Detroit beat Philadelphia 106-93 to stay perfect and lead the East. Kawhi Leonard, Joel Embiid and Keegan Murray all appear as out on the injury report. Nine games are on tonight, including Warriors at Nuggets in the late slot.
Last night
Detroit beat Philadelphia 106-93 and is the East's only unbeaten team at 3-0. The 76ers fell to 3-1. Indiana won at Brooklyn 136-109, the night's widest margin. Minnesota beat Toronto 117-94 at home. Oklahoma City held off the Clippers 108-101. The Lakers won at Utah 132-123, and Memphis won at Sacramento 123-112. Orlando beat New York 111-102 on the road. Among the East's early teams, Toronto is 2-1 and the Heat are 0-3, the league's only winless team in the East's top 12.
Tonight
Nine games. Minnesota is at Cleveland and Washington is at Charlotte at 7:00 PM ET. Chicago visits Boston at 7:30 PM ET. Dallas is at Miami at 7:30 PM ET on NBA TV, with the winless Heat at home. Phoenix visits Oklahoma City and Indiana is at Milwaukee at 8:00 PM ET. Atlanta is at Houston at 8:30 PM ET. Memphis is at Utah at 9:00 PM ET. Golden State closes the night at Denver at 10:00 PM ET on Peacock and NBC Sports Network.
The injury wire
The injury report lists Kawhi Leonard of Toronto out with a left knee injury. Philadelphia lists Joel Embiid out with a right heel injury. Sacramento's Keegan Murray is out with an ankle injury, and Detroit's Ausar Thompson is out with a right ankle injury. New York's Jose Alvarado is out with a left ankle injury. Dallas lists Naji Marshall out with an illness. Golden State's report changed for Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Al Horford and Brandin Podziemski. Curry appears as day-to-day for rest. The Warriors play at Denver tonight. Orlando lists Jalen Suggs day-to-day with a right knee injury.
Moves and reports
Dalton Knecht joins the Knicks on a $4.2M cap hit. Micah Peavy joins the Thunder on a $2.2M cap hit, and Otega Oweh leaves Oklahoma City. Kobe Bufkin joins the Jazz. Hoops Rumors reports that Jalen Duren is out at least two weeks with a strained hamstring, and that Paolo Banchero expects to miss at least a month with an ankle injury. Both carry low confidence, 45%. The same outlet reports Jalen Williams was stretchered off the court with an apparent leg injury, also at 45%. Oklahoma City's report lists him day-to-day with a left ankle injury.
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