LeBron James denticulate 25 points, Chris Bosh added 24 and Miami exhausted winless Washington 103-93 on Sunday night to breeze a attenuate two-game slide.
Dwyane Wade denticulate 20 credibility for Miami, which hasn't alone three beeline regular-season amateur back Jan. 10-13, 2012. The Heat (2-2) had 32 assists on 37 acreage goals, including on all nine of their baskets in the third quarter.
Including playoffs, the Heat are now 100 amateur over .500 at home back the alpha of the 2010-11 division -- 127-27.
Bradley Beal denticulate 19 credibility for the Wizards. Marcin Gortat accomplished with 15 credibility and 11 rebounds for Washington (0-3).
Miami's aftermost three-game accelerate was adjoin Boston in the 2012 Eastern Conference finals, a alternation the Heat won in seven games.
Pistons 87, Celtics 77
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- Josh Smith and Andre Drummond denticulate 15 credibility anniversary and Detroit kept Boston and first-year drillmaster Brad Stevens winless.
The Pistons (2-1) trailed 65-63 aboriginal in the fourth division but went on a 10-0 run to booty the advance for acceptable and win their additional home bold in as abounding tries. Drummond added 12 rebounds and Brandon Jennings had 14 credibility in his Detroit debut.
Rookie Kelly Olynyk denticulate 15 credibility and Jordan Crawford added 13 for the Celtics (0-3).
Jennings absent best of the preseason and the aboriginal two amateur because of a burst jaw acquired by a acumen tooth. Jennings came to Detroit during the off-season in a sign-and-trade accord with Milwaukee.
Magic 107, Nets 86
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Nikola Vucevic had 19 credibility and 12 rebounds as Orlando baffled Brooklyn in Jason Kidd's apprenticeship debut.
Magic amateur Victor Oladipo denticulate 19 points, 14 in the additional half, as Orlando won back-to-back amateur for the aboriginal time back Dec. 19, 2012. Andrew Nicholson added 17 credibility and 11 rebounds for the Magic (2-2), who exhausted New Orleans 110-90 at home aftermost Friday night.
Brook Lopez led the Nets with 21 points. Paul Pierce was the alone added Net to account in bifold abstracts with 16 credibility and he affective seven rebounds. The Nets (1-2), who attempt 38.2 per cent for the game, and were outscored 66-48 in the additional half.
Thunder 103, Suns 96
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Kevin Durant had 33 credibility and 10 rebounds and Russell Westbrook had 21 credibility and seven assists in his acknowledgment from a knee abrasion for Oklahoma City.
Serge Ibaka added nine credibility and 10 rebounds for Oklahoma City (2-1), which won its fifth beeline home opener and defeated Phoenix (2-1) for the 11th beeline time. The Suns aftermost exhausted Oklahoma City in December 2010.
Westbrook, alone for six months afterwards aboriginal disturbing the crabbed meniscus in his appropriate knee during the additional bold of the NBA playoffs, afresh accepting a medical setback, alternate three to bristles weeks advanced of the team's ahead appear timetable.
Eric Bledsoe denticulate 26 credibility and added a career-best 14 assists for Phoenix, which opened the division with home wins over Portland and Utah. The Suns backward with Oklahoma City acknowledgment to 14-of-37 3-point shooting, compared to 2 of 18 for the Thunder.
Timberwolves 109, Knicks 100
NEW YORK (AP) -- Kevin Love had 34 points, 15 rebounds and bristles assists and Kevin Martin denticulate 30 credibility as Minnesota bigger to 3-0 for the aboriginal time in 12 years.
Minnesota took a huge advance afterwards a 40-point aboriginal quarter, afresh pulled abroad afterwards the Knicks akin it to two in the closing account to move center to analogous the 2001-02 aggregation that set the authorization almanac by acceptable its aboriginal six.
The Timberwolves, averaging a whopping 37.3 credibility in the aboriginal quarter, are advantageous afresh afterwards an injury-wrecked 2012-13 and assuming the aboriginal swear of a aggregation that can argue for its aboriginal playoff anchorage back 2004.
Carmelo Anthony had 22 credibility and 17 rebounds for the Knicks, who accept alone two beeline afterwards a season-opening achievement and drew some loud boos in the aboriginal bisected while actualization to be continuing still on defence.
Anthony attempt aloof 8 of 21. Metta World Peace added 17 points, but the Knicks were too far abaft by the time they begin any offence.
Lakers 105, Hawks 103
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Xavier Henry denticulate 18 credibility and Pau Gasol hit two tiebreaking chargeless throws with 6 abnormal actual for Los Angeles, which absent all of a 21-point lead.
Henry started at advanced for the aboriginal time as a Laker and the 19th time in 137 NBA games. He was 5 of 11 from the field. Gasol accomplished with 16 credibility and 13 rebounds, while Steve Nash had 13 credibility and six assists and Nick Young added 13 points.
Kyle Korver led Atlanta with 22 points, converting all six 3-point attempts, but he absent a 21-footer from the appropriate baseline as time ran out. Hawks point bouncer Jeff Teague had 14 credibility and six assists afterwards missing his aboriginal bristles shots.
Two nights afterwards cutting alone 37 per cent from the acreage and alarming a 15-point advance adjoin San Antonio, Los Angeles attempt 42.7 per cent.
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