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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2017 THE DESERT SUN DESERTSUN.COM 9C NBA REPORT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pct GB Toronto 1 0 1.00 Brooklyn 1 1 .500 Boston 1 2 .333 1 New York 0 1 .000 1 Philadelphia 0 2 .000 Southeast Division Pct GB Washington 2 0 1.00 Charlotte 1 1 .500 1 Orlando 1 1 .500 1 Atlanta 1 1 .500 1 Miami 0 1 .000 Central Division Pct GB Cleveland 2 0 1.00 Indiana 1 1 .500 1 Detroit 1 1 .500 1 Milwaukee 1 1 .500 1 Chicago 0 1 .000 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Pct GB Houston 2 0 1.00 Memphis 1 0 1.00 San Antonio 1 0 1.00 Dallas 0 2 .000 2 New Orleans 0 2 .000 2 Northwest Division Pct GB Portland 2 0 1.00 Oklahoma City 1 0 1.00 Minnesota 1 1 .500 1 Utah 1 1 .500 1 Denver 0 1 .000 Pacific Division Pct GB L.A. Clippers 1 0 1.00 Golden State 1 1 .500 Sacramento 1 1 .500 Phoenix 0 1 .000 1 L.A. Lakers 0 1 .000 1 GAMES HOME team in caps. RESULTS, SCHEDULE All times Pacific Games Toronto 117, Chicago 100 Oklahoma City 105, New York 84 L.A. Clippers 108, L.A.

Lakers 92 Games Philadelphia at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Houston, 5 p.m. Detroit at New York, 5 p.m. Golden State at Memphis, 5 p.m. Indiana at Miami, 5 p.m.

Orlando at Cleveland, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Chicago, 5 p.m. Portland at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Utah, 6 p.m. Sacramento at Denver, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Games Atlanta at Brooklyn, 12:30 p.m. Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. New Orleans at L.A.

Lakers, 6:30 p.m. HORNETS 109, Hawks 91: Kemba Walker scored 26 points, Dwight Howard had 20 points and 15 rebounds in his first home game with Charlotte, and the Hornets rallied to beat the Hawks. The Hornets trailed by as many as 20 in the first half, but used a 24-0 run in the third quarter to blow open the game and win their home opener. Celtics 102, 76ERS 92: Kyrie Irving scored 21 points, Al Hor- ford had 15 and the Celtics won for the first time since losing Gordon Hayward. The Celtics lost their first two games after Hayward went down in the opener with a mangled ankle that may cost him the season.

Horford and Irving took over down the stretch to quiet a raucous crowd in the home opener. Cavaliers 116, BUCKS 97: LeBron James had 24 points and eight assists, and Kyle Korver hit three straight 3s in a decisive third-quarter run to help the Cavaliers beat the Bucks. Kevin Love added 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Cavs. Their 15-5 spurt over the final 4:25 of the third quarter, sparked by Kor- long-range shooting, opened a 13-point lead. Cleveland led by double digits most of the rest of the way to spoil the home opener.

WIZARDS 115, Pistons 111: John Wall scored 20 of his 27 points in the second half and added 10 assists to lift the Wizards over the Pistons 115-111. Otto Porter led the Wizards with 28 points, and Bradley Beal added 24. Washington won despite blowing a 15-point fourth-quarter lead. Trailblazers 114, PACERS 96: CJ McCollum scored 28 points on 12-of-18 shooting to lead the Trail Blazers past the Pacers. With Pacers starting center Myles Turner out with a concus- sion, McCollum teamed with backcourt mate Damian Lillard to take advantage of an inexperienced Pacers interior defense.

NETS 126, Magic 121: Russell, Trevor Booker and DeMarre Carroll all scored 17 points, and the Nets beat the Magic in their home opener. Booker added 11 rebounds and made the clinching free throws with 0.9 seconds left after Evan Fournier missed a tying 3-point attempt. TIMBERWOLVES 100, Jazz 97: Jamal Crawford scored all 17 of his points in the fourth quarter and hit a 3-pointer with 27.5 seconds to go that helped the Timberwolves hold off theJazz in their home opener. Andrew Wiggins had 21 points and Karl- Anthony Towns added 20 points and 10 boards for the Tim- berwolves in their first victory of the season. Kings 93, MAVERICKS 88: George Hill scored 21 points and the Kings beat the Mavericks for their first victory of the sea- son.

Buddy Hield and Zach Randolph each had 13 points, and rookie point guard Fox added nine points and 10 assists as the Kings bounced back from an opening loss to the Houston Rockets. Warriors 128, PELICANS 120 Klay Thomspon scored 31 points, Stephen Curry added 28 and the Warriors easily erased a 15-point first-half deficit en route to a victory over the Pelicans. Kevin Durant added 22 points for the Warriors, who won for the first time this young season after dropping their opener to Houston. New Orleans is still looking for its first victory after two games. Lakers, SUNS, late New Lakers Kentavious Caldwell- Pope missed this game while beginning a two-game suspen- sion for getting arrested in March and later pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

STANDINGS SCOREBOARD TRAIL BLAZERS 114, PACERS 96 PORTLAND (114) Harkless 2-5 0-0 5, Aminu 7-13 0-0 16, Nurkic 4-13 3-4 11, Lillard 7-17 4-4 18, McCollum 12- 18 1-2 28, Layman 0-0 0-0 0, Swanigan 0-4 2-2 2, Davis 3-4 1-3 7, Collins 0-4 0-0 0, Napi- er 1-1 0-0 2, E.Turner 7-12 2-2 17, Connaught- on 3-4 0-0 8. Totals 46-95 13-17 114. INDIANA (96) Bogdanovic 4-9 2-4 11, T.Young 4-8 0-0 8, Sa- bonis 1-5 1-4 3, Collison 5-9 3-4 14, Oladipo 5-17 7-9 17, Wilkins 1-1 0-0 2, Leaf 7-11 1-1 17, Anigbogu 0-0 0-0 0, Poythress 0-0 0-0 0, Jef- ferson 4-6 0-0 8, Joseph 1-5 5-5 7, J.Young 2-2 1-2 5, Stephenson 1-5 2-4 4. Totals 35-78 22-33 96. Portland 31 31 29 23 114 Indiana 25 27 21 23 96 3-Point 9-19 (McCollum 3-4, Connaughton 2-3, Aminu 2-4, E.Turner 1-2, Harkless 1-2, Collins 0-1, Lillard 0-3), Indi- ana 4-18 (Leaf 2-3, Collison 1-3, Bogdanovic 1-4, Sabonis 0-1, T.Young 0-2, Stephenson 0-2, Oladipo 0-3).

Fouled Re- 51 (Aminu 16), Indiana 39 (Sabonis 8). 19 (Lillard 7), Indiana 15 (Collison 4). Total Portland 26, Indiana 17. land coach Trail Blazers (Defensive three sec- ond). CAVALIERS 116, BUCKS 97 CLEVELAND (116) James 10-16 2-2 24, Crowder 6-8 0-0 14, Love 5-12 7-7 17, Rose 3-4 6-6 12, Wade 2-7 0-0 4, Osman 0-0 0-0 0, Green 4-7 2-2 10, Frye 1-1 0-0 3, Thompson 4-6 0-0 8, Calderon 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 3-11 0-0 7, Korver 6-8 0-0 17, Shum- pert 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 44-81 17-17 116. MILWAUKEE (97) Middleton 3-10 2-2 8, Antetokounmpo 15-22 4-6 34, Maker 3-5 0-0 7, Brogdon 6-12 0-0 16, Snell 3-7 0-0 9, Henson 1-1 2-2 4, Teletovic 1-4 0-0 3, Wilson 0-0 0-0 0, Monroe 4-8 0-0 8, Dellavedova 1-5 0-0 3, Terry 0-4 2-2 2, Brown 1-3 0-0 3, Vaughn 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-82 10-12 97. Cleveland 25 30 31 30 116 Milwaukee 25 24 24 24 97 3-Point 11-26 (Korver 5-6, Crowder 2-2, James 2-4, Frye 1-1, Smith 1-6, Wade 0-1, Shumpert 0-1, Green 0-2, Love 0-3), Milwaukee 11-35 (Brogdon 4-9, Snell 3-7, Brown 1-1, Maker 1-1, Dellavedova 1-3, Teletovic 1-4, Antetokounmpo 0-1, Vaughn 0-1, Terry 0-3, Middleton 0-5). Fouled 43 (Love 12), Milwaukee 31 (Antetokounmpo 8).

25 (James 8), Milwau- kee 23 (Antetokounmpo 8). Total Cleveland 10, Milwaukee 17. Milwaukee coach Bucks (Defensive three sec- ond). HORNETS 109, HAWKS 91 ATLANTA (91) Prince 6-13 1-1 15, Ilyasova 0-4 0-0 0, Dedmon 5-9 0-0 11, Schroder 11-21 3-3 25, Bazemore 5-9 0-0 11, Brussino 0-1 0-0 0, Babbitt 2-7 2-2 7, Collins 2-4 1-2 5, Muscala 3-8 2-2 9, Ma- gette 0-1 0-0 0, Delaney 1-6 1-2 3, Belinelli 1-10 2-2 5, Dorsey 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 36-95 12-14 91.

CHARLOTTE (109) Williams 0-6 0-0 0, Bacon 2-4 0-0 6, Howard 8-12 4-8 20, Walker 6-13 10-12 26, Lamb 7-17 1-1 15, III 2-6 2-2 6, Kaminsky 7-14 5-5 21, Monk 2-7 0-0 6, Graham 3-6 2-2 9, Stone 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-86 24-30 109. Atlanta 28 28 17 18 91 Charlotte 18 31 35 25 109 3-Point 7-30 (Prince 2-4, Dedmon 1-1, Bazemore 1-2, Belinelli 1-3, Mus- cala 1-4, Babbitt 1-6, Brussino 0-1, Schroder 0-2, Dorsey 0-2, Delaney 0-2, Ilyasova 0-3), Charlotte 11-36 (Walker 4-8, Bacon 2-3, Monk 2-5, Kaminsky 2-5, Graham 1-4, III 0-1, Stone 0-1, Williams 0-4, Lamb 0-5). Fouled ta 38 (Dedmon 7), Charlotte 57 (Howard 15). 19 (Schroder 5), Charlotte 17 (Walker 9).

Total 29, Charlotte 18. coach Hawks (Defensive three second), Schroder, Bazemore, Charlotte coach Hornets (Defen- sive three second). WIZARDS 115, PISTONS 111 DETROIT (111) Johnson 3-3 3-4 10, Harris 5-10 4-5 15, Drum- mond 4-9 1-1 9, Jackson 8-21 2-2 24, Bradley 6-13 3-4 18, Moreland 0-0 0-0 0, Leuer 4-7 2-2 10, I.Smith 6-12 0-2 12, Galloway 2-3 0-0 5, Kennard 5-8 0-0 11. Totals 43-86 15-20 111. WASHINGTON (115) Oubre Jr.

1-5 2-2 4, Porter Jr. 11-19 4-4 28, Gor- tat 4-6 2-4 10, Wall 8-12 9-12 26, Beal 9-17 6-7 25, Scott 3-4 2-2 8, Mahinmi 2-3 1-2 5, Frazier 0-3 0-0 0, Meeks 2-5 3-3 9. Totals 40-74 29- 36 115. Detroit 31 34 16 30 111 Washington 29 29 33 24 115 3-Point 10-23 (Bradley 3-6, Jackson 3-7, Johnson 1-1, Harris 1-1, Gal- loway 1-2, Kennard 1-4, I.Smith 0-2), Wash- ington 6-16 (Meeks 2-3, Porter Jr. 2-4, Beal 1-2, Wall 1-3, Frazier 0-2, Oubre Jr.

0-2). Fouled Detroit 35 (Drummond 12), Washington 37 (Gortat, Porter Jr. 9). 21 (Jackson 6), Washington 26 (Wall 10). Total 31, Washington 18.

CELTICS 102, 76ERS 92 BOSTON (102) Tatum 3-8 9-9 15, Horford 5-16 4-4 17, Baynes 5-8 0-1 10, Irving 7-17 6-7 21, Brown 4-13 0-3 9, Nader 0-2 0-0 0, Yabusele 1-2 0-0 3, Theis 0-1 0-0 0, Rozier 6-11 0-3 14, Larkin 4-5 0-0 10, Bird 0-1 3-5 3. Totals 35-84 22-32 102. PHILADELPHIA (92) Redick 7-16 1-1 19, Covington 5-10 0-0 12, Em- biid 4-16 3-3 11, Simmons 4-11 4-7 12, Bayless 7-12 0-0 18, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Saric 4-10 1-2 9, Fultz 2-9 2-2 6, McConnell 1-2 2-2 4, Luwa- wu-Cabarrot 1-4 0-0 2, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-92 13-17 92. Boston 24 22 23 33 102 Philadelphia 21 29 22 20 92 3-Point 10-29 (Horford 3-7, Larkin 2-2, Rozier 2-6, Yabusele 1-1, Brown 1-4, Irving 1-4, Nader 0-1, Theis 0-1, Bird 0-1, Tatum 0-2), Philadelphia 10-32 (Bay- less 4-6, Redick 4-7, Covington 2-6, McCon- nell 0-1, Luwawu-Cabarrot 0-2, Saric 0-4, Em- biid 0-6).

Fouled Re- 55 (Horford 9), Philadel- phia 47 (Embiid 14). 16 (Larkin, Irving 4), Philadelphia 20 (Simmons 5). Total 24, Philadelphia 30. NETS 126, MAGIC 121 ORLANDO (121) Fournier 8-21 4-4 22, Isaac 4-5 0-0 9, Vucevic 17-22 1-2 41, Payton 2-6 0-0 4, Ross 4-9 1-1 11, Speights 1-2 0-0 3, Biyombo 1-2 1-1 3, Augus- tin 3-5 2-2 10, Mack 1-3 0-0 3, Afflalo 0-3 2-3 2, Hezonja 1-5 0-0 3, Simmons 3-6 2-2 10. To- tals 45-89 13-15 121.

BROOKLYN (126) Carroll 6-9 2-2 17, Hollis-Jefferson 5-10 5-7 15, Mozgov 2-5 0-0 4, Russell 8-16 1-2 17, Crabbe 1-5 6-6 9, Acy 1-1 0-0 3, Booker 6-11 5-8 17, Allen 3-3 3-4 9, Dinwiddie 6-15 2-3 16, Harris 4-6 0-0 10, LeVert 4-11 1-3 9. Totals 46-92 25-35 126. Orlando 27 28 36 30 121 Brooklyn 29 29 31 37 126 3-Point 18-33 (Vucevic 6-8, Augustin 2-3, Simmons 2-3, Ross 2-4, Fournier 2-6, Isaac 1-1, Speights 1-1, Hezonja 1-2, Mack 1-2, Payton 0-1, Afflalo 0-2), Brook- lyn 9-27 (Carroll 3-4, Harris 2-4, Dinwiddie 2-5, Acy 1-1, Crabbe 1-4, Hollis-Jefferson 0-1, Mozgov 0-1, Russell 0-3, LeVert 0-4). Fouled 40 (Vu- cevic 12), Brooklyn 48 (Booker 11). Orlando 30 (Fournier, Augustin 5), Brooklyn 22 (Russell 6).

Total 27, Brooklyn 17. TIMBERWOLVES 100, JAZZ 97 UTAH (97) Ingles 5-8 0-0 14, Favors 8-15 0-0 16, Gobert 5-10 0-0 10, Rubio 4-10 10-11 19, Hood 7-12 3-3 20, Sefolosha 4-4 0-0 9, 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 2-7 0-0 4, Udoh 1-2 1-2 3, Burks 0-2 0-0 0, Mitchell 1-7 0-1 2. Totals 37-77 14-17 97. MINNESOTA (100) Wiggins 7-19 5-6 21, Gibson 2-4 0-0 4, Towns 7-12 6-8 20, Teague 3-11 4-4 10, Butler 5-14 3-3 13, Muhammad 1-2 0-0 2, Bjelica 4-5 0-0 10, Dieng 1-2 1-3 3, Jones 0-2 0-0 0, Crawford 6-10 2-2 17. Totals 36-81 21-26 100.

Utah 16 26 23 32 97 Minnesota 19 27 24 30 100 3-Point 9-22 (Ingles 4-5, Hood 3-7, Sefolosha 1-1, Rubio 1-3, Favors 0-1, Mitchell 0-2, Johnson 0-3), Minnesota 7-22 (Crawford 3-5, Bjelica 2-2, Wiggins 2-6, Gib- son 0-1, Towns 0-1, Jones 0-2, Butler 0-2, Teague 0-3). Fouled Re- 37 (Gobert 12), Minnesota 45 (Towns 10). 22 (Rubio 10), Minnesota 17 (Jones 5). Total 21, Minnesota 17. Jones, Butler.

KINGS 93, MAVERICKS 88 SACRAMENTO (93) Jackson 1-4 0-0 2, Randolph 5-15 2-4 13, Cau- ley-Stein 4-7 2-2 10, Hill 9-12 0-1 21, Hield 4-11 4-4 13, Labissiere 4-9 0-0 8, Koufos 1-4 1-2 3, Fox 4-13 0-0 9, Carter 2-6 0-0 6, Temple 3-6 0-0 8. Totals 37-87 9-13 93. DALLAS (88) Barnes 8-18 6-9 24, Nowitzki 4-9 0-0 10, Noel 3-3 1-2 7, Barea 4-14 0-0 9, Matthews 0-7 0-0 0, Finney-Smith 5-6 1-2 14, Powell 1-5 0-0 3, Mejri 2-2 0-0 4, Ferrell 3-8 7-8 14, Clavell 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 31-75 15-21 88. Sacramento 19 27 25 22 93 Dallas 23 23 14 28 88 3-Point 10-23 (Hill 3-3, Temple 2-3, Carter 2-4, Fox 1-1, Randolph 1-3, Hield 1-6, Cauley-Stein 0-1, Jackson 0-2), Dallas 11-33 (Finney-Smith 3-4, Barnes 2-3, Nowitzki 2-4, Powell 1-3, Clavell 1-3, Ferrell 1-4, Barea 1-5, Matthews 0-7).

Fouled 57 (Cauley-Stein 11), Dallas 36 (Nowitzki 9). As- 20 (Fox 10), Dallas 19 (Ba- rea 10). Total 18, Dallas 13. coach Mavericks (Defensive three second) 2. WARRIORS 128, PELICANS 120 GOLDEN STATE (128) Durant 9-18 1-1 22, Green 4-11 0-0 10, Pachu- lia 3-6 2-2 8, Curry 7-16 10-10 28, Thompson 12-19 0-0 31, Young 1-3 0-0 3, West 4-5 2-4 11, Bell 2-2 0-0 4, McGee 1-2 0-0 2, Livingston 1-3 0-2 2, Iguodala 3-5 1-1 7, McCaw 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 47-90 16-20 128. NEW ORLEANS (120) Davis 15-21 2-5 35, Cunningham 2-8 1-2 6, Cousins 11-23 10-13 35, Holiday 5-16 1-2 13, Moore 0-5 0-0 0, Miller 2-6 0-0 4, Allen 0-2 0-0 0, Crawford 5-10 0-0 13, Clark 5-7 0-0 14. Totals 45-98 14-22 120. Golden State 26 35 37 30 128 New Orleans 39 25 26 30 120 3-Point State 18-40 (Thompson 7-12, Curry 4-11, Durant 3-6, Green 2-7, West 1-1, Young 1-2, Iguodala 0-1), New Orleans 16-36 (Clark 4-4, Crawford 3-3, Davis 3-4, Cousins 3-8, Holiday 2-6, Cunning- ham 1-5, Moore 0-3, Miller 0-3). Fouled State 48 (Pachulia 10), New Orleans 50 (Davis 17).

As- State 31 (Green 8), New Or- leans 28 (Crawford 7). Total State 23, New Orleans 19. Green, New Orleans coach Alvin Gentry. NBA CALENDAR Feb. 8 Trade deadline.

Feb. 16-18, 2018 All-Star Weekend, Los An- geles PHOENIX Lonzo Ball barely missed a triple-double with 29 points, 11 re- bounds and nine assists in his second NBA game and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Phoenix Suns 132-130 on Friday night. The Suns had a chance to tie it with 1.2 seconds to play, but T.J. Warren missed the first of two free throws. That meant he had to miss the second intentionally and hope for a rebound, but the Suns get a decent shot off before the buzzer.

Ball, the No. 2 overall pick this year who is a week shy of his 20th birthday, took over down the stretch, scoring eight points in a 2 span. His final basket during that run, a floating layup, put Los Angeles ahead 130-122 with 1:35 to play. But the Suns came roaring back be- hind Eric Bledsoe and Devin Booker, whose 3-pointer with 6.4 seconds left cut it to 131-130. Brandon Ingram made one of two free throws to give Phoenix one last chance and Warren was fouled by In- gram on an inbounds play.

The free throw was off the back of the rim, though, and the Lakers survived. Bledsoe scored 29 points, 17 in the fourth quarter. Booker also flirted with what would have been his first career tri- ple-double, finishing with 25 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists. Warren add- ed 24 points, 17 in the second quarter. In- gram scored 25 points for Los Angeles.

Both teams were coming off of sea- son-opening blowout losses. The Lakers lost to the Los Angeles Clippers 108-92, and Phoenix was routed by Portland 124-79, the most one-sided loss in Suns history and most one-sided season opener ever in the NBA. From the opening tip Friday, it was a fast-paced, often sloppy, game with not much attention to defense. Phoenix used a 13-2 run to go up 55-49 with 7:09 left in the half and the Suns stretched it to 67-58 on another 3 by Booker with 3:34 left in the half. But the Lakers scored the next seven, five at the free throw line.

Warren responded with consecutive baskets, but Ingram had the last laugh, a 3-pointer with eight seconds to play to cut lead to 73-70 at the half. Booker was called for a flagrant one when he fouled Brewer hard on a layup with 6:02 left in the third quarter. LAKERS 132, SUNS 130 Lakers guard Lonzo Ball, right, passes the ball against the Suns in the second half at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Lakers defeated the Suns 132-130. MARK J.

TODAY SPORTS Ball takes over as Lakers hold off Suns BOB BAUM ASSOCIATED PRESS.