Raptors still undefeated; Durant leads Warriors
TORONTO — Kyle Lowry had 20 points and 12 assists, Kawhi Leonard scored 21 points and the Toronto Raptors set a franchise record with their sixth straight win to start the season, beating the Dallas Mavericks 116-107 on Friday night.
Jonas Valanciunas scored 17 points, Danny Green had 15 and Serge Ibaka finished with 11 as the Raptors eclipsed the 5-0 start they recorded in 2015-16.
DeAndre Jordan had 18 points and 15 rebounds for the Mavericks, who trailed by 17 points in the first quarter. Luka Doncic scored 22 points, and Wesley Matthews had 21.
WARRIORS 128, KNICKS 100: In New York, Kevin Durant scored 25 of his 41 points in Golden State’s ruthless fourthquarter clinic to beat New York.
New York led by three after three quarters before Durant and the Warriors starting hitting from all over the floor, making 19 of 26 shots — and things went so well that on a rare long-range miss by Durant, the ball bounced all the way out behind the arc to a wide-open Stephen Curry, who made the 3-pointer.
Curry added 29 points and six 3-pointers, giving him at least five in every game this season. But on the floor where he scored a career-best 54 points in 2013, his performance seemed quiet because of Durant.
HORNETS 135, BULLS 106: In Charlotte, N.C., Kemba Walker had 30 points on five more 3-pointers, and Charlotte beat Chicago for its first home victory of the season.
Walker, who came in averaging 31 points, bounced back from a season-low 23-point outing against the Bulls, shooting 11 of 18 from the field. He also had seven assists and six rebounds. The two-time All-Star has four games with at least five 3-pointers and his 29 3s are second only to Golden State’s Curry.
Tony Parker added 18 points and eight assists, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and rookie Miles Bridges each had 15 for the Hornets.
CLIPPERS 133, ROCKETS 113: In Houston, Montrezl Harrell scored a career-high 30 points off the bench to help Los Angeles rout Houston.
It was the Clippers’ second win this season over the Rockets, who played without James Harden due to a hamstring injury
and dropped to 1-4. Carmelo Anthony scored a season-high 24 points in his first start for the Rockets.
Chris Paul had 12 points and eight assists against his former team in his return after serving a two-game suspension for his role in a fight with Los Angeles Lakers’ guard Rajon Rondo.
PELICANS 117, NETS 115: In New Orleans, Jrue Holiday highlighted a 26-point performance with a pull-up jumper near the foul line with 2 seconds left, Anthony Davis stole Brooklyn’s last-gasp inbound pass, and New Orleans remained unbeaten by scoring nine straight over the last 1:49.
Holiday’s clutch jumper gave New Orleans a one-point lead, but Brooklyn’s Ed Davis was assessed a technical foul shortly after and Holiday made a free throw before Anthony Davis jumped to tip Joe Harris’ inbound pass to himself as time ran out.
BUCKS 125, TIMBERWOLVES 95: In Minneapolis, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 15 points and 12 rebounds in just 23 minutes and Milwaukee beat Minnesota to improve to 5-0 for the second time in franchise history.