Another outstanding night from Aaron Gordon gets Orlando’s road trip started on the right foot.

It wasn’t always pretty for the Magic. Despite their gaudy score, the offense often looked aimless without Elfrid Payton on the court, and even Payton himself struggled with turnovers (6 on the night). They missed 14 of their 43 free throws, including three straight technical free throws. They threatened to throw away a gigantic lead in garbage time.

Hassan Whiteside bounced back with a double-double after getting benched on Monday.

The Miami Heat scored a season-high 69 points in the first half and built a 16-point second-half lead against the Phoenix Suns. The Suns got within 112-106 with less than three minutes to go.

Fortunately, the Heat had Dion Waiters back.

The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Los Angeles Clippers, 120-111 to snap a 4 game losing streak. On a night where OKC got the absolute best we’ve seen from newcomer Paul George, the story of the game was the Thunder’s execution down the stretch. After leading most of the night, the Clips tied up the game at 105 with 5:37 to go. However, this time out, the Thunder responded with a 14-4 run over the next 4 minutes that rebuilt the cushion and sealed the win.

For the second game in a row, the Spurs came out strong after halftime, combining unselfish play and hot shooting from deep to take down the Clippers.

Following their 120-107 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, a round of applause could be heard escaping from the Spurs locker room. It could’ve been celebrating the 33 assists (a season-high) they collected as the ball moved around with purpose, stretching their opponents’ ranks. Or maybe it was for their dominant third-quarter performance, in which they outscored LA, 40-21. Either way, it’s the kind of showing the team, now on a three-game winning streak, will be happy to build on in the coming weeks.

With Kevin Durant out, Klay Thompson and the bench stepped up to drive Golden State to a commanding win over Minnesota.

After struggling slightly to start the season, the Golden State Warriors have now won their last five games in blowout fashion, beating the Minnesota Timberwolves tonight 125-101.

The second Raptors-Bulls meeting of the year was, somehow, a much closer affair than the first.

This was supposed to be a recap in which I copy-and-pasted large chunks of the one I wrote for the Raptors’ 117-100 win on opening night in hopes that no one would notice. For three quarters, this game was eerily similar to the Raptors-Bulls match-up of three-ish weeks ago.

Boston didn’t have the prettiest game, but found a way to get their 10th straight win.

It was a big night in the NBA, as Boston hosted the Lakers for the first ever Lonzo Wednesday. The Celtics was in a tough spot missing Al Horford. While nobody can replace his versatility, Aron Baynes played great starting in his stead. He was a monster on the offensive boards and held his own against Brook Lopez. Baynes posted a career high 21 points, aided by some nice feeds from Kyrie Irving. Leading scorer Aron Baynes isn’t what anyone expected, but you have to be ready for anything in 2017.

The Sacramento Kings lowered their points per game average and still ended up finding a way to beat OKC’s Big 3, in the Kings second win of the season!

Sacramento Kings starters:

George Hill, Garrett Temple, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Zach Randolph, Willie Cauley-Stein

Oklahoma City Thunder starters:

Russell Westbrook, Andre Roberson, Paul George, Carmelo Anthony, Steven Adams