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Markkanen added 12 rebounds, Olynyk finished with 20 points,
Jordan Clarkson scored 18 and Jarred Vanderbilt added 15 points
as the Jazz prevailed in a pairing of teams that had both won
their first two games.
CJ McCollum had 28 points and 12 assists to lead the Pelicans,
who overcame a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit to force the
extra period despite losing Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson
to injury.
Williamson scored 25 points before going to the bench for good
midway through the fourth quarter after taking a hard fall and
having his hip or back checked by trainers. Trey Murphy III had
16 and Larry Nance Jr. and Ingram had 10 each. Ingram, who had
scored 28 points in each of the Pelicans' first two games, left
the game for good after colliding with a teammate early in the
second quarter.
Suns 112, Clippers 95
Devin Booker scored 35 points and Chris Paul added 11 assists
against his former team as visiting Phoenix earned a victory
over Los Angeles.
Deandre Ayton added 13 points for the Suns, who led by as many
as 22 while bouncing back from an overtime defeat at Portland on
Friday. Marcus Morris Sr. scored 22 points and John Wall added
17 for the Clippers.
With his first two assists of the game, Paul reached 11,000 for
his career. The milestone pass led to an alley-oop dunk by Ayton
as Paul became the first player in NBA history with at least
20,000 points and 11,000 assists.
Trail Blazers 106, Lakers 104
Jerami Grant made a driving layup with three seconds left and
visiting Portland held on for a win against Los Angeles.
LeBron James missed a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer for the
Lakers, who are 0-3 for the second time since James arrived in
Los Angeles before the 2018-19 season.
Damian Lillard scored 41 points and Grant had 16 for Portland,
which is 3-0 for the first time since 2011. James had 31 points,
eight rebounds and eight assists, Anthony Davis had 22 points
and 10 rebounds and Lonnie Walker IV scored 15 points for the
Lakers.
Cavaliers 117, Wizards 107 (OT)
Donovan Mitchell scored 37 points to lift host Cleveland to an
overtime victory over Washington.
Mitchell has a franchise-record three straight games of at least
30 points to start the season. Cedi Osman scored 16 points off
the bench and Jarrett Allen collected 15 points and 14 rebounds
for the Cavaliers, who played their second straight game without
All-Star guard Darius Garland (eye).
Bradley Beal scored 27 points and Kristaps Porzingis added 18
points and 11 rebounds for the Wizards, who sustained their
first loss of the season.
Hornets 126, Hawks 109
Short-handed Charlotte got a career-high 20 points and 11
rebounds from Nick Richards as it beat host Atlanta.
Richards was one of six players to score in double figures for
the Hornets, who were playing without leading scorer Terry
Rozier (right ankle sprain), Cody Martin (left quad soreness)
and LaMelo Ball (left ankle sprain). The Hornets also got 24
points and 10 rebounds from Kelly Oubre Jr. and 18 points from
Dennis Smith Jr.
Atlanta was led by Trae Young with 28 points and nine assists
and Dejounte Murray with 19 points and eight rebounds.
Timberwolves 116, Thunder 106
Anthony Edwards scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead
Minnesota over host Oklahoma City.
Rudy Gobert added 15 points and 15 rebounds for Minnesota, while
Karl-Anthony Towns also scored 15. Gobert was 7-for-8 from
inside the arc.
The Thunder were without leading scorer Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
who suffered a hip contusion late in Saturday's loss to Denver.
Luguentz Dort led the Thunder with 20 points, but was just 6 of
15 from the field. Jeremiah Robinson-Earl added 15 points.
Warriors 130, Kings 125
Stephen Curry scored 28 of his game-high 33 points in a
record-setting first half and Golden State outlasted visiting
Sacramento in Mike Brown's return to San Francisco.
Brown in turn witnessed a fireworks show in the first half, one
in which the Warriors outscored the Kings 89-71. The first-half
points explosion included a franchise-record 50 by the Warriors
in the second period. Curry had six 3-pointers to account for a
majority of his 28 points in the first two periods, contributing
to the 89 first-half points, which were the fifth-most in NBA
history. Curry finished with 33 points for the game.
The Kings also had four players in double figures in the
first-half shootout. De'Aaron Fox wound up leading the Kings
with 26 points, followed by Domantas Sabonis with 19.
--Field Level Media
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