Indiana 108, Boston 107
Cleveland 118, Philadelphia 94
New York 130, Milwaukee 110
LA Lakers 127, Minnesota 91
Golden State 129, Chicago 128
Charlotte 106, Brooklyn 104
Orlando 120, Washington 113
Phoenix 116, Sacramento 100
San Antonio 116, Sacramento 100
LA Clippers 73, Dallas 124
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – The Dallas Mavericks powered to an NBA-record 50-point halftime lead on the way to a 124-73 demolition of the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.
The Mavs, taking full advantage of the absence of injured Clippers star Kawhi Leonard, set the tone early.
Point guard Luka Doncic scored 18 of his 24 points in the first half and the halftime score of 77-27 gave Dallas the largest margin at the break ever in the NBA, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
In Charlotte, Gordon Hayward scored 28 points as the Hornets cooled off red-hot Brooklyn, handing the Nets their first defeat of the season. 106-104.
Terry Rozier – Hayward’s former teammate in Boston – added 19 points and P.J. Washington chipped in 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Hornets, who held the Nets to 42.7 percent shooting.
Kevin Durant led the Nets with 29 points and Kyrie Irving had 25 for Brooklyn, which had become the first club since the 2008-09 Lakers to win their first two games by 20 or more points.
It looked like the Nets might pull out a close one when they erased a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit, twice trimming the gap to two points with less than three minutes to play.
Durant missed a fadeaway jumper with 7.4 seconds left and Rozier made two free throws that sealed the win.
The reigning champion Los Angeles Lakers seemed not to feel the absence of Anthony Davis, nursing a calf contusion, in a 127-91 romp past the Minnesota Timberwolves – who were without star Karl-Anthony Towns a day after he dislocated his left wrist in a win over Utah.
The Golden State Warriors, who were again without Draymond Green — and may have lost center Marquese Chriss for the season with a broken right leg and ankle injury suffered in practice –shook off the bad news to edge the Bulls in Chicago 129-128.
Stephen Curry delivered 36 points with five three-pointers.
His first long-range shot of the night made him just the third player, along with Ray Allen and Reggie Miller, to make 2,500 three-pointers in their career.
It was a blowout in New York, where the Knicks stunned Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks 130-110.
