Basketball

Denver Nuggets (2-1, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (3-0, second in the Western Conference) Portland, Oregon; Monday, 10 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Trail Blazers -3.5; over/under is 229.

Utah Jazz (3-0, first in the Western Conference) vs. Houston Rockets (0-3, 15th in the Western Conference) Houston; Monday, 8 p.m.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Damian Lillard scored 41 points, Jerami Grant made a driving layup with three seconds left, and the unbeaten Portland Trail Blazers kept the Los Angeles Lakers winless under new coach Darvin Ham with a 106-104 victory Sunday.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Injuries to Pelicans stars Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram took some of the luster off of New Orleans' promising start to the regular season.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Golden State Warriors are playing dominant basketball for stretches, then struggling to defend during others.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves took a positive step in getting comfortable with new center Rudy Gobert. Anthony Edwards scored 30 points, and the Timberwolves beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-106 on Sunday night.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kelly Olynyk doesn't want to get too giddy about how the Utah Jazz's offseason makeover is starting to look. It sure is promising, though.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell opened his postgame news conference with an apology. He made his Cleveland home debut harder than needed. “I made us stay 35 or 45 minutes longer than we should have," Mitchell said. “That was insane.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Paul of the Phoenix Suns has reached 11,000 career assists with a pair in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Clippers. Paul assisted on the Suns’ first basket of the game Sunday night, a 3-pointer by Devin Booker.

MIAMI (AP) — Caleb Martin's scuffle with Christian Koloko will keep him out of the Miami-Toronto rematch on Monday night.