Raptors ease past Hawks while Nets beat Pacers in NBA-Xinhua

Raptors ease past Hawks while Nets beat Pacers in NBA

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2022-11-01 16:48:15

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam called the shots in the team's 139-109 rout over the Atlanta Hawks while Kevin Durant scored 34 points to lift the Brooklyn Nets past the Indiana Pacers 116-109 on Monday.

With the win, Raptors improve to 4-3 for the season and 3-1 at home.

Siakam also had six assists, his franchise-best 30th game with 20 or more points, 10 or more rebounds and five or more assists.

Scottie Barnes scored a season-high 21 points for Toronto.

The Hawks had a season-worst 18 turnovers, leading to 24 points for Toronto.

The win against the Pacers was much-needed for the Nets as the team are still finetuning for the new season.

Kyrie Irving added 28 points and Nic Claxton had 19 points and nine rebounds for Brooklyn, while Chris Duarte had 30 for Indiana.

James Harden scored 23 points and had 17 assists to help the Philadelphia 76ers claim a 118-111 win against the Washington Wizards despite missing Joel Embiid.

Tyrese Maxey added 28 points for Philadelphia.

Kevin Huerter scored 26 points, Davion Mitchell added 23 points and the Sacramento Kings rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit to beat the Charlotte Hornets 115-108.

Huerter and Mitchell combined to go 10 of 16 from 3-point range and Harrison Barnes added 14 points for the Kings.

Elsewhere, the Milwaukee Bucks edged past the Detroit Pistons 110-108, the Utah Jazz overcame the Memphis Grizzlies 121-105, and the LA Clippers defeated the Houston Rockets 95-93.