Klay Thompson scored a career-high 41 points teaming with backcourt star Stephen Curry to carry the Golden State Warriors past Kobe Bryant and the winless Los Angeles Lakers 127-104 on Saturday night.
Thompson shot 14-for-18 from the floor. Curry added 31 points and 10 assists, and the Warriors withstood Bryant's big plays to thrill a blue-shirt-wearing sellout crowd of 19,596 in the team's home opener.
The Lakers are 0-4 for the first time since the 1957-58 season, when the franchise was located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Nuggets 91 Thunder 102
Perry Jones scored 23 points and hit a clutch 3-pointer to help the short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets for their first victory of the season.
Serge Ibaka scored 23 points, Kendrick Perkins had 17 and Steven Adams added 13 for the Thunder, who won despite having just eight available players.
Ty Lawson scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half for the Nuggets.
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Celtics 90 Rockets 104
James Harden had 26 points and eight rebounds, and the Houston Rockets used a big first quarter to defeat the Boston Celtics.
Terrence Jones added 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Dwight Howard had 14 points and eight rebounds for the Rockets, who started 3-0 for the second straight season.
Jeff Green had 17 points, and Jared Sullinger added 14 points and nine rebounds for the Celtics, which finished 1 of 25 from behind the arc after starting 0 for 21.
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Suns 91 Jazz 118
Utah dominated around the basket and pulled away for a 118-91 victory over the Phoenix Suns.
The Jazz overwhelmed Phoenix in numerous offensive categories. Utah outscored the Suns 66-42 in the paint and enjoyed a 52-34 edge in rebounds.
Derrick Favors scored a career-high 32 points and added nine rebounds, mostly before halftime. Gerald Green had 16 points off the bench for the Suns (2-1), who shot just 14 of 43 (32.6 percent) from the field in the second half.
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