Daily Times (Primos, PA)

Celtics rally, beat winless Thunder

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OKLAHOMA CITY >> Jayson Tatum scored

24 points, and the Boston Celtics rallied from a 16-point halftime deficit to beat the winless Oklahoma City Thunder 101-95 on Thursday night.

Marcus Morris added 21 points, Al Horford had 19 and Kyrie Irving 15.

Paul George scored 22 points for Oklahoma City, but shot just 7 of 22. Russell Westbrook had 13 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists, but he shot

5 for 20. The Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers are the only winless teams in the NBA.

Morris hit a 3-pointer with 27 seconds left to give the Celtics a 98-95 lead, and they held on.

TRAIL BLAZERS 128, MAGIC 114 >> Damian Lillard scored 34 of his 41 points in the second half to help Portland beat Orlando.

CJ McCollum added 22 points, and Jusuf Nurkic had 18 points and 10 rebounds.

PISTONS 110, CAVALIERS 103 >> Andre Drummond had 26 points and 22 rebounds, and Detroit improved to 4-0 and dropped Cleveland to 0-6 for the first time since 2003-04 — when LeBron James was a rookie.

Blake Griffin scored 26 points in his first game since a 50-point night against Philadelph­ia on Tuesday. Reggie Jackson added 16 points.

Kyle Korver led Cleveland with 21 points. Kevin Love missed the game because of a sore left foot.

Harden to miss at least 2 games

HOUSTON >> James Harden will miss at least two games because of a hamstring injury, starting with Houston’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night.

Harden didn’t practice on Thursday after leaving Wednesday night’s loss to Utah after experienci­ng tightness in the hamstring in the fourth quarter.

General manager Daryl Morey said Thursday that Harden had a Grade 1-Plus hamstring strain and that he’d sit out on Friday and Tuesday against Portland before being re-evaluated.

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