TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan scored 34 points and reserve Terrence Ross added 20 as the Toronto Raptors beat the Miami Heat 96-87 on Friday night.
It was a team-record fifth straight 30-plus-point game for DeRozan, the NBA’s leading scorer coming into the game averaging 36.3 points. Mike James had four straight 30-plus-point games for Toronto in 2005.
According to the Elias Sport Bureau, the last player to start a season with five games with at least 30 points was Michael Jordan from Nov. 1-11, 1986.
Hassan Whiteside had 21 points and 16 rebounds for the Heat.
KNICKS 117, BULLS 104: Kristaps Porzingis had 27 points and Carmelo Anthony added 25 to lead New York in the triumphant return of Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah to Chicago.
Rose, the Bulls’ first-round draft pick in 2008, finished with 15 points and 11 assists, while Noah, a 2007 first-rounder, had 16 points and nine rebounds. They teamed up to play a familiar two-man game late as New York held off a Chicago rally.
Both Rose and Noah received loud ovations from the United Center crowd during introductions, although there were some boos mixed in for Rose.
Dwyane Wade led Chicago (3-2) with 35 points.
HORNETS 99, NETS 95: Kemba Walker scored a season-high 30 points and Charlotte improved its best start in 16 years to 4-1 with a win at Brooklyn.
Nicolas Batum added 18 points and nine rebounds, while Marvin Williams, who missed his first 10 shots, made a 3-pointer with 1:05 left after the Nets had cut the lead to one point.
WIZARDS 95, HAWKS 92: Bradley Beal scored 20 of his 28 points after halftime, and host Washington finally gave new coach Scott Brooks his first victory with the team.
Beal averaged only 14 points during Washington’s 0-3 start and Brooks said before facing Atlanta he considered that his fault for not giving his young shooting guard enough opportunities.
CLIPPERS 99, GRIZZLIES 88: Chris Paul had 27 points and 11 assists, and Blake Griffin added 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead Los Angeles to a win at Memphis, Tennessee.
The Clippers built an early lead then survived a fourth-quarter rally. The Grizzlies pulled within 93-86 with less than a minute left but got no closer.
SPURS 100, JAZZ 86: Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as San Antonio avenged its lone loss of the season with a win at Salt Lake City.
The Spurs bounced back from a 15-point home loss to the Jazz on Tuesday after losing just one game in San Antonio all of last season.
TRAIL BLAZERS 105, MAVERICKS 96: Damian Lillard scored 27 of his season-high 42 points in the second half to lead Portland to a win at Dallas, sending the Mavericks to their first 0-5 start in franchise history.
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