CLEVELAND — C.J. Miles missed a wide-open jumper at the buzzer and the Cavaliers held on to beat the Indiana Pacers 109-108 in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference first-round series.
LeBron James led all scorers with 32 points to go with 13 assists and six rebounds. His teams have an 18-game winning streak in the first round and are 41-7 lifetime.
This one almost didn’t happen.
James missed a 3-pointer with 20 seconds left and the Pacers had the ball out of a timeout. Miles, a former Cav who had games of 23 and 27 points against Cleveland this season, broke free and a mid-range shot at the buzzer clang off the iron.
Paul George scored 29 points for Indiana.
Spurs 111, Grizzlies 82
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Kawhi Leonard matched his career playoff high with 32 points despite sitting out the fourth quarter as San Antonio used a big third quarter to forge a victory over Memphis in Game 1 of the first-round Western Conference playoff series.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Monday in San Antonio.
San Antonio led 74-64 with 1:53 to play in the third quarter but closed the quarter on a 10-0 run and added the first nine points of the fourth quarter to build a 93-64 advantage. During that stretch, Memphis missed nine straight shots and committed three turnovers.
Marc Gasol scored 32 points for Memphis.
Bucks 97, Raptors 83
TORONTO — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 28 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Milwaukee to a victory over Toronto in the opener of their best-of-seven first-round playoff series.
Toronto dropped to 0-9 in the opening game of a first-round playoff series and 1-10 overall in Game 1.
Malcolm Brogdon added 16 points for the Bucks, Greg Monroe had 14 points and nabbed 15 rebounds, Tony Snell had 11 and Khris Middleton chipped in with 10 points and nine assists.
DeMar DeRozan tallied 27 points for Toronto.