nba roundup | Tuesday’s preseason games

Jazz 105, Thunder 91

OKLAHOMA CITY

Enes Kanter scored 27 points to help Utah. Kanter made 12 of 17 shots and had seven rebounds. Trey Burke had 23 points, Alec Burks scored 15 and Derrick Favors had 12 points and 15 rebounds for the Jazz. Perry Jones had 20 points and Russell Westbrook added 14 points and 11 assists for Oklahoma City, which struggled in its final preseason game. The Thunder will start the regular season without MVP Kevin Durant, who will miss at least the first month of the season with a Jones fracture in his right foot.

Timberwolves 107, Pacers 89

MINNEAPOLIS

Anthony Bennett scored 17 points and Ricky Rubio had 16, leading Minnesota. Bennett was 7 for 9 from the field. The reserve scored Minnesota’s first six points of the fourth quarter to help the Wolves maintain their comfortable lead over the injury-depleted Pacers. Donald Sloan scored 19 points for Indiana, which lost starting guard George Hill to a left-knee contusion in the third quarter. Hill was hurt during a scramble for the ball with less than five minutes to play in the third.

Heat 90, Rockets 85

MIAMI

Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, including a jumper that made it a two-possession game with 35.8 seconds remaining, and the Miami Heat rallied from a 13-point deficit. Wade either scored or set up Miami’s final five field goals, helping the Heat to their third consecutive exhibition win. Chris Bosh added 22 points in 35 minutes for the Heat, who went largely with starters against Houston backups in the final minutes. Mario Chalmers finished with 13 for Miami. Dwight Howard had 19 points and nine rebounds in his most extended action of the preseason for the Rockets, while James Harden added 19 points.

Trail Blazers 93, Nuggets 75

BOULDER, COLO.

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 20 points and had 11 rebounds for Portland. Lillard had 18 points on 6-of-13 shooting to go with six assists and Wesley Matthews was 4 for 7 from beyond the arc for 17 points for the Blazers, who next face the Lakers. Wilson Chandler had a team-high 13 points and Darrell Arthur added 10 points for the Nuggets.

Associated Press