NBA playoffs: Grizzlies upset top-seeded Jazz
SALT LAKE CITY — Dillon Brooks had 31 points and seven rebounds and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Utah Jazz 112-109 ib Sunday night in the opening game of their first-round playoff series.
The eighth-seeded Grizzlies put the Western Conference’s top-seeded Jazz in an early hole. Game 2 of the series is Wednesday night.
Brooks set a single-game franchise scoring record for a Memphis player making their NBA playoff debut, surpassing the 24 points scored by Marc Gasol against San Antonio on April 17, 2011.
Ja Morant added 26 points. Jonas Valanciunas chipped in 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Kyle Anderson had 14 points.
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 20 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Jazz. Mike Conley had 22 points, 11 assists, and six rebounds. Rudy Gobert added 15 rebounds and 11 points, and Derrick Favors finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Hawks 107, Knicks 105
NEW YORK — Trae Young made a runner in the lane with 0.9 seconds left to lift Atlanta past New York in a thrilling postseason return for both teams.
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Young finished with 32 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds. He frustrated the Knicks with his ability to draw fouls and made all nine free throws when he did.
Bogdan Bogdanovic added 18 points for the Hawks in their first postseason game since 2017.
Alec Burks scored 27 points for the Knicks, who are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2013. Derrick Rose scored 17 points, but Julius Randle shot just 6 for 23 while finishing with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
The Knicks host Game 2 on Wednesday night.
76ers 125, Wizards 118
PHILADELPHIA — Tobias Harris scored 37 points, Joel Embiid had 30 and Philadelphia beat Washington in Game 1.
Harris scored 28 points in the first half, making a case Philly has — with All-Stars Embiid and Ben Simmons — three big stars that could rival the superstar trio of Kevin Durant-James Harden-Kyrie Irving in Brooklyn.
Bradley Beal scored 33 points for Washington. Russell Westbrook had 16.
Game 2 is Wednesday night in Philadelphia.
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