CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored 32 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers made their first 11 3-point attempts, including nine in the first quarter, to rout the Atlanta Hawks 127-94 on Saturday night.
CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored 32 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers made their first 11 3-point attempts, including nine in the first quarter, to rout the Atlanta Hawks 127-94 on Saturday night.
The Cavaliers became the first team in NBA history to go 9 for 9 or better from behind the arc in a quarter, according to information provided to the team by the Elias Sports Bureau.
James hit three 3-pointers in the period, while Kevin Love and Joe Harris had two apiece. The Cavaliers set a team record by going 19 for 31 on 3s.
Cleveland, which rallied from a 19-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Boston on Friday, needed no dramatics this time. The Cavaliers, who have won four straight, scored 41 points in first quarter, including 11 by James in the opening 3:34.
Paul Millsap scored 16 points for the Hawks, whose four-game winning streak was snapped.
RAPTORS 111, JAZZ 93
TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points, Jonas Valanciunas set season highs with 17 points and 14 rebounds, and Toronto beat Utah for its sixth win in seven games.
Kyle Lowry had 19 points, Patrick Patterson added 16 and Lou Williams scored 10 of his 13 in the fourth quarter as the Raptors won their third straight over the Jazz and scored 100 or more for the ninth time in 10 games this season.
Enes Kanter and Derrick Favors each had 18 points, and Gordon Hayward and Trey Burke both scored 12 for the Jazz, who dropped to 0-3 on the second night of back-to-backs as they wrapped up a five-game Eastern Conference road trip.
Alec Burks had 10 points and 10 assists for Utah.
WIZARDS 98, MAGIC 93
WASHINGTON — Nene and reserve Kris Humphries scored 16 points apiece, John Wall had 15 points and 10 assists, and Washington improved to 7-2 with a victory over Orlando.
Reserve Otto Porter added 13 points as the Wizards won their third straight and moved to 7-2, their best start since opening 7-1 during the 1974-75 season.
Washington’s bench outscored Orlando’s reserves 48-13.
All five Orlando starters scored in double figures, led by Tobias Harris with 19 points and Victor Oladipo with 18.
PACERS 99, BULLS 90
CHICAGO — A.J. Price, Luis Scola and Solomon Hill all scored 21 points, and injury-plagued Indiana beat Chicago.
Chris Copeland added 13 points for the Pacers, who were without six injured players.
Jimmy Butler had 32 points for the Bulls, who played without the injured Derrick Rose.
The Pacers had lost seven of nine and fell 108-87 to the Nuggets on Friday after trailing by as much as 33. The Bulls had won six of seven.
GRIZZLIES 95, PISTONS 88
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Marc Gasol scored 23 points, Zach Randolph added 17 points and 22 rebounds, and Memphis beat Detroit.
Mike Conley added 18 points and Courtney Lee had 12 for the Grizzlies, who maintained the best record in the NBA (9-1).
Kyle Singler scored 21 points, going 5 of 7 from 3-point range to keep the Pistons close. Greg Monroe had 16 points and 11 rebounds for Detroit, while Brandon Jennings scored 14 points and Josh Smith finished with 11.
MAVERICKS 131, TIMBERWOLVES 117
DALLAS — Monta Ellis scored a season-high 30 points and Dallas handed road-weary Minnesota its fifth straight loss to finish a six-game trek that included a stop in Mexico City.
Dirk Nowitzki was another of eight players in double figures with 15 as Dallas had a season high in points, two nights after setting a club record with a 53-point win over Philadelphia.
The Timberwolves finished a two-week trip covering more than 5,600 air miles on a back-to-back that started with a franchise-worst, 48-point loss in New Orleans.
Kevin Martin scored a season-high 34 points for Minnesota, which gets three days off before starting a four-game homestand.
KINGS 94, SPURS 91
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — DeMarcus Cousins had 25 points and 10 rebounds for Sacramento, which had squandered leads of 24 and 26 points in losing its previous two games.
The Kings snapped a nine-game losing streak to the Spurs, who had won 21 of the past 22 meetings.
Darren Collison had 19 points and Rudy Gay scored 18 for the Kings, who committed only nine turnovers.
Manu Ginobili had 21 points, Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green scored 16, and Tim Duncan finished with 15 points and eight rebounds.
CLIPPERS 120, SUNS 107
LOS ANGELES — Chris Paul had 32 points and nine assists, and Blake Griffin added 19 points for Los Angeles.
DeAndre Jordan finished with 18 rebounds and 12 points for the two-time defending Pacific Division champions, who were coming off an 89-85 loss to the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs. Spencer Hawes had 14 points and eight boards off the bench.
Reserve Gerald Green scored 26 points for Phoenix and was ejected with 1:57 remaining after picking up his second technical foul. Goran Dragic added 19 for the Suns, who shot 38 percent from the field in the opener of a six-game road trip.
WARRIORS 112, HORNETS 87
OAKLAND, Calif. — Klay Thompson scored 21 points, Stephen Curry added 19 points and nine assists, and Golden State beat Charlotte to extend its best start in 20 years.
Andrew Bogut had 13 points and nine rebounds, Harrison Barnes scored 17 points and Marreese Speights had 13 off the bench to help Golden State to its second straight win following consecutive losses.
The Warriors (7-2) remained atop the Pacific Division and matched the start of the 1994-95 Golden State team.
Al Jefferson had 19 points and six rebounds for Charlotte. Lance Stephenson added 16 points.
TRAIL BLAZERS 97, NETS 87
PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Lillard had 28 points and 10 assists, and Portland beat Brooklyn despite missing LaMarcus Aldridge.
With its All-Star power forward out with an upper respiratory illness, Portland took an early lead and maintained it against the road-weary Nets, who lost all three games on their western trip.
Reserve center Chris Kaman scored 12 for Portland, which was also missing Nicolas Batum (bruised knee). The Blazers have won four straight.
Brook Lopez led Brooklyn with 21 points, matching up against twin brother Robin for the first time in two years. Joe Johnson added 20 points and Deron Williams had 19 for the Nets, who were coming off losses to Phoenix and Golden State.