LOS ANGELES -- LeBron James scored 24 points while sharing a court with Kobe Bryant for the final time, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 120-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.
Bryant had 26 points on 11-of-16 shooting in an entertaining farewell duel between two of the greatest players in NBA history.
Bryant, who will retire after the season, ignored his constantly sore right shoulder to make sure he didn't miss his 22nd meeting with James on an NBA court, albeit never in the playoffs.
After starting the night with a pregame chat and hug with the crowd on its collective feet just to watch pregame warmups, Bryant and James both had vintage individual moments in the final edition of this friendly rivalry (see full recap).
Leonard, Aldridge lift Spurs over Bulls
SAN ANTONIO -- Kawhi Leonard had 29 points and LaMarcus Aldridge had 26 points and 10 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs won their 31st straight at home to open the season by upending the short-handed Chicago Bulls 109-101 on Thursday night.
Tony Parker added 20 points and had 12 assists for San Antonio, which has won 40 straight at home going back to last season.
The Spurs have their best start after 65 games at 55-10.
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Derrick Rose and Pau Gasol had 21 points each for the Bulls. E'Twaun Moore had 20 points, going 4 for 5 on 3-pointers.
Chicago was without Jimmy Butler, Joakim Noah and Cameron Bairstow, who were not with the team because of injuries (see full recap).
DeRozan scores 30 in Raptors' victory
TORONTO -- DeMar DeRozan had 30 points and five rebounds and the Toronto Raptors overcame some early sloppiness to defeat the Atlanta Hawks 104-96 Thursday night.
Toronto turned the ball over nine times before the game was 13 minutes old, but did a much better job of holding onto it the rest of the way in winning its second straight and 14th of 15 at home.
The loss snapped a three-game win streak for the Hawks, who wrapped up a five-game road trip.
Kyle Lowry had 19 points and seven assists for the Raptors while Luis Scola had 10 points and 12 rebounds and Jonas Valanciunas scored in double digits for a career-high 16th time and added 10 rebounds.
Al Horford led the way for Atlanta with 20 points, four rebounds and three assists while Kent Bazemore added 13 points and eight rebounds and Paul Millsap had 12 points and five rebounds (see full recap).