Steven Currie scored 32 points with a three-point lead one minute 46 seconds later to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 108-100 victory over Oklahoma City Thunder on the opening night of the NBA.
Kevin Durrant scored 27 points for Warriors, who won their first game of the season, for the first time in three seasons.
In the absence of Russell Westbrook due to injury, Paul George scored 27 points for Thunder, and Dennis Schroeder added 21 points in his first game.
The Curry came after Thunder, who was 14 points behind in the first half, cut the gap to 99-97 when Stephen Adams scored the second shot from two free throws, one minute and 57 seconds from the end of the game.
Jason Tatum scored 23 points and nine rebounds to give the Boston Celtics a 105-87 win over the Philadelphia Celtics in an earlier meeting on Tuesday.
Markus Morris added 16 points and 10 rebounds as the Celtics beat the Celtics for the 15th time in their last 17 league games in the preliminaries.
The Celtics also outperformed the Sixers in five games in the second round of the playoffs last season.
