Los Angeles Lakers 132, Utah Jazz 123

Utah scored 47 points in the first quarter. Keyonte George's jumper and free throw at 4:19 made it 29-13, Lauri Markkanen's 26-foot bank shot at the buzzer made it 47-29, and Isaiah Collier's free throws at 10:02 of the second pushed the lead to 18 at 53-35. The Lakers won the next ten minutes 39-18. Austin Reaves made step-back threes at 8:21 and 6:23 for 43-55 and 50-58, Sandro Mamukelashvili's three at 3:55 cut it to 58-62, Dončić's pull-up at 2:22 made it 64-68, Matisse Thybulle's dunk at 54.5 seconds made it 68-70, and Dončić's fade-away and free throw at 33.8 tied it at 71. Dončić then made a 26-footer with 4.7 seconds left, and Los Angeles led 74-71 at the half after a 45-24 quarter.

The lead changed hands six times in the third quarter. Thybulle's three at 9:37 gave the Lakers 80-77, Jaren Jackson Jr.'s dunk tied it at 88 at 6:12, Dončić's pull-up at 6:01 put Los Angeles back ahead, and Jackson's third free throw at 24.8 seconds tied it at 100 before Dončić's step-back three at 2.1 seconds sent the Lakers into the fourth up 103-100. George's three at 7:25 gave Utah a 111-110 lead and Jackson's floater at 5:24 made it 114-113, and then Dončić took it: a step-back three at 4:06 to tie it at 116, a free throw at 3:34 for the lead the Lakers never gave back, a 28-footer at 2:22 for 124-119 and a 27-footer at 1:42 for 127-121. Reaves' three at 33.8 seconds made it 130-123, and Dončić's free throws at 12.5 set the final.

Dončić finished with 52 points on 17-of-30, 8-of-18 from three and 10-of-11 from the line, with eight rebounds and 10 assists in 38 minutes. Reaves scored 29 on 7-of-12 with four threes and 11 free throws, Collin Sexton had 13 off the bench, and Thybulle and Ziaire Williams made three threes each for 11. The Lakers made 20 of 47 threes and 32 of 38 free throws. Walker Kessler had 2 points and seven rebounds in 28 minutes against his former team. For Utah, Markkanen scored 28 with five threes, George had 24 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists but six turnovers, Jackson scored 20, and Ace Bailey had 17 and 12 on 8-of-11. The Jazz outrebounded Los Angeles 52-31, grabbed 20 offensive rebounds and scored 58 in the paint, and turned it over 17 times. Los Angeles is 3-0; Utah is 1-2.

Toronto Raptors 94, Minnesota Timberwolves 117

Kawhi Leonard sat with left knee swelling, and Toronto led for 17 seconds. RJ Barrett's free throw at 10:00 of the first made it 3-2, LaMelo Ball's step-back three at 9:43 answered, and Minnesota led 32-21 after one and by 15 at 34-49 on Anthony Edwards' pull-up at 3:29 of the second. Toronto made the half interesting: Ja'Kobe Walter's three at 3:14, Immanuel Quickley's at 2:26 and Walter's again at 2:03 cut it to 43-51, and Collin Murray-Boyles' free throw with 10 seconds left sent the Raptors in down 47-55.

Then Minnesota opened the third with 11 of the first 13 points: Ball's layup at 11:40, Jaden McDaniels' layup and free throw at 11:08, Edwards' step-back three at 10:13 and Jonathan Kuminga's three at 9:40 made it 66-49. Ayo Dosunmu's three at 7:22, Joan Beringer's alley-oop at 6:21, Terrence Shannon Jr.'s three at 5:11 and Ball's step-back at 4:41 pushed it to 83-57, and Rudy Gobert's alley-oop at 1:00 sent the Wolves into the fourth up 90-62 after a 35-15 quarter. The lead reached 32 at 109-77 on Beringer's layup at 4:46 of the fourth, and both benches finished it.

Edwards scored 26 on 10-of-18 in 28 minutes. Ball had 15 points and eight assists in 17 minutes, making four of five threes, and was plus-33. Shannon scored 15 on 5-of-6 off the bench, McDaniels had 14 with three blocks, Kuminga scored 13, and Gobert had 8 points and 13 rebounds. Minnesota shot 56 percent and made 15 of 31 threes, and turned it over 23 times without it mattering. For Toronto, Walter scored 22 with five threes, Barrett had 20 on 9-of-21, and Quickley scored 19. Scottie Barnes went 0-of-12, 0-of-5 from three, with three rebounds, three assists and four steals in 28 minutes. The Raptors shot 38 percent and made 10 of 38 threes. Minnesota is 3-0; Toronto is 2-1.

Detroit Pistons 106, Philadelphia 76ers 93

With Joel Embiid resting the second night of a back-to-back and VJ Edgecombe out with an abdominal injury, Philadelphia did not score a field goal until 8:31 of the first quarter. By then Detroit led 15-1: John Collins' tip-in at 11:21, Cade Cunningham's step-back three at 10:38, Paul Reed's basket at 10:01, Collins' three at 9:43, Cunningham's layup at 9:19 and Daniss Jenkins' free throw at 8:54 and jumper at 8:50. Duncan Robinson's three at 7:27 made it 20-4, Cunningham's floater at 5:46 made it 25-7, and Detroit led 34-22 after one. Cunningham's turnaround at 1:48 and free throw at 1:33 of the second put the lead at 21, 56-35, before Dean Wade's three and LeBron James' basket cut it to 56-44 at the half.

Philadelphia had its run early in the third. Jaylen Brown's three at 10:49, Wade's layup at 10:11 and James' basket at 9:49 made it 58-53, Tyrese Maxey's layup at 7:55 made it 61-56, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's jumper at 7:11 made it 64-58. Cunningham answered each time, with a step-back three at 7:31 and another three at 6:48 for 67-58, and Kevin Huerter's three at 4:22 made it 72-63. Detroit led 79-69 after three. Maxey's dunk at 9:18 of the fourth cut it to 82-78, the closest Philadelphia came in the second half; Reed's layups at 8:37 and 8:00 made it 86-78, Robinson's three at 5:57 made it 92-82, and after Maxey's step-back three at 5:38 cut it to 92-85, Jenkins' free throws at 4:36 and three at 1:03 closed it.

Cunningham had 26 points, eight rebounds and eight assists with two steals and two blocks. Robinson scored 21 on 5-of-9 from three, Jenkins had 18 points, eight rebounds and six assists, Collins had 16 and 11, and Reed, starting at center, added 8 points, eight rebounds and three blocks. Detroit outrebounded Philadelphia 54-37 with 15 offensive rebounds. Maxey scored 29 on 11-of-24, James had 18 on 8-of-15 but went 2-of-6 from the line, and Brown scored 16 on 5-of-20. Adem Bona had 6 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks in 25 minutes. The 76ers made 7 of 27 threes and shot 40 percent. Detroit is 3-0; Philadelphia is 3-1.

Pacers 136, Nets 109: The first half had eight ties, and the lead changed hands for the last time on Obi Toppin's three at 2:29 of the second, 52-51; Indiana closed the half 13-5 and led 65-56. The third quarter was 37-22: Jay Huff's dunks at 9:25 and 8:45, Aaron Nesmith's 26-footer at 8:14 for 79-65, and Tyrese Haliburton's three at 6:10 for 88-72 put Brooklyn away, and Indiana led 102-80 after three with the lead reaching 27. Haliburton had 24 points and 10 assists on 8-of-13, Pascal Siakam scored 21 with seven rebounds and six assists, Toppin made four threes for 16, and Andrew Nembhard, Huff and Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 14 each. Indiana shot 58 percent, made 21 of 43 threes and had 34 assists. Nolan Traore led Brooklyn with 17 off the bench, and Michael Porter Jr. was 4-of-13. Indiana is 2-1; Brooklyn is 0-3.

Magic 111, Knicks 102: New York led 12-0 at 7:24 of the first and 65-55 on Jalen Brunson's step-back at 6:32 of the third, and Orlando won the fourth quarter 40-27. Franz Wagner's layup and free throw at 7:25 put the Magic up 87-86, Josh Hart's three at 7:07 and Karl-Anthony Towns' dunk at 5:12 answered, and Desmond Bane's 26-footer at 4:53 for 94-91 was the lead Orlando kept. Wagner's layups at 2:30 and 2:06 made it 102-94, and Bane's pull-up at 1:30 made it 104-94. Wagner had 23 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists on 9-of-23, Bane scored 22 with four threes, Tristan da Silva made five threes for 19, and Anthony Black had 18 and five assists off the bench on 5-of-7 from three. Brunson scored 28 on 12-of-28, Towns had 22 and 14, and OG Anunoby scored 22; New York made 9 of 38 threes. Orlando is 1-2; New York is 0-3.

Thunder 108, Clippers 101: Darius Garland's 27-footer at 26.1 seconds of the second gave the Clippers a 46-43 halftime lead, and the game was tied at 90 on Isaiah Jackson's runner at 6:07 of the fourth. Ajay Mitchell's basket and free throw at 5:08 and Alex Caruso's tip at 4:29 made it 95-90, Derrick Jones Jr.'s three at 3:00 cut it to 97-96, and Oklahoma City scored the next six: Caruso's free throws at 2:33, Jalen Williams' dunk at 2:17 and Mitchell's basket at 1:44 for 103-96. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's three free throws, two of them after a flagrant foul at 1:14, made it 106-99. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 on 13-of-26 with six rebounds and five assists, Mitchell had 18 off the bench, Isaiah Hartenstein had 12 and 12, and Caruso had 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Oklahoma City scored 64 in the paint and grabbed 15 offensive rebounds; the Clippers turned it over 26 times. Garland had 16 and 11 assists with six turnovers, Kris Dunn scored 15 on 6-of-7 with five steals, and Rui Hachimura was 2-of-11. Oklahoma City is 3-0; the Clippers are 1-2.

Grizzlies 123, Kings 112: Memphis won the second quarter 42-31 for a 67-59 halftime lead and led 96-86 after three, and Sacramento tied it at 106 on Domantas Sabonis' reverse layup and free throw at 5:41 of the fourth. Memphis scored the next 11: Isaiah Stewart's floater and free throw at 5:28, Cedric Coward's tip at 5:06, Ty Jerome's step-back three at 4:28 and his floater and free throw at 3:57 for 117-106. Zach LaVine's two baskets cut it to 117-110 at 3:03, and Cameron Boozer's dunk at 1:53 and Jaylen Wells' two baskets at 1:26 and 1:10 finished it. Jerome scored 31 on 8-of-17 and 14-of-14 from the line, Boozer had 16 and 11 on 6-of-21, Wells scored 16 on 6-of-7, Coward had 15 and 11, and Stewart scored 13. Memphis grabbed 18 offensive rebounds and made 24 of 27 free throws. LaVine scored 37 on 13-of-25, Darius Acuff Jr. had 22 and seven assists, and Sabonis had 15 and 15; Precious Achiuwa went 0-of-6 from the line. Memphis is 3-0; Sacramento is 0-3.

Monday is a nine-game night, starting at 7:00 PM ET with Washington at Charlotte and Minnesota at Cleveland and finishing with Golden State at Denver at 10:00. Chicago is in Boston, Dallas visits Miami, Indiana plays at Milwaukee, Phoenix is at Oklahoma City, Atlanta visits Houston, and Memphis plays at Utah. We'll have the preview, the card, and both leans before tip-off.

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