Basketball

Indiana Pacers (2-4, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Dallas Mavericks (3-2, fifth in the Western Conference) Dallas; Monday, 9:45 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Dallas hosts Indiana in non-conference play.

San Antonio Spurs (3-3, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (2-3, 13th in the Western Conference) Inglewood, California; Monday, 10:30 p.m.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 29 points, Payton Pritchard had 22 points on six 3-pointers and the Boston Celtics beat the Charlotte Hornets 113-103 for the second straight night at the Spectrum Center on Saturday.

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 27 points and Michael Porter Jr. had 20 as the Denver Nuggets used a third-quarter offensive surge to beat the Utah Jazz 129-103 on Saturday night for their first home win of the season.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder extended their undefeated start to the season by beating the Los Angeles Clippers 105-92 on Saturday night.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — This isn’t the way the Milwaukee Bucks expected to open a potential bounce-back season after consecutive first-round playoff exits.

PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker had 28 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, and the Phoenix Suns used a dominant third quarter beat the Portland Trail Blazers 103-97 Saturday night.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Bam Adebayo scored 20 of his 32 points in the first half and the Miami Heat beat the Washington Wizards 118-98 on Saturday night in the 14th NBA regular-season game in Mexico.

TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan tries not to think about the Toronto Raptors retiring his jersey. Instead, he likes to focus on other Raptors greats who deserve the honour. DeRozan watched Vince Carter's No.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A visibly angry Joel Embiid shouted at and eventually shoved a Philadelphia newspaper columnist in a locker room altercation after the struggling 76ers lost to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night.