Pau Gasol had a season-high 27 points and 11 rebounds, while Derrick Rose scored 20 points before leaving with a sore left hamstring as the Chicago Bulls beat the Toronto Raptors 100-93 on Thursday night.
Jimmy Butler scored 21 and Mike Dunleavy had 14 as the Bulls won for the sixth time in seven games and snapped Toronto’s five-game winning streak in the matchup of teams with the best records in the Eastern Conference. Both teams are 7-2.
Rose stumbled on a drive to the basket late in the fourth and was replaced by Dunleavy with 1 minute, 53 seconds left, taking a seat at the end of the bench.
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Kyle Lowry scored 20 and James Johnson had 16 against his former team, but the Raptors lost for the first time in six home games this season.
MAVERICKS 123, 76ERS 70
In Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points while playing only 20 minutes as Dallas had their largest victory ever, while keeping Philadelphia winless.
The 53-point margin for Dallas surpassed their 50-point win over the New York Knicks in January 2010.
At 0-8, Philadelphia is the only NBA team without a victory. The only time the 76ers have gone deeper into a season before winning a game was 1972-1973, when they lost their first 15 games, according to STATS.
The 76ers, who scored the last five points to avoid their largest loss ever, matched Utah’s 0-8 start from a year ago. The last NBA team with a longer losing streak to begin a season was the New Jersey Nets during their record 0-18 start in 2009-2010.
GRIZZLIES 111, KINGS 110
In Memphis, Tennessee, Courtney Lee scored on a lob pass as time expired to cap a furious fourth-quarter rally as Memphis came from 26 points down to beat Sacramento.
The outcome was not decided until after a lengthy review by officials who were trying to determine if the inbounds pass from Vince Carter with less than a second left was tipped by the Kings, and also to determine if Lee got the shot off before the horn sounded.
Mike Conley led Memphis with 22 points and 11 assists, while Marc Gasol had 20 points. Lee’s reverse layup gave him 16 points on six-of-nine shooting.
Rudy Gay scored 25 points, while DeMarcus Cousins added 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Kings, who lost their third straight.
WARRIORS 107, NETS 99
In Oakland, California, Klay Thompson scored 25 points, while Draymond Green had 17 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as Golden State snapped a two-game losing streak by beating Brooklyn.
Stephen Curry added 17 points and five assists as the hot-shooting, turnover-prone Warriors slowly started to cut down on mistakes. They shot 45.6 percent from the floor and had just 11 turnovers.
Golden State entered the game leading the NBA in shooting percentage and turnovers.
Jarrett Jack scored 23 points against his former team, and Brook Lopez and Deron Williams each had 18 points as Brooklyn lost for the second time in two nights. The Nets fell 112-104 at Phoenix on Wednesday to begin their three-game road trip.
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