DALLAS — Kyle Lowry scored 27 points, and the Toronto Raptors spoiled the home opener in Dallas, beating the Mavericks 102-91 on Tuesday night for the first 4-0 start in franchise history. ADVERTISING DALLAS — Kyle Lowry scored 27 points,
DALLAS — Kyle Lowry scored 27 points, and the Toronto Raptors spoiled the home opener in Dallas, beating the Mavericks 102-91 on Tuesday night for the first 4-0 start in franchise history.
The Raptors took the lead for good on a 12-0 run that started in the middle of the fourth quarter. Jonas Valanciunas had six of his 16 points during the decisive stretch.
The Mavericks went almost 4 minutes without a basket after Dirk Nowitzki hit a 3-pointer for an 86-82 lead. Nowitzki finished with 18 points.
DeMar DeRozan scored 20 points, and Luis Scola had 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Raptors, who opened with three straight wins two other times in their first 20 seasons.
Lowry had a game-high 10 assists, and Toronto held Dallas to 6-of-22 shooting in the fourth quarter and 38 percent for the game.
Deron Williams, who starred at a Dallas-area high school, had 13 points in his home debut for the Mavericks.
HAWKS 98,
HEAT 92
MIAMI — Jeff Teague had 26 points and nine assists, leading the Hawks to the road win.
Al Horford scored 17 points and Paul Millsap had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Atlanta, which has won four straight following a season-opening loss.
Hassan Whiteside finished with 23 points and 14 rebounds for Miami, doing so on 11-for-12 shooting. According to STATS, Whiteside was the third Heat center to shoot at least 11 for 12 and block four shots in a game, joining Alonzo Mourning and Shaquille O’Neal.
Dwyane Wade scored 21 points despite spending a long stretch of the second half back in the Heat locker room after feeling a migraine start coming on. He took some medicine and returned in the fourth quarter.
NUGGETS 120,
LAKERS 109
LOS ANGELES — Kenneth Faried had 28 points and 15 rebounds, and Danilo Gallinari got 14 of his 21 points in the second half of Denver’s victory over winless Los Angeles.
J.J. Hickson scored 17 points in the Nuggets’ fifth consecutive win over the Lakers at Staples Center since November 2012. Faried dominated the low post, went 10 for 13 and hit all eight of his free throws in Denver’s 10th win over Los Angeles in the last 11 meetings.
Jordan Clarkson matched his career high with 30 points, and Lou Williams added 14 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter for the Lakers, who started 0-4 for the second straight year.
Kobe Bryant had 11 points on 4-of-11 shooting, doing little to end his slump.
GRIZZLIES 103,
KINGS 89
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Zach Randolph had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Memphis bounced back from an embarrassing loss with a victory over Sacramento.
The Grizzlies were eager to rebound after a franchise-worst, 50-point loss Monday to the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors. The Grizzlies were outscored 72-27 in the middle two quarters and set a team low for shooting (27.1 percent).
Mike Conley had 14 points and six assists for Memphis, and Courtney Lee also scored 14. Marc Gasol developed a neck spasm and didn’t play in the second half.
Rudy Gay had 19 points for the Kings, who played without All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins because of a strained right Achilles. Sacramento’s perennial scoring and rebounding leader is also expected to miss Wednesday’s game in Phoenix.
HORNETS 130,
BULLS 105
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jeremy Lamb scored 20 points on 9-of-10 shooting, Nicolas Batum added 18 and Charlotte cruised to its first victory of the season.
Jeremy Lin added 15 points, and Al Jefferson had 14. The hot-shooting Hornets shot 14 of 22 from beyond the arc and made 22 of 23 free throws.
Charlotte (1-3) led by as many as 27 in the second quarter after starting the game by hitting 13 of 18 shots from the field and all 11 foul shots in the first quarter. The Bulls never mounted a serious challenge.
Jimmy Butler led the Bulls (3-2) with a season-high 26 points on 10-of-16 shooting, while Doug McDermott added 17 points.
MAGIC 103,
PELICANS 94
NEW ORLEANS — Evan Fournier capped a career-high, 30-point performance with a pair of 3-pointers in the final 1:13, and Orlando won for the first time this season.
Nikola Vucevic had 22 points and 13 rebounds, and Victor Oladipo added 12 points for the Magic, who, like the Pelicans, entered the contest at 0-3.
Eric Gordon had 21 points for New Orleans, which trimmed an 18-point, first-half deficit to 95-90 with 2:46 to go. Then Fournier helped Orlando put it away.
Anthony Davis, Jrue Holiday and Ryan Anderson each scored 14 for the injury-plagued Pelicans, who have yielded more than 100 points in all four losses under new coach Alvin Gentry.
PACERS 94,
PISTONS 82
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Rodney Stuckey scored 23 points against his former team, Paul George added 16 points and nine rebounds and Indiana beat Detroit for its first victory.
The Pistons fell to 3-1.
Andre Drummond had 25 points and a career-high 29 rebounds, becoming the first Piston with back-to-back 20/20 games since at least 1985, according to STATS. Reggie Jackson added 20 points.
The Pistons led 30-22 late in the first quarter, and no one paid much attention when George hit two free throws to pull Indiana within six at the period’s end.
By the time Stan Van Gundy called timeout with 7:13 left in the half, the Pacers led 44-30, having scored 22 straight points, including the first 20 of the second quarter.
