OKLAHOMA CITY -- Andrew Wiggins hit 3-pointer as time expired to trump Carmelo Anthony's late triple and lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 115-113 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday.Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota (2-1) with 27 points apiece. Towns also grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds. Jeff Teague added 19 points and nine assists.Anthony finished with 23 points, including his basket with five seconds left, as the Thunder took their second consecutive loss.Coming off one of his worst shooting performances in a loss to the Utah Jazz, Russell Westbrook shook off a slow start Sunday night to score 31 points, hand out 10 assists and nearly help the Thunder come back from a dismal start.Nets 116, Hawks 104NEW YORK -- Allen Crabbe produced 20 points, including the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 4:37 left in the fourth quarter, as Brooklyn beat Atlanta.Crabbe, restricted because of an ankle injury, played 25:38 but was highly productive when he was on the court. He played... [More]

PG Jameer Nelson made his team debut with 5:35 left in the first quarter and finished with five points and five assists. Nelson agreed to terms with the Pelicans on Saturday, and the 13-year veteran drove four hours from Philadelphia to New York to catch a six-hour flight to Los Angeles. Nelson spent the past two seasons playing with the Denver Nuggets but was waived before the start of this season. He averaged 9.2 points and 5.1 assists last season.

G Kentavious Caldwell-Pope made his Lakers debut and started at shooting guard after he was suspended the first two games. He finished with 20 points in a loss against the Pelicans on Sunday."What I'm most proud about with Jordan is he's sticking with it because he was struggling in training camp, he was struggling in the preseason," Lakers coach Luke Walton said.

F Anthony Davis had 27 points and 17 rebounds Sunday in the Pelicans' road win over the Lakers.

F DeMarcus Cousins finished with 22 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists Sunday in the Pelicans' road win over the Lakers.

G Andre Roberson airballed two free throws in the second half, missed all four of his shots from the floor and wound up scoreless for the Thunder in their Sunday loss to the Timberwolves.

G Raymond Felton had his best game as a Thunder player, scoring 12 points on Sunday night in a loss to the Timberwolves.

F Taj Gibson returned to Oklahoma City as a member of Minnesota's starting lineup on Sunday night and put together a 11-point, 10-rebound performance. He spent part of last season with the Thunder.

F Carmelo Anthony, who finished with 23 points, thought he made the game-winner Sunday night against the Timberwolves, but he was one-upped by Andrew Wiggins' prayer of a shot.

G Andrew Wiggins spoiled the Thunder's celebration by launching a game-winning 3-pointer, releasing the ball just as time expired to trump Carmelo Anthony's late triple and give Minnesota a 115-113 win over the Thunder on Sunday night in Oklahoma City. Wiggins led Minnesota (2-1) with 10 points in the first quarter and finished with 27.

G Russell Westbrook, who scored 15 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter, hit a game-tying bucket with 29 seconds left on Sunday night before the Timberwolves won the game at the buzzer.l Westbrook finished five rebounds shy of his 81st career double-double.

C Miles Plumlee (strained right quad) missed his third straight game.

G Dennis Schroder told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution he likely will sit out the Hawks' Monday game at Miami due to a bone bruise in his left foot, but he doesn't think the injury is serious. Schroder shot 5 of 22 and injured his left ankle with 3:37 remaining at Brooklyn.

G Marco Belinelli came off the bench to score a team-high 19 points in a loss at Brooklyn. He hit three 3-points and is 8-for-16 on the season from long range.

Boston Celtics PG Kyrie Irving was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Sunday for using inappropriate language toward a fan. Irving was responding to a fan in Philadelphia who yelled at him and made a reference to former teammate LeBron James during Friday night's game against the 76ers. The incident occurred at halftime of the Celtics' 102-92 win at Wells Fargo Center. A video that circulated on social media after the game and a fan is heard shouting, "Kyrie, where's LeBron?" as Celtics players walked down their tunnel to the locker room at halftime. Irving looked up toward the fan before making a profane response. He later said he did not have any regrets about the incident. "Hell no," Irving said, according to ESPN. "(The fan was) man enough to record it on video, then that's all him. I'm glad he got his (social media) name out there and then, kinda, five seconds of fame and it going viral. That's the social media platform we live on. I take full responsibility (for) what I said and excuse (to) the kids at home and you move on."

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Andrew Wiggins hit 3-pointer as time expired to trump Carmelo Anthony's late triple and lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 115-113 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday.Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota (2-1) with 27 points apiece. Towns also grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds. Jeff Teague added 19 points and nine assists.Anthony finished with 23 points, including his basket with five seconds left, as the Thunder took their second consecutive loss.Coming off one of his worst shooting performances in a loss to the Utah Jazz, Russell Westbrook shook off a slow start Sunday night to score 31 points, hand out 10 assists and nearly help the Thunder come back from a dismal start.Nets 116, Hawks 104NEW YORK -- Allen Crabbe produced 20 points, including the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 4:37 left in the fourth quarter, as Brooklyn beat Atlanta.Crabbe, restricted because of an ankle injury, played 25:38 but was highly productive when he was on the court. He played... [More]

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Andrew Wiggins hit 3-pointer as time expired to trump Carmelo Anthony's late triple and lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 115-113 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday.Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota (2-1) with 27 points apiece. Towns also grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds. Jeff Teague added 19 points and nine assists.Anthony finished with 23 points, including his basket with five seconds left, as the Thunder took their second consecutive loss.Coming off one of his worst shooting performances in a loss to the Utah Jazz, Russell Westbrook shook off a slow start Sunday night to score 31 points, hand out 10 assists and nearly help the Thunder come back from a dismal start.Nets 116, Hawks 104NEW YORK -- Allen Crabbe produced 20 points, including the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 4:37 left in the fourth quarter, as Brooklyn beat Atlanta.Crabbe, restricted because of an ankle injury, played 25:38 but was highly productive when he was on the court. He played as a reserve and thrived by hitting 7 of 12 shots and four of Brooklyn's 11 3-pointers. The Nets became the first team since the 1988-89 Portland Trail Blazers to score at least 115 points in each of their first three games.The Hawks got 19 points from Marco Belinelli and 17 from Dennis Schroder, who left with a bone bruise in his left foot. He doesn't expect to play Monday at Miami, but he doesn't think the injury is serious.

The Phoenix Suns didn't waste any time making a coaching change.Three games into the season, Earl Watson is out as coach and Jay Triano will replace him on an interim basis, the team announced Sunday night.The Suns lost their first three games, the latest a 130-88 blowout on the road against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night.The Suns' 48-point loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday was the worst opening-night loss in NBA history.Watson's dismissal is the first firing of an NBA head coach since 2016.It is the earliest a coach has been ousted during a season in league history. Mike Brown was fired by the Los Angeles Lakers five games into the 2012-13 season."I think that we have to become close as a team," Watson lamented after the 42-point loss Saturday night. "We have to be real about it. We knew with a young team there was going to be adversity, but the part that's most disappointing is the lack of unity."Watson lasted 118 games with the Suns and had a 33-85 record. Phoenix... [More]

G Lou Williams had 18 points and six assists off the bench for the Clippers.

G Patrick Beverley finished with 15 points