Boston Herald

Mitchell lifts Jazz by Magic

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Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points and Joe Ingles filled in well again at point guard in place of Mike Conley to help the Utah Jazz beat the Orlando Magic 124-109 on Saturday night.

Utah bounced back from a loss a night earlier in Miami, improving to 6-1 following a defeat.

Ingles had 17 points, six assists and three 3-pointers. The Jazz are 7-0 this season when he starts at point guard in place of Conley, who was out with right hamstring injury management.

Magic All-Star center Nikola Vucevic scored 34 points.

Cavaliers 112, 76ers 109 , OT — Collin Sexton scored 28 points, Darius Garland had 25 and Cleveland beat the Eastern Conference-leading Philadelph­ia in overtime.

Isaac Okoro scored the first three points of OT and had 15 when he fouled out.

Joel Embiid had 42 points and 13 rebounds for Philadelph­ia. Ben Simmons scored 24 points.

Wizards 128, Timberwolv­es 112 — Bradley Beal scored 34 points, Russell Westbrook added 19 as part of his NBA-leading 10th triple-double, and Washington used a 44point third quarter to beat Minnesota.

Westbrook added 14 rebounds and 12 assists for the Wizards.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 23 points and 11 rebounds for NBA-worst Minnesota.

Nuggets 126, Thunder 96 — Jamal Murray continued his hot scoring with 26 points and Nikola Jokic had his eighth triple-double of the season to help Denver rout Oklahoma City.

Jokic had 19 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists.

Spurs 117, Pelicans 114 — DeMar DeRozan had 32 points and 11 assists and short-handed San Antonio held on to beat New Orleans.

LaMarcus Aldridge added 21 points off the bench in his second game back after missing six games because of a sore right hip.

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