Morant hurt in Memphis victory

Ja Morant exited with a sprained ankle but the Memphis Grizzlies earned their first victory of the season without him, outlasting the Brooklyn Nets, 116-111, in overtime.

The NBA rookie of the year was wheeled to the back of the arena late in the first half after hurting his left ankle when he leaped to block a shot by Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot and landed on the Nets forward’s foot.

Brandon Clarke scored the go-ahead basket on a follow shot with 41 seconds left in overtime before the Grizzlies put it away with free throws.

Kyle Anderson scored a career-high 28 points for the Grizzlies, who had dropped their first two games.

Caris LeVert had 28 points and 11 assists for the Nets, who rested Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Brooklyn is also without Spencer Dinwiddie, who will have surgery to repair his right ACL.

With both stars returning this season from injury, the Nets decided Sunday night they would rest Durant after he played a season-high 36 minutes in a loss to Charlotte.

Other games

Jazz 110, Thunder 109: Donovan Mitchell hit a goahead layup with 7 seconds left and finished with 20 points, lifting visiting Utah past Oklahoma City. Bogan Bogdanovich scored 23 points and Mike Conley added 20 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists for the Jazz, who ended a 17-game losing streak in regular season road games against the Thunder. Hawks 128, Pistons

120: Trae Young scored 29 points and Bogdan Bogdanovic added 17 as Atlanta beat Detroit in its home opener. John Collins finished with 15 points for the Hawks, who are 3-0 for the first time since 201617 and hit 20 3-pointers while shooting 47.6% beyond the arc.

Nuggets 124, Rockets 111: Jamal Murray scored 21 points and both Paul Millsap and Nikola Jokic added 19 as Denver pulled away from Houston for the win. James Harden scored 34 points for the Rockets.