NEW YORK • Julius Randle scored 35 points, Evan Fournier made the goahead 3-pointer in the second overtime and added 32 against his former team, and the New York Knicks outlasted Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics 138-134 on Wednesday night.

Brown scored a career-high 46 points after overcoming a bout of COVID-19, and Jayson Tatum had the biggest basket of his awful opener with a threepoint play that gave Boston a 134-133 lead with 1:05 remaining.

Fournier then hit his fourth 3-pointer of the overtimes with 56 seconds to go and Derrick Rose finished it off with a basket with 22 seconds to play as the Knicks finally put away a game they seemed to have won much earlier.

The Celtics put together a push late in regulation of their first game under coach Ime Udoka and Marcus Smart tied it with a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Hornets 123, Pacers 122

CHARLOTTE, N.C. • LaMelo Ball scored 31 points, hitting seven 3-pointers, and Charlotte used a 24-0 third-period run to battle back and beat Indiana.

Indiana led 122-121 on Torrey Craig’s foul shots with 12.7 left. P. J. Washington made two free throws with 4.6 seconds left before Domantas Sabonis missed from 11 feet to seal the Hornets’ victory.

Ball scored 12 points in the third-period run and finished with nine rebounds and seven assists. Gordon Hayward scored 27 points for Charlotte, which got 14 each from newcomers Kelly Oubre Jr. and Ish Smith.

76ers 117, Pelicans 97

NEW ORLEANS • Joel Embiid had 22 points and 12 rebounds, Furkan Korkmaz hit four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to also score 22 points, and Philadelphia pulled away to beat New Orleans.

A subplot of the season opener for both teams involved who wasn’t playing. New Orleans was without star power forward Zion Williamson, who is recovering from surgery to repair his broken foot. The Sixers were missing disgruntled forward Ben Simmons, who was suspended one game for conduct detrimental to the team.

Bulls 94, Pistons 88

DETROIT • Zach LaVine scored 15 of his 34 points in the third quarter, leading the Chicago past Detroit.

Detroit’s Jerami Grant was off on an 11-foot baseline jumper with 50 seconds left, missing a chance to tie it. The Bulls sealed the victory by making free throws.

Grizzlies 122, Cavaliers 121

MEMPHIS, TENN. • Ja Morant had 37 points and six assists, De’Anthony Melton added 20 points and Memphis pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Cleveland.

Morant and Melton combined for 14 points down the stretch as the Cavaliers pulled within a point on a couple of occasions but could never overtake Memphis. Desmond Bane added 22 points for Memphis.

Wizards 98, Raptors 83

TORONTO • Bradley Beal scored 23 points, Montrezl Harrell had 22 in his Wizards debut and Washington spoiled Toronto’s homecoming.

Kyle Kuzma — acquired with Harrell in the trade that sent Russell Westbrook to the Lakers — had 11 points and 15 rebounds for Washington. Spencer Dinwiddie, acquired from the Nets in the same four-team deal, scored 13 points for the Wizards, who led by as many as 29 points to give new coach Wes Unseld Jr. a victory in his first game.

Timberwolves 124, Rockets 106

MINNEAPOLIS • Anthony Edwards energized the first full-size home crowd of his nascent career with 29 points in 31 minutes in Minnesota’s victory over Houston.

Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 30 points and 10 rebounds, and D’Angelo Russell added 22 points and seven assists.

Jazz 107, Thunder 86

SALT LAKE CITY • Rudy Gobert had 16 points and 21 rebounds to lead Utah past Oklahoma City.

Bojan Bogdanovic led Utah with 22 points, and Jordan Clarkson added 18.

Spurs 123, Magic 97

SAN ANTONIO • Devin Vassell scored 19 points, Lonnie Walker added 17 and San Antonio continued its success on opening night by dominating Orlando.

San Antonio is 23-2 in season openers under coach Gregg Popovich.

Kings 124, Trail Blazers 121

PORTLAND, ORE. • Harrison Barnes scored 36 points and De’Aaron Fox added 27, and the Sacramento Kings spoiled Portland’s season opener under new coach Chauncey Billups with a 124-121 victory over the Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.