Jaylen Brown and Joel Embiid led the Philadelphia 76ers to a 112-106 win over the Detroit Pistons in their top-of-the-table Eastern Conference clash.
Brown (30 points) and Embiid (26) led a balanced offensive performance as Philadelphia saw all five starters reach double figures, with LeBron James claiming a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds.
The 76ers now have the NBA’s best record at 8-1 after bringing in Brown and James in the off-season.
“It’s too early to be talking about the Finals and things of that nature,” said James. “We’ll just continue to buy into what we want to do. We got a good team.”
The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Sacramento Kings 116-103 with Luka Doncic scoring a game-high 40 points to reach 308 for the season.
The Slovenian star became the first player to pass 300 in his first eight games of a season since Michael Jordan (303) in 1988-89.
Doncic was also involved in an incident which led to a fan being removed after throwing the ball at an official, which struck her as she was signalling a Lakers possession.
Meanwhile, London-born OG Anunoby scored 18 points for the New York Knicks as the reigning champions enjoyed their biggest win of the season, beating the Chicago Bulls 135-105 to improve to 4-4.
