Lowry, Raptors beat Lakers
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Kyle Lowry had 33 points and 14 rebounds and defending NBA champion Raptors restarted their season by beating the slow-starting Lakers for the 11th straight time, 10792 on Saturday night.
OG Anunoby scored 23 points for the Raptors, the second-place team in the Eastern Conference, who haven’t lost to Los Angeles since the 2014-2015 season.
LeBron James had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Kyle Kuzma had 16 points, and Anthony Davis 14.
THUNDER 110, JAZZ 94
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 19 points, Chris
Paul added 18 and Oklahoma City rolled past Utah in their first game of the restart.
Steven Adams had 16 points and 11 rebounds, Danilo Gallinari added 15 points and the Thunder shot 53 percent from the field.
Donovan Mitchell scored 13 points for the Jazz but shot just 5 for 15.
With the win, Oklahoma City moved within a halfgame of the Jazz for fourth place in the Western Conference standings and within 1½ games of Denver for third.
PACERS 127, 76ERS 121
T.J. Warren scored a career-high 53 points, Victor Oladipo added 15 after reversing course on opting out of the NBA restart, and the Indiana beat Philadelphia.
Warren was 20 of 29 from the field and 9 of 12 from 3-point range in his first game with at least 50 points.
The Pacers (40-26) took control of the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference by breaking a tie with the 76ers and winning the season series. Both teams have clinched playoff spots.
Joel Embiid had 41 points and 21 rebounds for the Sixers. Tobias Harris scored 30 points and Ben Simmons had 19 points and 13 rebounds.
HEAT 125, NUGGETS 105
Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo each scored 22 points to help Miami beat Denver 125-105 in the first restart game for both teams.
Kelly Olynyk scored all 20 of his points in the fourth quarter for the Heat, who shot 56 percent from the field.
Nikola Jokic and Jerami Grant each scored 19 points for Denver.
Heat center Meyers Leonard stood during the national anthem, saying it was out of respect for the U.S. military, while all the coaches and players around him kneeled. His brother, Bailey Leonard, served two tours in Afghanistan with the Marines. Leonard wore a Black Lives Matter T-shirt over a jersey that said “Equality.”
CLIPPERS 126 PELICANS 103
Paul George made three straight 3-pointers in the opening minutes and had 28 points for Los Angeles, which rode a team-record barrage of 3-pointers to beat New Orleans.
The Clippers broke the franchise record by making 25 of 47 3-pointers.
Kawhi Leonard had 24 points for the Clippers.
The Pelicans had a minor scare midway through the first half when rookie Zion Williamson stepped on Reggie Jackson’s foot and appeared to slightly roll his right ankle while driving to the basket. He got up with a slight limp and was subbed out but returned for the start of the second half.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 15 and Brandon Ingram 14 for New Orleans.