Basketball

DENVER (AP) — Michael Malone will be staring up when the Denver Nuggets raise their championship banner Tuesday night before the season opener.

MIAMI (AP) — Pat Riley tends to look at things in five-year increments, and that might make this a very important season for the Miami Heat.

Damian Lillard went to Milwaukee, Bradley Beal went to Phoenix, Jrue Holiday ended up in Boston and Chris Paul ended up with Golden State.

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets Denver; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE : Nuggets -4.5; over/under is 227.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Denver Nuggets host the Los Angeles Lakers in the season opener.

Phoenix Suns vs. Golden State Warriors San Francisco; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE : Warriors -1; over/under is 232 BOTTOM LINE: The Golden State Warriors host the Phoenix Suns in the season opener.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An American basketball player with a professional Polish women's club was beaten and left with a head injury midweek with the attacker later detained, according to officials and reports in Polish media on Sunday.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES Last season: 51-31, earned No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games in the first round.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Grizzlies center Steven Adams needs season-ending knee surgery, the team announced Sunday. Adams will have surgery on his right posterior cruciate ligament.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — If the World Cup was an indicator, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder have much to look forward to this season.

NEW YORK (AP) — The scouting report sounded strikingly similar to the one that described Ben Simmons when he was an All-Star in Philadelphia, not a backup in Brooklyn. “I’m still fast, I can still jump high, I’m still strong,” Simmons said.