell added 20 points and Jaden McDaniels had 19 for
Minnesota. Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 12 points and seven
assists.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 32 points on
12-of-23 shooting. Josh Giddey added 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Trail Blazers 115, Kings 108
Jerami Grant capped a team-high 23-point performance in his
Portland debut with a go-ahead, three-point play with 50.4
seconds remaining, lifting visiting Trail Blazers past
Sacramento on Opening Night.
Anfernee Simons scored 22 points, Damian Lillard 20 and Josh
Hart 19 in a balanced attack that allowed the Trail Blazers to
avenge a three-point home defeat at the hands of the Kings in
last year's opener.
De'Aaron Fox poured in a game-high 33 points and Kevin Huerter
had 23 for the Kings, who finished three games ahead of the
Trail Blazers in the final Western Conference standings a year
ago.
Jazz 123, Nuggets 102
Collin Sexton scored 20 points and Lauri Markkanen added 17 as
Utah earned a season-opening win over Denver in Salt Lake City.
Seven different Utah players scored in double figures to help
this new era of Jazz basketball begin with a surprising victory.
The Jazz had a wild offseason, which included trading away
All-Stars Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, among others, and
hiring Will Hardy as head coach after Quin Snyder's resignation.
Rudy Gay put up 16 points while Mike Conley had 13 points and
eight assists for Utah. Nikola Jokic led all scorers with 27
points and Aaron Gordon chipped in with 22 points and 10
rebounds for the Nuggets.
Grizzlies 115, Knicks 112 (OT)
Tyus Jones hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 47.8 seconds left
in overtime for host Memphis, who squandered a 19-point
second-half lead before edging New York in the season opener for
both teams.
Ja Morant scored a game-high 34 points for the Grizzlies. Santi
Aldama (18 points, 11 rebounds) and John Konchar (12 points, 11
rebounds) each posted double-doubles while Jones had 15 points
off the bench.
Julius Randle recorded 24 points and 11 rebounds for the Knicks.
Cam Reddish scored 22 points off the bench while fellow reserve
Isaiah Hartenstein had 16. Jalen Brunson had 15 points and nine
assists in his debut for New York.
Bulls 116, Heat 108
DeMar DeRozan scored 28 of his game-high 37 points in the second
half as visiting Chicago beat Miami in the season opener for
both teams.
Ayo Dosunmu had 17 points while Nikola Vucevic tallied 15 points
and 17 rebounds for the injury-depleted Bulls, who played
without starting guards Lonzo Ball and Zach LaVine.
Jimmy Butler had 24 points and eight rebounds for Miami, while
Tyler Herro scored 23 points and Max Strus made five 3-pointers
off the bench and finished with 22 points.
Hornets 129, Spurs 102
Terry Rozier poured in 24 points and all five Charlotte starters
scored in double figures as the visiting Hornets cruised past
San Antonio in the season opener for both teams.
Gordon Hayward scored 20 points and Nick Richards added 19
points and 10 rebounds off the bench for the Hornets. P.J.
Washington hit for 17, Kelly Oubre Jr. racked up 13 and Dennis
Smith Jr. and Mason Plumlee contributed 12 points each.
Keldon Johnson led the Spurs with 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Jakob Poeltl and Tre Jones scored 14 points apiece, Doug
McDermott added 12 off the bench, Devin Vassell put up 11 and
Joshua Primo had 10 points.
Hawks 117, Rockets 107
John Collins scored 24 points and Trae Young added 23 along with
13 assists to lift host Atlanta past Houston in the season
opener for both teams.
De'Andre Hunter had 22 points and offseason acquisition Dejounte
Murray collected 20 points, 11 assists and five steals for the
Hawks, who held a 28-13 edge in points off turnovers.
Houston's Kevin Porter Jr. collected 21 points, seven rebounds
and seven assists, two days after agreeing to a four-year, $82.5
million contract extension. Rookie Jabari Smith Jr. had 17
points and seven rebounds.
Pistons 113, Magic 109
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 24 points in his debut as Detroit
spoiled the debut of top draft pick Paolo Banchero by defeating
Orlando in the season opener for both teams.
Bogdanovic, acquired in a trade with Utah, made six 3-pointers
and grabbed five rebounds. Jaden Ivey, the fifth pick in the
June draft, scored 19 points; Cade Cunningham had 18 points and
10 assists; and another lottery selection, Jalen Duren, supplied
14 points and 10 rebounds.
Banchero piled up 27 points, nine rebounds and five assists in
his first game for Orlando. Jalen Suggs tossed in 21 points
before fouling out, and Franz Wagner had 20 points and five
assists.
Wizards 114, Pacers 107
Stingy defense and an overwhelming scoring advantage on the
interior powered visiting Washington in a wire-to-wire win over
Indiana in Indianapolis.
Bradley Beal led the Wizards with 23 points, while Kristaps
Porzingis added 15 points and 10 rebounds. Will Barton scored 17
points, and Daniel Gafford had 12. Kuzma grabbed a game-high 13
rebounds.
The Pacers made a late-game push, cutting an 18-point deficit
down to three in the final minute behind Tyrese Haliburton's
game highs of 26 points and seven assists. Rookie Bennedict
Mathurin finished with 19 points and shot 3-for-7 from 3-point
range off the bench in his NBA debut.
Pelicans 130, Nets 108
Zion Williamson collected 25 points and nine rebounds in his
first game in over 17 months and visiting New Orleans never
trailed in a victory over Brooklyn in New York in the season
opener for both teams.
Williamson made 11 of 22 shots in 30 minutes and helped New
Orleans total 62 points in the paint. Williamson was
particularly dominant in the third when he made 5 of 6 shots as
the Pelicans outscored the Nets 40-28 to pull away.
Kevin Durant scored 32 points but had little help as the Nets
began their 11th season in Brooklyn with a dud. Kyrie Irving was
held to 15 points on 6-of-19 shooting as the Nets struggled
virtually the entire game. Ben Simmons finished with just four
points and fouled out in 23 minutes during his first game since
Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Atlanta with
Philadelphia on June 20, 2021.
Raptors 108, Cavaliers 105
Pascal Siakam tallied 23 points and 11 rebounds and Toronto came
back in the fourth quarter to defeat visiting Cleveland in the
season opener for both teams.
Siakam fouled out with 16.3 seconds left and Donovan Mitchell
made two free throws to cut the deficit to two. After the
deficit was down to one, Precious Achiuwa's dunk in the final
second completed the scoring. Mitchell scored 31 points and
added nine assists in his Cavaliers debut.
The Cavaliers lost Darius Garland with a left-eye injury late in
the first half. He did not return, finishing with four points
and three assists. Gary Trent Jr. scored 19 points for Toronto,
OG Anunoby added 18, Scottie Barnes and Fred VanVleet had 15
each and Achiuwa 10.
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