Jerami Grant recorded 26 points and eight rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers overcame a late 10-point deficit in regulation to post a 115-113 overtime victory over the visiting Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night. The contest was the opener for both teams in the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament. Malcolm Brogdon added 24 points, 10 assists, seven rebounds and three steals as the Trail Blazers won their third consecutive game. Shaedon Sharpe scored 22 points and

Rookie Victor Wembanyama scored a career-high 38 points and collected 10 rebounds to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 132-121 victory over the host Phoenix Suns on Thursday night. Wembanyama, the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft, scored 10 points in the fourth quarter as San Antonio held off a Phoenix charge. The Spurs never trailed while winning both ends of the back-to-back set in Phoenix. Zach Collins recorded 19 points and eight

Paolo Banchero hit a go-ahead layup with 14 seconds remaining and scored a season-high 30 points to lift the Orlando Magic to a thrilling 115-113 win over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night in Salt Lake City. Banchero, who’d struggled in Orlando’s first four games, had his strongest outing of the season. He scored 10 straight points for the Magic in the final minutes and made 9 of 13 field goals overall. The 2023 Rookie

LeBron James scored 35 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from an early 19-point deficit and ended an 11-game losing streak against the visiting Los Angeles Clippers with a 130-125 overtime victory Wednesday. Anthony Davis produced 27 points and 10 rebounds and D’Angelo Russell also had 27 for the Lakers, who improved to 3-0 in home games this season. The Lakers defeated the Clippers for the first time since July

Klay Thompson drilled a contested jumper from just beyond the free-throw line with two-tenths of a second remaining, delivering the Golden State Warriors a 102-101 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday in San Francisco. Golden State improved to 2-0 in early-season games against Sacramento, rematches of last season’s first-round playoff matchup that the Warriors won in seven games. After Domantas Sabonis banked in a 20-footer from just above the foul line to put Sacramento

Armoni Brooks, who was recalled from the G League earlier in the day, scored 17 points off the bench in his Nets debut as Brooklyn rallied from a 16-point deficit to defeat the host Miami Heat 109-105 on Wednesday night. Brooklyn’s bench outscored that of Miami 50-26 and Brooks was a big part of that as he made 6 of 7 shots, including going 5-for-6 on 3-pointers. The Nets also got a team-high 21 points

Jordan Clarkson scored 20 points, Lauri Markkanen added 19 points and 11 rebounds and the Utah Jazz dominated the first half in a 133-109 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City. Clarkson and Markkanen each went 4-for-4 from 3-point range in the decisive first half, combining for 35 points on 12-of-15 shooting as Utah went into the break up 79-46. Jazz reserve Collin Sexton led all scorers for the game

Keldon Johnson stole the ball from Kevin Durant and scored on a breakaway dunk with 1.2 seconds to play as the visiting San Antonio Spurs scored the final six points of the game to beat the Phoenix Suns 115-114 on Tuesday in the first of a two-game set between the teams over a three-day period. The teams will also play on Thursday in Phoenix. The Suns led by 18 points at halftime and by 13

D’Angelo Russell scored five of his game-high 28 points in the final 1:43 and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled off a 106-103 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic on Monday. Anthony Davis scored 26 points and grabbed 19 rebounds for the Lakers. LeBron James added 19 points in 33 minutes after playing 39 minutes on Sunday in an overtime defeat at Sacramento. The Lakers improved to 2-0 at home but have lost both of their