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\nNEW YORK: Zion Williamson returned from a one-year absence with 25 points and nine rebounds, powering the New Orleans Pelicans to a season-opening 130-108 rout of the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
\nThe No. 1 pick in the 2019 draft looked fully recovered and explosive after being sidelined with a broken right foot.<\/p>\n
\nBen Simmons also returned to action after a missed season but had the misfortune of having to cover Williamson for much of the brief time he was in the game. He fouled out early in the fourth quarter with four points, five rebounds and five assists, taking three shots.<\/p>\n
\nBrandon Ingram scored 28 points and CJ McCollum had 21 for the Pelicans, who finished strong last season and opened impressively in this one. Jonas Valanciunas had 15 points and 13 rebounds.<\/p>\n
\nKevin Durant scored 32 points but was largely a one-man show, with no other Nets player in double figures until the final two minutes of the third quarter. Patty Mills had 16 points and Kyrie Irving managed 15 on 6-for-19 shooting, going 0 for 6 from 3-point range.<\/p>\n
\nBULLS 116 HEAT 108<\/strong><\/p>\n\nDeMar DeRozan scored 28 of his 37 points in the second half, Ayo Dosunmu added 17 and short-handed Chicago beat Miami.<\/p>\n
\nNikola Vucevic had 15 points and 17 rebounds for the Bulls, and Goran Dragic added 12 off the Chicago bench.<\/p>\n
\nJimmy Butler scored 24 points and Tyler Herro added 23 for Miami, which got 22 from Max Strus and 12 from Bam Adebayo.<\/p>\n
\nThe Bulls played without All-Star guard Zach LaVine, citing left knee injury management. That knee had him in and out of the lineup last season and required surgery in May. LaVine played in three of Chicago\u2019s preseason games and experienced discomfort in recent days \u2014 which Bulls coach Billy Donovan said is to be expected, given that LaVine was limited for much of the summer.<\/p>\n
\nHAWKS 117 ROCKETS 107<\/strong><\/p>\n\nDejounte Murray had 20 points and five steals to lead Atlanta past Houston.<\/p>\n
\nMurray, acquired from San Antonio in the Hawks\u2019 biggest move of the offseason, also dished out 11 assists. Trae Young had 23 points and 13 assists, teaming with Murray to give a glimpse of how a pair of star point guards can co-exist.<\/p>\n
\nThe Rockets were led by Kevin Porter Jr, with 21 points, two days after he signed an $82.5 million, four-year contract extension to help lead Houston\u2019s major rebuilding project.<\/p>\n
\nJohn Collins led the Hawks with 24 points and De\u2019Andre Hunter chipped in with 22 points.<\/p>\n
\nGRIZZLIES 115 KNICKS 112, OT<\/strong><\/p>\n\nJa Morant had 34 points and nine assists, and Memphis beat New York in overtime.<\/p>\n
\nSanti Aldama had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Memphis, and Desmond Bane finished with 16 points.<\/p>\n
\nJulius Randle led the Knicks with 24 points and 11 rebounds, while reserve Cam Reddish added 22 points, making 9 of 15 shots from the field. Isaiah Hartenstein finished with 16 points and eight rebounds. Jalen Brunson, signed as a free agent, had 15 points and nine assists in his debut for New York.<\/p>\n
\nThe Grizzlies took a 115-112 lead on Tyus Jones\u2019 3-pointer with 47.7 seconds left. Evan Fournier had a chance to send the game into a second overtime, but his shot from the left corner was off the mark.<\/p>\n
\nTIMBERWOLVES 115 THUNDER 108<\/strong><\/p>\n\nRudy Gobert had 23 points and 15 rebounds in his debut with Minnesota in a victory over Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n
\nD\u2019Angelo Russell had 20 points and Jaden McDaniels added 19 points for the Timberwolves, who turned a 16-point lead into a six-point deficit during the third quarter.<\/p>\n
\nGobert, picked up in a summer trade with Utah, stepped up on a night when Karl-Anthony Towns (12 points) and Anthony Edwards (11 points) shot a combined 6 for 27 from the floor. Jaylen Nowell, who had 13 points, put the Timberwolves ahead for good with his layup with 10:47 remaining.<\/p>\n
\nShai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 32 points and cut the lead to 105-103 with 4:04 left, but didn\u2019t get any closer.<\/p>\n
\nRAPTORS 108 CAVALIERS 105<\/strong><\/p>\n\nPascal Siakam had 23 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out, O.G. Anunoby scored 10 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter and Toronto beat Cleveland.<\/p>\n
\nGary Trent Jr. scored 19 points, and Scottie Barnes and Fred Van Vleet each had 15 as Toronto outscored Cleveland 32-21 in the final period.<\/p>\n
\nDonovan Mitchell had 31 points and nine assists in his Cleveland debut, Jarrett Allen had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Evan Mobley added 14 points for the Cavaliers, who held an eight-point lead through three quarters but failed to close it out. Cedi Osman chipped in 17 points.<\/p>\n
\nCavaliers All-Star guard Darius Garland left the game in the second quarter after injuring his left eye in a collision with Raptors guard Gary Trent. Jr. Cleveland coach J.B. Bickerstaff said Garland was bleeding from a cut inside the left eyelid after being poked in the eye by Trent with 3:51 to play in the first half. Garland did not return. He shot 2 for 8 and scored four points in 13 minutes.<\/p>\n
\nPISTONS 113 MAGIC 109<\/strong><\/p>\n\nBojan Bogdanovic scored 24 points in his debut with Detroit in a victory over Orlando.<\/p>\n
\nOrlando\u2019s Paolo Banchero, the No. 1 overall pick last summer, had 27 points, nine rebounds and five assists in his NBA debut.<\/p>\n
\nCade Cunningham, the No. 1 pick last year, had 18 points and 10 assists. Cunningham\u2019s last assist set up Isaiah Stewart for a 3-pointer with 11.6 seconds left that gave the Pistons a four-point lead. Bogdanovic made two free throws with 4.7 seconds left to restore Detroit\u2019s four-point cushion, sealing the victory.<\/p>\n
\nIn their first NBA games, first-round picks Jaden Ivey had 19 points and Jalen Duren had 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Pistons.<\/p>\n
\nJalen Suggs, the No. 5 pick last year, had 21 points for the Magic before fouling out with 3:47 remaining.<\/p>\n
\nJAZZ 123 NUGGETS 102<\/strong><\/p>\n\nColin Sexton scored 20 points, Lauri Markkanen added 17 and new-look Utah beat Denver.<\/p>\n
\nNew Jazz coach Will Hardy won his first game with a team that is rebuilding after trading cornerstones Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert.<\/p>\n
\nRudy Gay scored 16 points, Malik Beasley had 15 and Mike Conley, the lone returning starter, had 13 as Utah had seven players in double-figure scoring. Rookie Walker Kessler had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and the Jazz shot 50.6 percent from the field.<\/p>\n
\nNikola Jokic scored 27 points and Aaron Gordon had 22 for Denver.<\/p>\n
\nHORNETS 129 SPURS 102<\/strong><\/p>\n\nTerry Rozier had 24 points and six teammates scored in double figures in Charlotte\u2019s win over San Antonio.<\/p>\n
\nThe Spurs opened their 50th season in San Antonio inauspiciously, losing a season opener for only the third time under Gregg Popovich.<\/p>\n
\nP.J. Washington had 17 points and Gordon Hayward added 15 as all five Hornets starters scored in double figures. Hornets reserve center Nick Richards had a career-high 19 points.<\/p>\n
\nKeldon Johnson had 20 points, 11 rebounds and four assists to lead San Antonio. Jakob Poeltl and Tre Jones added 14 points each.<\/p>\n
\nWIZARDS 114 PACERS 107<\/strong><\/p>\n\nBradley Beal scored 23 points and Kyle Kuzma added 20 as Washington led wire to wire and beat rebuilding Indiana.<\/p>\n
\nKristaps Porzingis had 15 points and 10 rebounds as the Wizards won their second straight season opener for the first time since 2004-05.<\/p>\n
\nIndiana was led by Tyrese Haliburton\u2019s 26 points and rookie Bennedict Mathurin\u2019s 19. But after Indiana gave up 12 of the first 18 points, Washington kept the Pacers mostly out of reach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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