NBA Roundup: Knicks Crush Pacers Inounce Back Win

Jalen Brunson scored a game-high 26 points and Karl Anthony-Towns posted a double-double Friday night for the host New York Knicks, who shut down Tyrese Haliburton and rolled to a 123-98 win over the Indiana Pacers.

Towns and fellow newcomer Mikal Bridges both bounced back from their rough Knicks debuts by scoring 21 points each. Towns added 15 rebounds and Bridges had five assists. The duo had just 28 points combined on Tuesday in a 132-109 loss to the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics

Bennedict Mathurin scored a team-high 20 points off the bench for the Pacers, whose 3-point shooting percentage was their worst since Jan. 19, 2018. Haliburton was held scoreless in just under 26 minutes, going 0-for-8 from the field and 0-for-7 from long distance.

Scottie Barnes scored 27 points as Toronto defeated visiting Philadelphia. Jakob Poeltl added 19 points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots and Jonathan Mogbo had 12 points, nine rebounds and five assists for the Raptors, who have split their first two games of the season.

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Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 28 points for the 76ers, who have lost their first two games of the season. Tyrese Maxey added 24 points, Kyle Lowry had 14, and Andre Drummond and Caleb Martin scored 11 apiece.

Joel Embiid (left knee management) and Paul George (left knee bone bruise) did not play for Philadelphia, while Immanuel Quickley (right pelvic contusion), RJ Barrett (shoulder), Kelly Olynyk (back) and Bruce Brown (knee) did not. Play for toronto

Paolo Banchero added 15 points, nine assists and six rebounds. Banchero and Franz Wagner combined for 19 of Orlando’s 32 points in the third. Jalen Suggs, Anthony Black and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope finished with 10 points apiece, and Wendell Carter Jr. grabbed 11 rebounds.

Cam Thomas scored 24 for the Nets, who are 0-2 in consecutive seasons for the first time in their NBA history. Dennis Schroder added 20 points for Brooklyn, which shot 42.2 percent but also committed 31 fouls after committing 32 in its season opener on Wednesday in Atlanta.

Young hit five 3-pointers (on 14 attempts), dished out 10 assists, grabbed eight rebounds, nabbed four steals and committed seven turnovers. De’Andre Hunter supplied 24 points and seven boards for the Hawks.

Jarrett Allen had 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Evan Mobley supplied 16 points, six rebounds, three assists and four steals for the Cavaliers. Bickerstaff coached Cleveland to the Eastern Conference semifinals last season but was dismissed after Cleveland was eliminated from the playoffs. He was hired by Detroit over the summer

Andrew Wiggins snatched a game-high 13 rebounds and scored 10 points and Trayce Jackson-Davis contributed 12 points and nine boards, helping the Warriors go 2-0 on their season-opening road trip. Golden State routed the Portland Trail Blazers 140-104 on Wednesday.

John Collins put up 14 points, Lauri Markkanen had 13, Keyonte George and Collin Sexton logged 12 apiece, and Jordan Clarkson managed 11 for the Jazz, who completed a winless two-game homestand that began with a 126-124 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday

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