Basketball

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kelly Olynyk doesn't want to get too giddy about how the Utah Jazz's offseason makeover is starting to look. It sure is promising, though.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell opened his postgame news conference with an apology. He made his Cleveland home debut harder than needed. “I made us stay 35 or 45 minutes longer than we should have," Mitchell said. “That was insane.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Paul of the Phoenix Suns has reached 11,000 career assists with a pair in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Clippers. Paul assisted on the Suns’ first basket of the game Sunday night, a 3-pointer by Devin Booker.

MIAMI (AP) — Caleb Martin's scuffle with Christian Koloko will keep him out of the Miami-Toronto rematch on Monday night.

ATLANTA (AP) — Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 24 points, Nick Richards added a career-high 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a reserve role, and the Charlotte Hornets coasted to a 126-109 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Pelicans leading scorer Brandon Ingram has been ruled out for the second half of New Orleans' home opener against Utah on Sunday night because of concussion symptoms.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Damian Lillard scored 41 points, Jerami Grant made a driving layup with three seconds left, and the unbeaten Portland Trail Blazers kept the Los Angeles Lakers winless under new coach Darvin Ham with a 106-104 victory Sunday.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Paul George scored 40 points to help the Los Angeles Clippers hold off the Sacramento Kings 111-109 on Saturday night.

Orlando Magic (0-3, 14th in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (1-1, seventh in the Eastern Conference) New York; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Orlando is looking to break its three-game slide with a victory over New York.

Sacramento Kings (0-2, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Golden State Warriors (1-1, 10th in the Western Conference) San Francisco; Sunday, 8:30 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Warriors -9.