Philadelphia beat Cleveland 114-106 and is the only 2-0 team in the East. Oklahoma City held Denver to 84 points in a 96-84 win. Twelve games are on Friday's schedule, including two on Prime Video, and injuries have thinned the Lakers, Mavericks and Spurs.
Last night
The 76ers beat the Cavaliers 114-106 at home. Philadelphia is 2-0 and is the only team in the East with two wins. Cleveland fell to 0-1 in its opener. The Cavaliers did get some help on the injury front, because Jarrett Allen, Khalifa Diop and Nae'Qwan Tomlin were all cleared on the injury report. In Oklahoma City, the Thunder beat the Nuggets 96-84. Denver scored 84 points, a low total for any night. The Nuggets also have health questions. Cameron Johnson is day-to-day with a right ankle injury, and Spencer Jones has a hamstring injury and moved between out and day-to-day on the injury report. Seven East teams are 1-0: the Pistons, Hawks, Raptors, Wizards, Hornets and Pacers, plus nobody else close to Philadelphia.
Tonight
Twelve games are on the schedule. The Bulls visit the Bucks at 4:00 PM ET. Five games tip at 7:00 PM ET. Mavericks at Pacers, Hawks at Hornets, Raptors at Wizards and Timberwolves at Magic are four of them. The fifth is Knicks at Celtics on Prime Video, with both teams at 0-1. The Pistons visit the Heat at 8:00. Rockets at Spurs, the second Prime Video game, tips at 9:30, as does Pelicans at Jazz. Three games start at 10:00: Trail Blazers at Kings, Clippers at Lakers and Grizzlies at Warriors.
The injury wire
Dallas lists Caleb Martin (right thumb), Tarik Biberovic (right heel) and Santi Aldama (knee) as out on the injury report. Dereck Lively II (right foot) moved between out and day-to-day. Their opponent, Indiana, has T.J. McConnell out with a right hamstring injury and Ben Sheppard day-to-day with a left knee injury. For the Lakers, Cameron Carr (right oblique) and Adou Thiero (left knee) are out, Collin Sexton was cleared, and Jake LaRavia is day-to-day with a right ankle injury. The Clippers still have Brandon Ingram, Bradley Beal and Jordan Miller out. San Antonio lists Tobias Harris out with a left calf injury, while De'Aaron Fox (right wrist) and Keldon Johnson (mouth) are day-to-day. Houston's Reed Sheppard is day-to-day with a left knee injury. Orlando has Jonathan Isaac and Anthony Black out. Charlotte has Kon Knueppel out with a left hamstring injury.
Moves and reports
No roster moves were made. Ian Begley reports that the Knicks are interested in Dalton Knecht, a report rated at 50 percent confidence. Hoops Rumors reports that John Konchar has signed with Olympiacos, rated at 45 percent confidence. No deal involving Knecht has been announced.
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