— Lakers 127, Warriors 105
Lakers outscored Golden State 36-16 in third quarter.
Luka Doncic scored 28 points, with 8 rebounds, 7 assists.
Walker Kessler scored 26 points; he was 12-12 from the floor.
— Hawks 132, Magic 125
Atlanta outscored the Magic 44-29 in second quarter.
Alexabnder-Walker scored 31 points for the Hawks.
Paolo Banchero scored 35 points, had 10 assists, 7 rebounds.
— Pacers 123, Pelicans 120
New Orleans led 66-56 at halftime.
Indiana outscored the Pelicans 37-28 in fourth quarter.
Pascal Siakam scored 30 points, had eight rebounds.
— Trail Blazers 124, Suns 83
Portland led 43-12 after the first quarter.
Blazers were 19-47 on the arc, Phoenix 6-31.
Damian Lillard scored 25 points in 24:00.
— Timberwolves 131, Heat 106
Anthony Edwards scored 45 points, had 10 rebounds.
Minnesota shot 21-50 behind the arc.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 35 in his Miami debut.
— Wizards 128, Bucks 116
Anthony Davis had 34 points, 12 rebounds in his Washington debut.
Wizards outscored Milwaukee 38-23 in fourth quarter.
Washington was 32-41 on foul line, the Bucks 19-23.
— New Mexico State 30, Sam Houston State 24
Sam Houston scored TD on a blocked punt 2:20 into game.
Aggies outgained Sam Houston, 363-246.
New Mexico State ran ball 42 times for 203 yards.
— Famous birthdays, October 22
Christopher Lloyd, 88
Catherine Deneuve, 83
Jeff Goldblum, 74
Jamie Quirk, 72
Luis Zendejas, 65
Carmen Ejogo, 53
Ichiro Suzuki, 53
Jeff McInnis, 52
Jannero Pargo, 47
Robinson Cano, 44
Corbin Burnes, 32
Geraldo Perdomo, 27
October 22, 1972 was a great day for 12-year old me; Oakland A’s beat the Reds in Game 7 of the World Series, won the first of three consecutive World Series titles. Rams also won that day, kicking a 54-yard field goal on the last play of the game. Good times.
— Lebron James has now played 35 NBA games in Madison Square Garden; his team is 25-10 in those games.
Lebron’s younger son Bryce is a starter for the Arizona Wildcats this season. He is a 6-5 guard who red-shirted last year.
— Billy Donovan is a great basketball coach; he led Florida to back/back national titles in college, then coached in the NBA for 11 years, five with Oklahoma City, six with the Bulls.
This year, Donovan is the lead assistant with the San Antonio Spurs.
— New Jersey Giants are starting JJ McCarthy at QB this week in Houston; McCarthy came off the bench and threw for 243 yards in the Giants’ 34-27 home loss to New Orleans.
McCarthy will be the third QB to start for the Giants in the season’s first seven games.
— Do the Washington Commanders have a problem with QB Jayden Daniels?
Two weeks ago, he cost them a chance to kick a last-second field goal when he didn’t spike the ball to the kill the clock at the end, which he obviously should have.
Then Monday night, Washington had a 4th down play and Daniels just threw the ball out of bounds, instead of trying to complete a pass to get a first down. Daniels wound up passing for 300 yards, but his seeming lack of football IQ is hurting the Commanders.
— Los Angeles Angels have new ownership now; they released manager Kurt Suzuki Wednesday and will hire both a new general manager and field manager. Suzuki led the Angels to a 62-100 record this season, first time the Halos ever lost 100+ games in a season.
— Bronx Bombers are bringing back manager Aaron Boone next year; they also gave GM Brian Cashman a new contract, even though they haven’t won a World Series since 2009.
Boone has a career record of 790-565 in regular season, 27-30 in playoff games.
