NBA roundup: Ja Morant (49) guides Grizzlies over Rockets

Ja Morant scored a game-high 49 points and steered the visiting Memphis Grizzlies to a 129-122 victory over the Houston Rockets on Friday.

Morant hit 17 of 26 shots from the floor. He finished 5-for-6 on 3-point attempts, his lone miss coming late in the fourth quarter on a heave against an expiring shot clock.

Morant, who fell three points shy of his career high, added a game-high eight assists and two blocked shots, both coming in the fourth quarter as the Rockets kept things close.

Jalen Green led the Rockets with 33 points while Kevin Porter Jr. added 18 points and four assists. Alperen Sengun produced a double-double of 23 points and 12 rebounds off the bench.

Nuggets 128, Warriors 123

Nikola Jokic scored 26 points as part of a triple-double and Denver held on for a win over Golden State in San Francisco.

Jokic also had game highs with 12 rebounds and 10 assists, helping the Nuggets exact a measure of revenge over a Warriors team that eliminated Denver from the Western Conference playoffs in the first round last April.

Stephen Curry put up a game-high 34 points for the Warriors, who had beaten the Los Angeles Lakers on Opening Night before getting stunned by a 70-point Nuggets first half three nights later.

Trail Blazers 113, Suns 111 (OT)

Anfernee Simons broke a tie by hitting a running hook shot with 7.2 seconds left in overtime and Damian Lillard recorded 41 points and seven rebounds to help Portland stun visiting Phoenix.

The Trail Blazers pulled out the win by scoring the game's final seven points. Jusuf Nurkic added 20 points and 17 rebounds and Simons scored 16 points as Portland won its second straight game to open the season.

Devin Booker scored 33 points and Deandre Ayton added 26 for the Suns. After Simons' basket,