Rubio, Jazz hand Pelicans first loss; Celtics top Pistons

NEW ORLEANS — Ricky Rubio had 28 points and 12 assists, Rudy Gobert had 25 points and 14 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz became the first team this season to beat the New Orleans Pelicans, 132-111 on Saturday night.

New Orleans played without star forward Anthony Davis. He was ruled out shortly before the game because of his sprained right elbow — an injury through which he’d played in a victory a night earlier over Brooklyn.

With Davis out, Gobert had his best game of the young season. Rubio, who set up several of Gobert’s dunks with alley-oop lobs, was averaging just 6 points coming in and hadn’t scored more than 13 in a game.

Nikola Mirotic scored 25 points for the Pelicans.

CELTICS 109, PISTONS 89: In Detroit, Jaylen Brown scored 19 points, Marcus Morris added 18 and Boston handed Detroit its first loss of the season.

Andre Drummond had 18 points and eight rebounds for Detroit. The Pistons won their first four games of the season for the first time since 2008-09.

76ERS 105, HORNETS 103: In Philadelphia, Joel Embiid had 27 points and 14 rebounds, and J.J. Redick and Robert Covington hit key 3-pointers late to lead Philadelphia past Charlotte.

Covington had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Ben Simmons added 14 points and 12 rebounds. Kemba Walker scored 37 points for Charlotte.

HEAT 120, TRAIL BLAZERS 111: In Miami, Goran Dragic scored 28 points, Dwyane Wade and Kelly Olynyk each had 19 and Miami scrambled in the final minutes to beat Portland.

The Heat let a 19-point lead slip away and found themselves trailing before outscoring Portland 19-7 in the final 3:52. Damian Lillard had 42 points for Portland.

BULLS 97, HAWKS 85: In Atlanta, Zach LaVine scored 27 points and Chicago was 7 of 10 from 3-point range in the fourth quarter to pull away from Atlanta.

Jabari Parker scored half of his 18 points in the fourth quarter for the Bulls. Taurean Prince led Atlanta with 16 points.

GRIZZLIES 117, SUNS 96: In Memphis, Tenn., Marc Gasol scored 19 points, Mike Conley added 18 and Memphis took a big lead in the first half before coasting past Phoenix.

MarShon Brooks matched Conley with 18 points, Garrett Temple added 15, and Wayne Selden 14. Deandre Ayton, the top pick in last summer’s draft, scored 24 points and had eight rebounds for the Suns.

PACERS 119 CAVALIERS 107: In Cleveland, Bojan Bogdanovic scored 25 points, Victor Oladipo had 24 and Indiana beat Cleveland to drop the Cavaliers to 0-6.

Cleveland is off to its worst start since losing its first seven games in the 1995-96 season. Rodney Hood led the Cavaliers with 17 points.

BUCKS 113, MAGIC 91: In Milwaukee, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 21 points and Khris Middleton had 18 as the Bucks beat Orlando.

The Bucks have won six consecutive games to start the season. Nikola Vucevic had 16 points and nine rebounds for Orlando.

SPURS 110, LAKERS 106: In San Antonio, DeMar DeRozan had 30 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists and the Spurs rallied in the fourth quarter, overcoming 35 points and 11 rebounds from LeBron James to beat Los Angeles.