The 76ers beat the Hornets 109-104 and sit first in the East at 6-1. Houston, Memphis and Cleveland all won by wide margins. Four games are on tonight's slate, ending with Raptors at Lakers.
Last night
Houston beat Oklahoma City 119-98 at home. Memphis ran past Sacramento 136-105. Cleveland won at Milwaukee 136-111 and moved to 4-2. New Orleans beat Atlanta 121-99, and San Antonio held off Minnesota 121-111. Portland won at Utah 112-90. The closest result came in Charlotte, where the 76ers beat the Hornets 109-104. That win keeps Philadelphia first in the East at 6-1, ahead of Detroit at 5-1 and Boston at 4-1. Charlotte falls to 3-4.
Tonight
Celtics at Magic opens the slate at 3:30 PM ET. Boston is 4-1 and Orlando is 2-3. Nets at Pacers follows at 5:00 PM ET. Clippers at Warriors tips at 8:30 PM ET, and Raptors at Lakers closes the night at 9:00 PM ET. Toronto is 3-2. National TV assignments are not announced.
The injury wire
Golden State lists Stephen Curry and Draymond Green as out for rest ahead of the Clippers game. Gui Santos is day-to-day with a left knee issue. Houston lists Fred VanVleet out with a right knee issue and Reed Sheppard out with a back issue. Alperen Sengun is cleared. Memphis lists Ty Jerome, Scotty Pippen Jr. and Quinten Post out. Minnesota lists Rudy Gobert day-to-day with a back issue. Atlanta has Jock Landale out with a hip issue and Jalen Johnson day-to-day with a left ankle issue. Philadelphia lists Joel Embiid and LeBron James day-to-day for rest. Brooklyn's Mikel Brown Jr. is out for rest. Indiana's Aaron Nesmith is day-to-day with a left hamstring issue.
Moves and reports
No roster moves were reported. One report is out: hoopsrumors says rookie scale option decisions are due on Monday. Confidence in that report is 44%.
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