- Cavaliers 110, Knicks 106: Throughout his tumultuous summer, Isiah Thomas seemed to want to use basketball to shield himself from sexual harassment lawsuit he eventually lost. If he was devoting any amount of energy to preparing his team for its first game against Cleveland, he failed miserably. His team looked out of sorts as it got the season off on the wrong foot. Letting LeBron James score 45 points is understandable. Choosing not to guard Daniel Gibson, whose only offensive move is to hit threes? Not so much. Throw in the Knicks' stopping play because they thought a timeout had been called and you have an ugly result. Positives? Zach Randolph had 21 points -- he could do better than 10-of-23 from the foul line though -- and Nate Robinson had 19 on 7-of-13 shooting.
- Raptors 106, Nets 69: At least the Nets can still say they beat the Raptors in last year's playoffs. Other than Richard Jefferson -- 27 points, five rebounds -- the entire team played poorly. No one else cracked double figures. Vince Carter only took six shots.
- Devils 3, Leafs 2: John Madden was about to dump the puck into the zone while killing off a penalty. Instead, he realized he had a chance to score short-handed, and that he did. The win was New Jersey's second in a row.
Photograph of LeBron James going up against the Knicks' Zach Randolph by Mark Duncan/AP
