San Antonio defeats New Orleans, 113-96

at San Antonio 113, New Orleans 96: Tony Parker scored 17 points before leaving the game in the third quarter after a hard fall and Manu Ginobili added 16 points for the Spurs. Chris Paul had 26 points for the Hornets.

at Orlando 120, Philadelphia 106: Dwight Howard had 21 points and 15 rebounds and Vince Carter scored 15 in his first game with the Magic.

at Boston 92, Charlotte 59: Kevin Garnett scored 10 points with seven rebounds in 26 minutes in his return to the Boston parquet and the Celtics held the Bobcats to a franchise low in points.

Houston 108, at Golden State 107: Luis Scola scored 15 of his 21 points in the third quarter and Trevor Ariza scored 25 points for the Rockets.

at Miami 115, New York 93: The Heat got 26 points from Dwyane Wade and 22 points and 12 rebounds from Jermaine O’Neal.

at Denver 114, Utah 105: Carmelo Anthony scored 30 points and rookie Ty Lawson added 17 for the Nuggets.

at Oklahoma City 102, Sacramento 89: Kevin Durant had 25 points and 11 rebounds for the Thunder.

Detroit 96, at Memphis 74: Richard Hamilton scored 25 points and Ben Gordon added 22 in his debut with the Pistons.

at Minnesota 95, New Jersey 93: Damien Wilkins’ putback at the buzzer lifted the Timberwolves in the debut of Kurt Rambis as their coach.

at Atlanta 120, Indiana 109: Joe Johnson scored 25 points and Al Horford had 24 as the Hawks won a shootout.

Suns 109, at Clippers 107