The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Portland Trail Blazers 124-103 on Oct. 30 to extend their unbeaten start to the NBA season to five games, according to ESPN.
Cameron Boozer recorded the first triple-double of his NBA career, finishing with 18 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists. A triple-double means reaching double figures in three statistical categories.
The Grizzlies finished with the largest winning margin of the three completed games, beating Portland by 21 points. The Trail Blazers fell to 3-1 after taking their first loss of the season.
The teams played at Moda Center before an attendance of 19,367. Memphis left the game with a 5-0 record, joining the other two winners in improving its record on the day's scoreboard.
The Atlanta Hawks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-111 at State Farm Arena in the closest of the three games. Onyeka Okongwu scored a season-high 29 points and collected 12 rebounds for Atlanta.
The three-point victory brought the Hawks to 3-3, putting their wins and losses level after six games. Cleveland's record fell to 3-2 after its second defeat in five games.
Attendance in Atlanta was 15,025. Okongwu's scoring total was seven points higher than Jeremiah Fears' total for New Orleans and 11 higher than Boozer's for Memphis.
The New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Sacramento Kings 132-120 at Smoothie King Center for their first victory of the season. Fears finished with 22 points, a career-high 13 assists and eight rebounds.
New Orleans improved to 1-4, while Sacramento remained without a win at 0-5. The Pelicans won by 12 points, a margin between those recorded in the Memphis and Atlanta victories.
Fears finished two rebounds short of a triple-double. His 13 assists accompanied a scoring total that made him one of the three players singled out in ESPN's accounts of the completed games.
The New Orleans game drew 15,442 spectators, more than the attendance in Atlanta and fewer than the crowd in Portland. Its combined score of 252 points was the highest among the three games.
Atlanta and Cleveland combined for 225 points, while Memphis and Portland totalled 227. New Orleans also had the highest team score of the completed games with its 132 points.
All three matches were listed on the Oct. 30 scoreboard. Memphis remained unbeaten, New Orleans secured its opening win, and Atlanta returned to an even record with its narrow victory over Cleveland.
