The Los Angeles Clippers put on a winning streak early in the NBA when they defeated the Sacramento Kings on the road (111-109). Might be harder than expected, but that doesn’t matter. Confront Paul George who – in Kawhi Leonard’s absence – took his… gun, scored 40 points (with 16/31 shots and 5/5 shots) and led the visitors to victory, for 2/2 at the start the regular season.

DeAaron Fox’s impressive performance (36 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists) and Keegan Murray’s full stats (19 points on 7/10 shooting, 5 rebounds) weren’t enough for Sacramento, which looks improved but still has plenty to offer has a long way to go before he can enter the postseason contenders discussion.

LOS ANGELES CLIPERS: George 40 (13/21 2-pointers, 3/10 3-pointers, 5/5 shots, 6 rebounds, 6 assists), Morris 9 (1), Zubac 10 (8 rebounds), Powell 4, Jackson 14 (3 /3 3 points, 5 assists), Kennard 11 (1), Man 5, Batum 7 (1), Coffey 3, Covington 8 (7 rebounds).

SACRAMENTO KINGS: Barnes 8 (0/4 trebles, 7 rebounds), Okpala 3 (1), Sabonis 11 (10 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals), Herter 18 (5/8 trebles), Fox 36 (3/ 5 trebles), Murray 10 (3/6 3s), Holmes 2, Monk, Mitchell 4, Davis 8 (2), Metu.

Magic – Celts 120-126

The opposite lives on for Boston and Orlando as the former’s away win meant 3/3 for them and 0/3 for their opponent. That, of course, required 40 points from Jayson Tatum (on 14/21 shooting and 8/9 shooting), who also saw Derrick White offer 27 points on 10/17 shooting. On the other side, Paolo Bankero (23 points) with Franz Wagner (18 points, 6 rebounds) and Terence Rons (29 points with 5/8 threes) gave their best, but it wasn’t enough.

ORLANDO’S MAGIC: Wagner Fr. 18 (2/6 trebles, 6 rebounds), Banquero 23 (2/7 trebles), Carter J. 15 (1 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, 5 assists), Ross 29 (5/8 3-pointers ), Anthony 14 (2/5 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 6 assists), Baba 3 (1), Harris 3 , Okeke 8 (2) , Ball 6 (5 rebounds0, Hampton 1.

BOSTON CELTICS: Brown 12 (1/6 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 4 assists), Tatum 40 (10/11 2-pointers, 4/10 3-pointers, 8/9 shots, 8 rebounds), Vonle 2, White 27 ( 5/9 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 4 assists), Smart 6 (1/9 threes, 8 assists), Williams 13 (3/3 threes, 6 rebounds), Griffin, Brogdon 13 (1), Houser 9 (3 ), Pritchard 3 (1), cornet 1.

Nuggets – Thunder 122-117

With an impressive three-point percentage (52.6%), the Denver Nuggets were hard-fought at home against the Oklahoma City Thunder (122-117) on a night that saw Nikola Jokic hit another triple-double (19 points , 16 rebounds, 13 assists in 38’41” attendance). Of course, the main news of the evening wasn’t that, but the fact that Jamal Murray stayed on the court for 27’30” and offered 16 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. Among the losers, Cy Gilgeous-Alexander was the top scorer with 28 points, while Aleksei Pokusevsky started in the top five but didn’t stay on the ground for long (12’05”) and ended the evening without a point (0 /1 colon) .

Denver nuggets: Portier J. 22 (5/10 3-pointers), Gordon 11 (1 3-pointers, 10 rebounds), Jokic 19 (1 3-pointers, 16 rebounds, 13 assists), Caldwell – Pope 21 (6/10 3 -Pointer), Murray 16 (1), Brown K.9 (3), Brown B. 5 (1), Green 14 (2), Hyland 1, Nagy 4.

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER: There 13 (1/7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals), Pokuszewski (0/1 2-pointers, 1 rebound, 2 steals, 1 block), Robinson-Earl 10 (2), Giddy 19 (2 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, 6 assists), Gilgeous – Alexander 28 (1/5 3-pointers, 7 assists), Mascala 18 (4/7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds), man 13 (2), Bazley 6(2), Wiggins 5(1), Dieng Williams 3, Waters Omurugi 2.

Bulls – Cavaliers 96-128

The Cleveland Cavaliers clinched their first win of the season on a night when the Chicago Bulls were upset at home. Donovan Mitchell’s exuberant performance (32 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists) was all the money for the winner, who took an early lead and never looked back. Zach LaVine had 23 points for the Fighting Bulls.

CHICAGO BULLS: DeRozan 13, Williams 6 (1), Vucevic 16 (2), LaVine 23 (2/6 trebles), Dosunmu 5 (1), Green 6, White 5 (0/5 trebles), Drummond 8 (7 rebounds), Dragic 4, Caruso 2, Jones J, Terry, Bradley Lee, Simonovic.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS: LeVert 14 (3/6 3-points, 8 assists), Mobley Ev. 16, Allen 8 (6 rebounds), Okoro 2, Mitchell 32 (4/6 threes, 9 rebounds, 8 assists), Osman 15 (2), Love 15 (5/6 threes, 12 rebounds, 4 assists). ), Neto 6 , Lopez 12 (6/7 2 points), Mobley Age. 3 (1), Stevens, Wate 5 (1).

Indiana Pacers-Detroit Pistons 124-115

Tyrese Haliburton (24 points, 10 rebounds) was excellent again, but in order for the Indiana Pacers to beat the Detroit Pistons, Benedict Maturin (27 points, 7 rebounds) also had to do a great job. Detroit shot 19/53 to two pointers.

INDIANA PACERS: Nesmith 7 (1), Smith 19 (1/5 3-pointers, 15 rebounds), Jackson 8, Hield 6 (2), Haliburton 24 (3/6 3-pointers, 10 assists, 5 steals), Bitatze 14 ( 1 3-pointers, 15 rebounds), Maturin 27 (5/8 three-pointers, 7 rebounds), Duarte 9 (1/7 three-pointers), Taylor, McConnell 2, Nebbard 8 (2).

DETROIT PISTON: Bay 20 (2/8 3-pointers, 8 rebounds), Bogdanovic 16 (4/10 3-pointers), Stewart 11 (1 3-pointers, 16 rebounds), Ivey 22 (4/8 3-pointers), Hayes 5 (1), majors 6, Joseph 10 (2), livers 8 (2), diallo.