NBA round-up: Ty Jerome scores 45 for Memphis, Anthony Davis and Damian Lillard star, Kawhi Leonard wins Toronto return

Eleven NBA games were played on Wednesday night (US time; between 11:00pm GMT Wednesday 21 October and about 5:00am GMT Thursday). We have separate reports on the Lakers’ 127-105 win over the Warriors and Minnesota’s 131-106 win at Miami. These are the other nine results, with details from AP.

Results

• Atlanta Hawks 132, Orlando Magic 125. Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 31, including two late 3-pointers, the second of which put Atlanta up 128-123 with 51 seconds left. Dyson Daniels and Jalen Johnson scored 20 each. Paolo Banchero had 35 points and 10 assists for Orlando in coach Sean Sweeney’s first game.
• Washington Wizards 128, Milwaukee Bucks 116. Anthony Davis had 34 points and 12 rebounds in his first game for Washington; AP said he was injured when the Wizards acquired him and did not play for them last season. Trae Young had 13 assists. No. 1 draft pick AJ Dybantsa missed the game with an ankle injury. Milwaukee led for much of the game before Washington took control early in the fourth quarter. Tyler Herro scored 24 for the Bucks.
• Charlotte Hornets 110, Brooklyn Nets 103. Naz Reid had 20 points and 11 rebounds in his Charlotte debut and Grayson Allen scored 21 off the bench. Charlotte played without Coby White (calf) and Kon Knueppel (hamstring). Julius Randle scored 33 for Brooklyn.
• Toronto Raptors 135, Chicago Bulls 92. Kawhi Leonard scored 23 points in his return to Toronto, going 11 for 11 from the free-throw line, and Scottie Barnes and Immanuel Quickley also scored 23 each. Toronto never trailed. Chicago committed 27 turnovers, nine of them by rookie Caleb Wilson.
• Memphis Grizzlies 123, Utah Jazz 103. Ty Jerome scored a career-high 45 points on 17-of-25 shooting, the most by a Memphis player in a season opener, according to AP, passing Ja Morant’s 44 in 2020. No. 3 pick Cameron Boozer had 11 rebounds but shot 2 of 15; Utah’s No. 2 pick Darryn Peterson scored nine.
• Indiana Pacers 123, New Orleans Pelicans 120. Pascal Siakam scored 30, 12 of them in the fourth quarter. Tyrese Haliburton had 23 points and 12 assists in his first regular-season game since rupturing his right Achilles tendon 16 months ago, and scored on Indiana’s last two possessions before Quenton Jackson’s closing free throws. Zion Williamson scored 22 for New Orleans.
• Houston Rockets 128, Dallas Mavericks 110. Kevin Durant and Jabari Smith Jr. scored 30 each. Houston outscored Dallas 38-12 in the second quarter to lead 70-38 at half-time. Cooper Flagg scored 32 for Dallas, and Kyrie Irving had 15 in his first regular-season game since tearing his left ACL in March 2025. It was Dusty May’s first game as Dallas coach.
• Portland Trail Blazers 124, Phoenix Suns 83. Damian Lillard scored 25 points in his first regular-season game since rejoining Portland, after missing last season rehabbing a torn Achilles tendon. Ja Morant had 14 points and eight assists on his Blazers debut. Portland led 21-0 at the start and by as many as 52 points. Devin Booker scored 23 for Phoenix.
• LA Clippers 121, Sacramento Kings 96. Darius Garland scored 30 and Brook Lopez had 17 points and 11 rebounds off the bench in the Clippers’ first season opener without Kawhi Leonard since 2019. The Clippers never trailed. Zach LaVine scored 28 and Domantas Sabonis had 14 points and 18 rebounds for Sacramento.

See also: NBA opening night: Pistons come from 22 down to beat Celtics.