Tatum, Brown lead rested Celtics past Knicks
BOSTON » Jaylen Brown scored 23 points, Jayson Tatum added 22 and the Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks 110-89 on Tuesday night.
Kyrie Irving added 20 points and seven assists. Al Horford finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds.
After dropping their first two games to open the season, the Celtics have won two straight. The Knicks remain winless through their first three games.
Enes Kanter led New York with 16 points and 19 rebounds. But he got most of them in a first half in as his team struggled mightily from the field. The Knicks scored the first basket of the night, but never led again. They shot just 42 percent and went 1 of 12 from the 3-point line.
Boston played without guard Marcus Smart, who sat out his second straight game with a sprained left ankle. CAVS 119, BULLS 112 » LeBron James scored 34 points in a rare start at point guard and Cleveland, using another early season lineup, awakened after a sluggish first half and beat Chicago.
Kevin Love had 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Dwyane Wade, who asked Cavs coach Tyronn Lue to take him out of the starting lineup, came off the bench and added 11 points. MAGIC 125, NETS 121 » Aaron Gordon scored a career-high 41 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 35 seconds remaining, and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Orlando over Brooklyn.
D’Angelo Russell scored 27 points for the Nets, while DeMarre Carroll had 19 and Chester’s Rondae HollisJefferson 18. PACERS 130, TIMBERWOLVES 107 » Victor Oladipo scored 28 points and Cory Joseph added 21 to lead hot-shooting Indiana past Minnesota.
Darren Collison had 15 points and 16 assists, Bojan Bogdanovic scored 19 points and Domantas Sabonis had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Pacers.