SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rudy Gay scored 26 points in his first home game since coming over in a trade from Toronto, leading the Sacramento Kings past the Houston Rockets 106-91 Sunday night.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rudy Gay scored 26 points in his first home game since coming over in a trade from Toronto, leading the Sacramento Kings past the Houston Rockets 106-91 Sunday night.
Gay added five rebounds and four assists. He finished 10-for-20 shooting in a dazzling home debut for the Kings, who had lost eight of their past 10 games.
DeMarcus Cousins had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Isaiah Thomas added 19 points and eight assists to help Sacramento hold on to the lead for most of the final three quarters.
James Harden twisted his left ankle early in the third quarter but finished with 25 points, and Dwight Howard had 13 points and 10 rebounds.
TRAIL BLAZERS 111,
PISTONS 109, OT
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Damian Lillard hit a spinning fadeaway with one-tenth of a second left in overtime to lift Portland over Detroit.
Lillard was guarded well by Rodney Stuckey as he tried to drive to the basket, but he was able to hit a tough fadeaway from about 8 feet. Detroit couldn’t get off a shot before the buzzer.
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points for Portland, which rallied from a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter. Lillard finished with 23 points.
TIMBERWOLVES 101,
GRIZZLIES 93
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Kevin Love had 30 points and nine rebounds, Minnesota hit a season-high 12 3-pointers in beating Memphis.
The victory snapped Minnesota’s 11-game losing streak to the Grizzlies and also gave the Timberwolves their third win in the last four.
Love was 11 of 21 from the field, including 4 of 8 from outside the arc as Minnesota converted 12 of 26 from long range.
SUNS 106, WARRIORS 102
PHOENIX — Eric Bledsoe scored seven of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and Phoenix won its fifth straight game, holding off Stephen Curry and Golden State.
Bledsoe added eight rebounds and eight assists, Goran Dragic scored 21 points, and Channing Frye added 20 for the Suns.
Curry scored 30 points, including 20 in the second half, and Klay Thompson added 19 for the Warriors, who have lost three of four.
THUNDER 101, MAGIC 98
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant had 28 points, nine rebounds and five assists, and Oklahoma City held off Orlando to win its 12th straight home game to open the season.
Russell Westbrook added 20 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for Oklahoma City, which has won six straight overall and 14 of its last 15. The Thunder have beaten the Magic in five straight meetings.
NUGGETS 102,
PELICANS 93
DENVER — J.J. Hickson had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Denver overcame a slow start to beat New Orleans.
Wilson Chandler added 19 to help the Nuggets bounce back from a rare home loss on Friday. They’re 7-3 at Pepsi Center this season after going a franchise-best 38-3 in 2012-13.
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No. 2 Syracuse 68,
St. John’s 63
NEW YORK — C.J. Fair and Tyler Ennis each scored 21 points, and Syracuse pulled out a victory on Sunday at Madison Square Garden.
Fair hit three big shots from the same spot — about 15 feet from the basket on the right baseline. The smooth left-handed shooter tied the game from there at 58 with 6:51 to go, then he made two more in the final 3 minutes as the Orange (10-0) were able to open a lead as big as seven points.
NO. 10 VILLANOVA 73,
LA SALLE 52
VILLANOVA, Pa. — Darrun Hilliard scored 21 points and Josh Hart added 13, lifting undefeated Villanova past La Salle.
The Wildcats are 10-0 for the first time since the 2005-06 season, and three shy of matching the program-best 13-0 start in 1937-38. The Wildcats have now thumped city rivals Penn, Saint Joseph’s and the Explorers (5-5) by at least 20 points in each game.
NO. 24 MISSOURI 66,
WESTERN MICHIGAN 60
Jabari Brown scored 15 points to help Missouri beat Western Michigan.
Missouri (10-0) stretched its NCAA-best home-court winning streak to 25 games and has won 80 straight games against nonconference opponents at Mizzou Arena dating to the 2005-06 opener.