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12:50 AM on Thursday, October 23

Devin Booker scored 31 points, Jordan Ott was victorious in his head coaching debut and the Phoenix Suns overcame a 20-point deficit to beat the Sacramento Kings 120-116 on Wednesday night

12:49 AM on Thursday, October 23

Anthony Edwards had 41 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied in the fourth quarter for a 118-114 season-opening win over the Portland Trail Blazers

12:37 AM on Thursday, October 23

A surfer in distress and a friend who tried to rescue him both died in stormy weather off the coast of the Australian city of Melbourne

12:23 AM on Thursday, October 23

VJ Edgecombe scored 34 points for the Philadelphia 76ers in their 117-116 win over the Boston Celtics

12:21 AM on Thursday, October 23

Victor Wembanyama had 40 points and 15 rebounds, helping the San Antonio Spurs spoil No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg’s debut in a 125-92 rout of the Dallas Mavericks

12:08 AM on Thursday, October 23

Walker Kessler had 22 points and nine rebounds, Lauri Markkanen scored 20 and the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Clippers 129-108

12:08 AM on Thursday, October 23

Mike Matheson scored on a one-timer off Ivan Demidov’s crossing pass a minute into overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night

11:37 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Nick Minicucci threw for 276 yards and four touchdowns, with Sean Wilson and Kyre Duplessis each scoring twice, and Delaware held off Middle Tennessee 31-28

11:27 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Mike Brown got a hug before his first game from Spike Lee, who was dressed in an orange-and-blue suit

11:22 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Australia captain Mitch Marsh has won the toss and decided to bowl first against India in the second one-day cricket international at Adelaide Oval

11:13 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Ja Morant scored 35 points, including a key basket with 32.9 seconds to play, and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the New Orleans Pelicans 128-122 in the season opener for both teams

11:10 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Nikola Vucevic had 28 points and 14 rebounds, Matas Buzelis scored 21 points and the Chicago Bulls regrouped after blowing a 23-point lead to beat the Detroit Pistons 115-111 in their opener

11:09 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Milwaukee Bucks guard Kevin Porter Jr. will undergo an MRI after spraining his left ankle late in the first quarter of a season-opening 133-120 victory over the Washington Wizards

10:51 PM on Wednesday, October 22

RJ Barrett scored 25 points and Brandon Ingram added 16 points and nine rebounds in his Toronto debut as the Raptors ran away from the Atlanta Hawks for a 138-118 victory in the season opener for both teams

10:50 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Flamengo has edged Argentina’s Racing Club 1-0 at home in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semifinal series

10:48 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Hugo Cuypers scored two second-half goals, Brian Gutiérrez added another and the Chicago Fire advanced out of the wild card round with a 3-1 victory over Orlando City

10:42 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 37 points and 14 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks never trailed in a 133-120, season-opening victory over the Washington Wizards

10:22 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Tyrese Maxey scores 40 points, and VJ Edgecombe adds 34 to help the Philadelphia 76ers rally from a fourth-quarter deficit and beat the Boston Celtics 117-116 in their season opener on Wednesday night

9:11 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Chess’s international governing body is considering disciplinary action against a former Russian world champion who persistently leveled unproven cheating allegations at Daniel Naroditsky in the year leading up to the American grandmaster’s death

2:04 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Khris Middleton considers a standing ovation from an opposing team’s crowd one of the ultimate signs of respect