Daily Times (Primos, PA)

Doncic’s double-double lifts Mavericks to win at Toronto

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TORONTO » Luka Doncic had 27 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds, narrowly missing his 37th career triple-double, Kristaps Porzingis had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks rallied from an early 14-point deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors 103-95 Saturday night.

Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 13 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter and Dwight Powell and Dorian Finney-Smith each had 11 as Dallas bounced back from Thursday’s season-opening loss at Atlanta.

OG Anunoby scored 23 points for the Raptors, who were playing the second game of a back-to-back. Toronto won 115-83 at Boston Friday.

PACERS 102, HEAT 91 » Oshae Brissett scored 18 points, including the go-ahead inside basket in overtime, as the Pacers outlasted the Heat.

Rookie guard Chris Duarte led the Pacers with 19 points. Point guard Malcolm Brogdon had 18 points and 15 assists. CAVALIERS 101, HAWKS 95 » Rookie Evan Mobley had 17 points and 11 rebounds to help the Cavaliers rally for their first win of the season, beating the Hawks.

Ricky Rubio had 23 points and eight assists, and Jarrett Allen added 11 points and 14 rebounds for Cleveland, which trailed by 13 points in the second quarter. The Cavaliers had lost their first two games, both by 11. BULLS 97, PISTONS 82

CHICAGO » DeMar DeRozan scored 21 points, Nikola Vucevic added 15 points and 18 rebounds and the Bulls beat the Pistons.

Villanova’s Saddiq Bey led the way for Detroit with 20 points and 16 rebounds. TIMBERWOLV­ES 96, PELICANS 89 » Karl-Anthony Towns scored 15 of his 25 points for Minnesota in the first quarter, before fouling out in frustratio­n and being forced to watch the Timberwolv­es hang on for a victory over the Pelicans.

Anthony Edwards had 14 of his 19 points in the first half for the undefeated Timberwolv­es,

who leaned on their defense and forced a franchise-record-tying 30 turnovers by the Pelicans.

BUCKS 121, SPURS 111 » Khris Middleton scored 28 points, Giannis Antetokoun­mpo added 21 and the Bucks held on to beat the Spurs.

Doug McDermott scored 25 points and Keldon Johnson added 20 for San Antonio, which lost its second straight after a seasonopen­ing victory at home over Orlando.

The Bucks deflected several runs by the Spurs in securing their second double-digit victory. Every Milwaukee starter scored in double figures, and George Hill added 15 points off the bench.

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