Durant, Warriors get defensive, beat Spurs

OAKLAND, Calif. — Kevin Durant helped the defending champions get defensive in a hurry, finishing with 24 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as the Golden State Warriors returned to their old dominant selves at playoff time to beat the cold- shooting San Antonio Spurs 113- 92 on Saturday.

Durant, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson took charge in Game 1 of the firstround series to elevate the Warriors’ intensity at last playing without fellow All- Star

San Antonio Spurs’ Rudy Gay, center, drives the ball between Golden State Warriors’ Kevon Looney (5) and Klay Thompson, right, during the second half in Game 1 of a first-round series Saturday in Oakland, Calif. and injured two- time MVP Stephen Curry, sidelined since March

23 with a sprained left knee.

Thompson found his shot and scored 27 points, making

11 of 13 shots, while 7- footer JaVale McGee started in Steve Kerr’s center- by- committee approach and contributed 15 points, four rebounds and two blocked shots in 16 minutes.

RAPTORS 114, WIZARDS 106: Serge Ibaka had 23 points and 12 rebounds, Delon Wright scored 11 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter, and the Toronto Raptors snapped a 10- game losing streak in playoff series openers by beating the Washington Wizards. DeMar DeRozan added 17 points, C. J. Miles and OG Anunoby each had 12, and Kyle Lowry had 11 points and nine assists for the Raptors, whose only previous victory in the opening game of a playoff series came in the second round against Philadelphia in 2001.

76ERS 130, HEAT 103: Ben Simmons had 17 points, 14 assists and nine rebounds in his playoff debut, and the Philadelphia 76ers romped again without Joel Embiid, beating the Miami Heat for their 17th straight win. Embiid was a spectator in Game 1 of the fi rstround series because of a broken orbital bone around his left eye. The All- Star center has been hopeful he can return early in the series. Kelly Olynyk led the Heat with 26 points.