Paolo Giorgio he scored 40 points to help the Clippers of the Angels to stop the King of Sacramento and win Saturday 111-109.
Sacramento went up an 11-4 run to reduce the lead to 109-106 before George missed a triple and Nicolas Batum grabbed an offensive rebound. Norman Powell made two free throws and De’Aaron Fox made a hooter basket.
The Clipper (2-0) played without Kawhi Leonard and his new signing John Wall. The two remained out for surveillance for knee injuries. They traveled with the team to Sacramento and trained before the game.
Leonard played 21 minutes on Thursday, in his first game since he tore a ligament in his right knee in a playoff game in June 2021. Wall played his first game of NBA in 18 months after missing all last season in Houston. Both were supposed to play in the first game of the Sunday Clipper like locals this season.
Reggie Jackson scored 14 points, while Ivan Zubac added 10 points and eight rebounds.
Fox finished with 36 points and rookie Keegan Murray added 19 in his first game of NBA.
For his part, Kevin Huerter scored five triples and finished with 18 points. Domantas Sabonis added 11, eight rebounds and six assists.
Mike Brown has yet to win as head coach of the King.
Great Pacers
Rookie Bennedict Mathurin scored 27 points, scoring three 3-pointers in a crucial third quarter and the Indiana Pacers they defeated by 124-115 the Detroit Pistons Saturday to end a 12-game losing streak from the previous season.
Canadian Mathurin, 20, the sixth overall pick in the draft, made three triples in a span of 2:20 minutes. The Pacers led 88-79 after three bouts.
Indiana overtook Detroit 36-23 in the fourth quarter, erasing a four-point gap at the interval.
Mathurin’s fifth triple brought Indiana to 108-97 with 3:57 left. The sixth man helped the Indiana bench beat the Detroit bench 58-29.
Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton scored 24 points and made key plays on three consecutive possessions in the final minutes. He scored 3 points on consecutive possessions and assisted Aaron Nesmith with 3 points while Indiana extended his lead to 117-105 with 1:21 left. Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 22 points.
the Celts win
Jayson Tatum and Derrick White they combined for 12 unanswered points at the end of the game and on Saturday the Boston Celtics won 126-120 at the Orlando Magic.
Tatum He had 40 points and eight rebounds. He went on a 10-2 run with two free throws with 4:08 left in the game to give Boston the lead forever.
White he had 27 points, two short of his career record, as the Celtics won for the second straight night.
Terrence Ross led the Magic with 29 points, rookie Paolo Banchero added 23 and Franz Wagner had 18. The Magic dropped to 0-3, suffering their tenth consecutive defeat to the Celtics.
The Celtics played without Dominican center Al Horford, due to a stiff back problem.
