CHICAGO (AP) - Luol Deng scored a career-high 40 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 110-98 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.
Deng scored 16 points in the first and third quarters and shot 14-of-19 from the floor in the game. He passed his previous career best of 38 with a 3-pointer from the corner with 5:48 to play. The shot put the Bulls up 101-84. He had 38 points against the Blazers on March 26, 2007.
Derrick Rose, who entered the game as the NBA's leading scorer, added 16 points and 12 assists for Chicago (2-1).
The Trail Blazers entered the game 3-0, with all three of their victories coming as a result of fourth quarter comebacks. Portland outscored opponents 85-49 in the final quarters of its first three games, but were unable to mount a sustained rally against the Bulls.
Spurs 97, Clippers 88
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tony Parker had 19 points and nine assists and the Spurs beat the Clippers, beating them for the 17th straight time and handing Los Angeles its fourth straight loss to open the season.
Richard Jefferson scored 18 points and Gary Neal had 16 points off the bench for the Spurs. San Antonio's reserves outscored their Clippers counterparts 25-0 before rookie forward Al-Farouq Aminu got the first points by the Los Angeles bench on a layup with 10:07 to play.
Eric Gordon had 23 points and a career-high 11 assists for the Clippers, who have dropped 25 of the last 26 meetings. The only exception was March 7, 2006, an 98-85 victory at Staples Center in which Duncan was limited to 16 points in 29 minutes because of foul trouble.
Kings 111, Raptors 108
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Tyreke Evans scored 23 points and the Kings rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat the Raptors.
The Kings, who won three of their first four games for the first time since the 2003-04 season, have won their last five home openers. Beno Udrih scored 17 points, rookie DeMarcus Cousins had 16 points, and Omri Casspi had 14 for the Kings, who rallied from an 18-point deficit to pick up a road win Saturday in Cleveland.
Andrea Bargnani scored 28 points for the Raptors and DeMar DeRozan had 24. Linas Kleiza had 18 points, Jose Calderon scored 13 and Reggie Evans collected 19 rebounds.