USA TODAY International Edition
NETS AND WARRIORS WIN; 76ERS’ SKID HITS 18 GAMES
Bojan Bogdanovic came off the bench to score a season- high 22 points with nine rebounds and lead the Brooklyn Nets to their first victory of the season, 106- 98 against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday. The Nets entered the game 0- 7 and the Rockets 4- 3. The victory was the Nets’ first in Houston since March 13, 2006, ending an eight- game skid.
Stephen Curry scored 28 points and Andre Iguodala added 20 as the Golden State Warriors matched a franchise record for wins ( nine) to start a season with a 100- 84 victory against the host Memphis Grizzlies. The game was the first between the teams since the Warriors defeated Memphis 119- 69 on Nov. 2, the worst loss in franchise history.
Kyle Lowry scored 23 points and Luis Scola had 21 to lead the visiting Toronto Raptors to a 119- 103 victory against the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers have lost their first eight games this season and 18 in a row dating to March 27.
Dirk Nowitzki scored a season- high 31 points to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 118- 108 victory against the Los Angeles Clip
pers in DeAndre Jordan’s first visit since backing out on an agreement to sign with the Mavericks in free agency. A tight second half upstaged the sideshow of the return of Jordan, who was booed throughout before coach
Doc Rivers pulled him in the fourth quarter with Dallas successfully using the hack- a- Jordan tactic against one of the NBA’s worst free throw shooters. Zaza
Pachulia, the consolation prize at center after Dallas missed out on Jordan, made two free throws to put the Mavs ahead for good.