Lakers’ James and Davis team up to beat Grizzlies
LeBron James had 22 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists, Anthony Davis added 17 points and nine rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers opened a two-game set in Memphis with a 108-94 victory over the Grizzlies on Sunday night.
James played within the offense for the first three quarters, then became more aggressive to start the fourth, scoring the Lakers first 10 points of the period. His 3-pointer with 2:34 left made it 101-90.
Montrezl Harrell added 16 points and nine rebounds to help the Lakers win their third straight.
Kyle Anderson led Memphis with 18 points, and Jonas Valanciunas had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Tyus Jones also had 14 points, and rookie Desmond Bane had 13.
The teams will meet again Tuesday night.
CELTICS 122, PISTONS 12O >>
Jayson Tatum hit a fallaway as Blake Griffin stumbled with 2.9 seconds left, then tied up the Detroit veteran on the other end to help Boston beat the Pistons for a weekend split.
Jaylen Brown led Boston with 31 points. He hit a late 3-pointer and was 13 of 16 from the field, two nights after his late miss sealed a loss in the opener in Detroit. Tatum had 24 points and 12 assists.
Jerami Grant scored 22 points for the Pistons, his career- best fifth straight game with at least 20.
WIZARDS 123, NETS 122 >>
Bradley Beal had 27 points, 10 rebounds and the assist on Thomas Bryant’s goahead dunk with 14.9 seconds left, leading Washington past Brooklyn.
Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant missed jumpers on the last possession, dropping the Nets to 3- 4.
Russell Westbrook had 24 points and 10 assists but only five rebounds after recording triple-doubles in his first four games with the Wizards. Bryant finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds to help Washington win its second straight after an 0-5 start.
Irving had 30 points and 10 assists, and Durant had 28 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists.
NUGGETS 124 , TIMBE RWOLVES 109 >> Jamal Murray scored a season-high 36 points, Nikola Jokic had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists for is fourth tripledouble of the season and Denver beat Minnesota.
Murray kept Denver af loat while Jokic dealt with early foul trouble for the second straight game. Murray scored 26 points in the first half, including 16 in the second quarter. Jokic then helped the Nuggets overcome a Minnesota lead at the start of the fourth to pull away and snap a twogame losing skid.
Malik Beasley, the former Denver draft pick traded to the Timberwolves last season, scored a season-high 25 for Minnesota.
JAZZ 130, SPURS 109 >> Bojan Bogdanovic scored 28 points and Utah made a season-high 21 3-pointers to beat San Antonio.
It was Utah’s largest margin of victory and their third win in four games.
San Antonio suffered its fourth straight loss as well as its largest margin of defeat.
Donovan Mitchell added 22 points and nine assists in 29 minutes as the Jazz sat their starters for half of the fourth quarter. Royce O’Neale added 11 points and 11 rebounds.
CLIPPERS 112, SUNS 107 >> Paul George scored 39 points and the visiting Los Angeles Clippers snapped Phoenix’s four-game winning streak.
Kawhi Leonard scored 15 points on 4 for 21 shooting, and Luke Kennard and Nicolas Batum scored 14 points apiece for the Clippers.
Devin Booker had 25 points and eight assists, Deandre Ayton had 24 points and eight rebounds, and Chris Paul and Dario Saric finished with 15 points each for the Suns, who came in with the best record in the NBA at 5-1.