Irving has 50 but Nets fall to Wolves

NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving scored 50 points in a recordsetting Nets debut, but lost his balance and missed a potential winning shot that allowed the Minnesota Timberwolves to pull out a 127-126 victory over Brooklyn in overtime Wednesday night.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 36 points and 14 rebounds for Minnesota, and Andrew Wiggins added 21 points, including the goahead basket with 1:19 remaining.

76ERS 107, CELTICS 93

In Philadelphia, Joel Embiid had 15 points and 13 rebounds, Ben Simmons scored 24 points and Philadelphia beat Boston.

Gordon Hayward led the Celtics with 25 points. Jayson Tatum had 21.

Kemba Walker scored 12 points on 4-of-18 shooting in his Boston debut, and Al Horford had 16 in his first game with the 76ers.

MAVERICKS 108, WIZARDS 100

In Dallas, Luka Doncic had 34 points and nine rebounds and Kristaps Porzingis scored 23 points in the European pair’s long-awaited first game together, leading Dallas past Washington.

Porzingis missed his first four shots before taking a break and coming back to score nine points in the final 2:45 of the first quarter. The 7-foot-3 Latvian acquired in a blockbuster deal with the New York Knicks before the trading deadline last season was 7 of 16 from the field.

HEAT 120, GRIZZLIES 101

In Miami, Justise Winslow scored 27 points, rookie Kendrick Nunn scored 24 in his NBA debut and Miami ran away in the fourth quarter to beat Memphis.

Goran Dragic scored 19 points for Miami, which played without Jimmy Butler because of personal reasons. Nunn and fellow rookie Tyler Herro started in the backcourt instead.

PISTONS 119, PACERS 110

In Indianapolis, Andre Drummond had 32 points and 23 rebounds, and Luke Kennard made three 3-pointers in the final six minutes in Detroit’s opening victory over Indiana.

Kennard scored 30 points, a career best, and matched his career high with six 3s.

SPURS 120, KNICKS 111

In San Antonio, Texas, LaMarcus Aldridge had 22 points, Bryn Forbes added 20 and San Antonio, spoiling No. 2 overall pick RJ Barrett’s debut with New York.

JAZZ 100, THUNDER 95

In Salt Lake City, Donovan Mitchell had 32 points and 12 rebounds to lead Utah past Oklahoma City.

HORNETS 126, BULLS 125

In Charlotte, N.C., rookie PJ Washington hit seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points to help Charlotte open the post-Kemba Walker era with a victory over Chicago.

MAGIC 94, CAVALIERS 85

In Orlando, Fla., Nikola Vucevic had 21 points and nine rebounds in Orlando’s victory over Cleveland.

KATHY WILLENS/ASSOCIATED PRESS Timberwolves guard Jeff Teague, left, defends against Nets guard Kyrie Irving as Irving goes up for a shot in overtime during Wednesday’s game in New York. The Timberwolves’ Karl Anthony-Towns is at right. Irving had 50 points but the Timberwolves won 127-126.