THE HAPPENINGS FROM THE NBA GAMES PLAYED ON FRIDAY AEDT
WARRIORS 122 bt THUNDER 96: Kevin Durant overwhelmed his former mates with a long-range shooting exhibition, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 122-96 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in a rematch of last year's Western Conference finals.
Durant connected on seven of 11 three-point attempts en route to a season-best 39 points, helping the Warriors outscore the Thunder 42-30 from beyond the arc en route to their fourth consecutive win after a season-opening loss to San Antonio.
CAVALIERS 128 bt CELTICS 122: LeBron James scored 30 points to go with 12 assists as Cleveland defeated Boston.
Kevin Love scored 26 points and Kyrie Irving added 23 for the Cavs, who improved to 5-0 for the first time since the 1976-77 season.
NUGGETS 102 bt TIMBERWOLVES 99: Danilo Gallinari scored 19 points and Jusuf Nurkic added 18 as Denver held off Minnesota.
Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 32 points and 14 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins added 25 for the Timberwolves.
BUCKS 125 bt PACERS 109: Jabari Parker scored 27 points and hit a career-high four three-pointers leading Milwaukee past Indiana.
Giannis Antetokounmpo also scored 27 points for Milwaukee while Greg Monroe collected 16 points and 16 rebounds. Australian point guard Matthew Dellavedova scored five points, took two rebounds and provided four assists for the Bucks.
MAGIC 102 bt KINGS 94: Evan Fournier scored 29 points and Orlando pulled away in the fourth quarter from Sacramento.
DeMarcus Cousins led all scorers with 33 points but had little help as Sacramento dropped their third straight game.
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