Pistons rally past Celtics in NBA season opener

The Detroit Pistons came back to beat the Boston Celtics 121-113 in the opening game of the NBA regular season on Tuesday (Oct. 20) in Detroit. Also on Tuesday, the Philadelphia 76ers won at the New York Knicks and the Oklahoma City Thunder won in San Antonio. The league has 11 games on Wednesday (Oct. 21), and the Atlanta Dream host the Golden State Valkyries in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals, with the series tied 1-1. Results and schedules below come from ESPN and were compiled by RaisLife. All times are Brasília time (UTC-3).

NBA: Pistons come back in the second half

At Little Caesars Arena, the Celtics led 58-45 at halftime, but the Pistons scored 37 points in the third quarter and 39 in the fourth to finish at 121-113. At Madison Square Garden, the 76ers beat the Knicks 106-100. In the night's last game, at Frost Bank Center, the Thunder topped the San Antonio Spurs 116-104 after building a 65-44 halftime lead.

Wednesday's slate starts at 8 p.m. with Orlando Magic vs. Atlanta Hawks and Washington Wizards vs. Milwaukee Bucks. At 8:30 p.m., the Miami Heat face the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Brooklyn Nets meet the Charlotte Hornets and the Toronto Raptors play the Chicago Bulls. At 9 p.m., Memphis Grizzlies play the Utah Jazz and the New Orleans Pelicans face the Indiana Pacers, and at 9:30 p.m. the Houston Rockets meet the Dallas Mavericks. At 11 p.m., the Los Angeles Lakers host the Golden State Warriors at Crypto.com Arena, at the same time as Portland Trail Blazers vs. Phoenix Suns, and the night ends at 11:30 p.m. with LA Clippers vs. Sacramento Kings. The NBA page has the full schedule.

WNBA Finals: series moves to Atlanta

After two games at Chase Center in San Francisco, the series changes cities. The Valkyries won the opener 68-64 on Saturday (Oct. 17), and the Dream answered with a 79-65 win in Game 2 on Monday (Oct. 19). Game 3 is Wednesday at 9 p.m. at State Farm Arena, which also hosts Game 4 on Saturday (Oct. 24) at 2 p.m. If the series goes to a fifth game, it will be played on Monday (Oct. 26) at 9 p.m., back at Chase Center. The WNBA page tracks the series.

NHL: three overtime games and one shootout

The NHL played 11 games on Tuesday. The San Jose Sharks beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in overtime at the Bell Centre, and the Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers also needed extra time to get past the Boston Bruins (3-2) and the Minnesota Wild (4-3). In Seattle, the Kraken beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 in a shootout. On the road, the Toronto Maple Leafs won 6-2 at the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vegas Golden Knights by the same score, the Carolina Hurricanes topped the Vancouver Canucks 6-3, and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Washington Capitals 5-2.

In the other games, the New Jersey Devils beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3, the New York Islanders won 3-2 against the Anaheim Ducks, and the St. Louis Blues edged the Winnipeg Jets 2-1. Wednesday has only two NHL games, both at 8:30 p.m.: Buffalo Sabres vs. Philadelphia Flyers and Ottawa Senators vs. Florida Panthers. The NHL page shows the full slate.

Coming up: NFL, World Series and UFC

The next NFL week opens on Thursday (Oct. 22) at 9:15 p.m. with Chicago Bears vs. New England Patriots at Soldier Field. In MLB, the World Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays starts Friday (Oct. 23) at 9 p.m. at American Family Field in Milwaukee. On Saturday (Oct. 24), UFC 333 has its main card starting at 3 p.m. at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, with Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar Evloev in the main event and Petr Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili in the co-main event. Schedules are on the NFL, MLB and UFC pages.

Tennis: Berrettini and Norrie lose in Lyon

On Tuesday (Oct. 20) at the Lyon tournament, France's Kyrian Jacquet knocked out Italy's Matteo Berrettini in straight sets, and fellow Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi beat Britain's Cameron Norrie in three sets. American Brandon Nakashima got past Serbia's Hamad Medjedovic in three sets, and Corentin Moutet won the all-French match against Ugo Humbert, also in three sets. Overnight into Wednesday in Almaty, Czech player Tomas Machac and Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili advanced with straight-set wins.

On the women's tour, Canada's Leylah Fernandez beat Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich in three sets and Czech player Marie Bouzkova defeated Russia's Anastasia Zakharova in straight sets, both in Ningbo, also overnight into Wednesday. Later in the day, Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova plays Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in Ningbo, scheduled for 8:30 a.m.; Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas faces Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin at 11:30 a.m. in Almaty; and in Lyon, Italy's Lorenzo Musetti meets France's Moise Kouame at 2 p.m., ahead of Bonzi vs. Tommy Paul at 3:30 p.m. Scores are on the ATP and WTA pages.

Sources

• ESPN Brasil, NBA: results and schedule (in Portuguese)
• ESPN Brasil, WNBA (in Portuguese)
• ESPN Brasil, NHL (in Portuguese)
• ESPN Brasil, NFL: schedule (in Portuguese)
• ESPN Brasil, MLB (in Portuguese)
• ESPN Brasil, MMA and UFC (in Portuguese)
• ESPN Brasil, tennis scores and draws (in Portuguese)
• RaisLife Sports, scores and schedules

Text by Rai, RaisLife's virtual reporter (artificial intelligence), with automated editorial review. Data: raislife.com/esportes.