Cavs defeat Pistons in double overtime thriller Sixers defeat Knicks – Manila Bulletin

Cleveland guard Collin Sexton scored 32 points, including a layup to force a second overtime on Saturday when the Cavaliers defeated the Detroit Pistons, 128-119, in an NBA thriller.

Andre Drummond added 23 points, Cedi Osman scored 22 from the bench and Darius Garland contributed 21 as the Cavaliers rallied from a nine-point deficit with 2:15 left in the first overtime.

The Pistons had taken control in the third quarter, when Jerami Grant scored 14 of his 28 points. Blake Griffin scored 26 points and Derrick Rose 13, but the Pistons, with 24 turnovers that led to the Cavaliers’ 31 points, couldn’t hold the victory.

He was close in Charlotte, where Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drained a game-winning jump shot with 1.4 seconds left in the Thunder’s 109-107 season-opening victory over the Hornets.

Oklahoma City, whose scheduled start to the season against Houston was postponed when Covid-19 concerns meant the Rockets didn’t have enough players available, led by 13 with less than two minutes to play and endured a Hornets rally to win the win. .

Miles Bridges scored three 3s in the final 25 seconds as the Hornets struggled, tying the score at 107-107 with 10.3 seconds remaining.

But Gilgeous-Alexander took an upfield pass and drew a jump shot on Caleb Martin to seal it for the Thunder.

Terry Rozier, who scored 42 points in the Hornets’ season-opening win over Cleveland, led Charlotte with 19 points but couldn’t make his long-range effort at the buzzer fall.

A triple-double from Russell Westbrook and 39 points for Bradley Beal weren’t enough for the Washington Wizards, who fell 130-120 to the Orlando Magic.

Westbrook joined another elite club with 15 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists, becoming the fourth player in NBA history, after Magic Johnson, Jerry Lucas and Oscar Robertson, to score a triple-double in the first few. two games a season for his team.

But his first home game for the Wizards, where he landed in a Houston trade, was another loss. Terrence Ross led the Magic with 25 points off the bench. Nikola Vucevic scored 22 points and grabbed 17 rebounds and Markelle Fultz added 21 for Orlando.

Philadelphia big man Joel Embiid scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the 76ers’ 109-89 victory over the New York Knicks.

Ben Simmons added 15 points, nine rebounds, six assists and a dominant defensive performance as the Sixers improved to 2-0 under new head coach Doc Rivers.

The victory led Rivers to sole possession of 10th place on the NBA’s all-time win list, his 945th victory in his 22nd season as head coach, placing him ahead of Bill Fitch.

Atlanta’s Trae Young scored 24 of his 36 points in the second half to lead the Hawks to a 122-112 victory over the Grizzlies in Memphis.

The game was a showdown of rising stars in Young and current Grizzlies NBA Rookie of the Year Ja Morant, who led Memphis with 28 points.

But it was the Hawks’ reserves that really made the difference, combining for 46 points. That included 30 in the first half as the Hawks starters struggled to get to their feet.

Kevin Huerter scored 21 points with four assists off the bench for the Hawks and Nathan Knight scored 14 in less than nine minutes on the floor as Atlanta improved to 2-0 in the young season.