Rubio, Jazz hand Davis-less Pelicans their first loss
NEW ORLEANS >> Ricky Rubio had
28 points and 12 assists, Rudy Gobert had 25 points and 14 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz became the first team this season to beat the New Orleans Pelicans,
132-111 on Saturday night. New Orleans played without star forward Anthony Davis. He was ruled out shortly before the game because of his sprained right elbow — an injury through which he’d played in a victory a night earlier over Brooklyn.
The Davis-Gobert matchup has been a competitive and compelling one in recent seasons. With Davis out, Gobert had his best game of the young season. He’d come in averaging 14.5 points and had not scored more than 19 points in a game this season. Rubio, who set up several of Gobert’s dunks with alley-oop lobs, was averaging just 6 points coming in and hadn’t scored more than 13 in a game.
Nikola Mirotic scored 25 points for the Pelicans.
CELTICS 109, PISTONS 89 >> Jaylen Brown scored 19 points, Marcus Morris added 18 and Boston handed Detroit its first loss of the season.
Andre Drummond had 18 points and eight rebounds, and Stanley Johnson scored a season-high 16 for Detroit. The Pistons won their first four games of the season for the first time since
2008-09.
The Celtics opened up a 103-74 lead with 5:15 left to play, cruising to a win in the first of consecutive games between the teams. BULLS 97, HAWKS 85>> Zach LaVine scored 27 points and Chicago was
7 of 10 from 3-point range in the fourth quarter to pull away from Atlanta.
Jabari Parker scored half of his
18 points in the fourth quarter for the Bulls. Rookie Wendell Carter Jr. had 10 points and 10 rebounds while playing his first NBA game in his hometown.
Taurean Prince with 16 points.
PACERS 119 CAVALIERS 107 >> Bojan Bogdanovic scored 25 points, Victor Oladipo had 24 and Indiana beat Cleveland to drop the Cavaliers to 0-6.
Cleveland is off to its worst start since losing its first seven games in the 1995-96 season. Rodney Hood led the Cavaliers with 17 points. led Atlanta