Jayson Tatum scored six of his 37 points in the final 65 seconds and the visiting Boston Celtics held on for a 124-118 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night.
The Celtics led by as many as 23 points in the first half, but trailed for much of the third quarter. Jrue Holiday tied the game with back-to-back 3-pointers, and Tatum put the Celtics up 116-114 by hitting a pair of free throws with 1:05 left.
The Pistons missed two shots on the ensuing possession and Tatum’s jumper made it 118-114 with 29 seconds left.
Malik Beasley’s 3-pointer pulled Detroit within one, but Derrick White hit two free throws and Boston clinched the game from the line.
Jaden Ivey had 26 points for Detroit while Cade Cunningham finished with 21 points and 10 assists.
CAVALIERS 135, WIZARDS 116: Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, Jarrett Allen added 23 while going 10 for 10 from the floor and visiting Cleveland eased to a victory over Washington.
Darius Garland also had 23 points, and Evan Mobley scored 13 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Cavaliers remained perfect three games into their new season.
Bilal Coulibaly scored a career-high 23 points for the Wizards, who have lost their first two games by a combined 39 points at home.
HEAT 114, HORNETS 106: Jimmy Butler scored 13 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, Tyler Herro added five 3-pointers and 22 points and Miami spoiled Charlotte’s home opener.
Terry Rozier had 19 points and Bam Adebayo finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Heat (1-1). Butler added eight assists and eight rebounds.
LaMelo Ball had 27 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Hornets.
THUNDER 114, BULLS 95: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 23 points, Chet Holmgren added 21 points and a career-high 16 rebounds and Oklahoma City pounded Chicago in its home opener.
Jalen Williams added 24 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.
Zach LaVine had 22 points and nine rebounds for the Bulls. Nikola Vucevic added 18 points and 13 rebounds.
GRIZZLIES 124, MAGIC 111: Santi Aldama scored 22 points, reserve center Jay Huff added a career-high 18 and host Memphis built a 26-point halftime team in a victory over Orlando.
Ja Morant added 16 points and 10 assists for the Grizzlies. 3. Aldama was 9 of 12 from the field, while Huff made seven of his nine shots.
Franz Wagner scored 23 points for the Magic and Jalen Suggs added 21, both players grabbing seven rebounds apiece.
TIMBERWOLVES 112, RAPTORS 101: Julius Randle had 24 points nine rebounds and five assists and host Minnesota beat Toronto.
Anthony Edwards also scored 24 for Minnesota, while Rudy Gobert added 15 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks.
Toronto’s Gradey Dick led all scorers with 25 points, while Scottie Barnes had 20 points and Ochai Agbaji added 19 for the Raptors.
SPURS 109, ROCKETS 106: Victor Wembanyama scored 29 points, Jeremy Sochan added 17 points and 12 rebounds and host San Antonio held on to beat Houston.
Wembanyama added seven rebounds and three blocks while shooting 10 for 17 from the field.
Chris Paul added three points and nine assists, including a drive and feed to Sochan for an open layup that put San Antonio up 104-99 with 1:35 remaining.
Jalen Green had 27 points for the Rockets. Fred VanVleet added 18 and Dillon Brooks had 16.
SUNS 114, MAVERICKS 102: Kevin Durant scored 31 points, Jusuf Nurkic added 18 points and 14 rebounds and host Phoenix beat Dallas.
Luka Doncic scored 40 points and grabbed 10 rebounds while Kyrie Irving added 22 points for the Mavericks.