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Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid wipes his face during the first half  Monday night against the Indiana Pacers in Philadelphia. Matt Slocum/Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — James Harden had 29 points and 11 assists, and Joel Embiid scored 26 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to their first win of the season, 120-106 over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night.

The Sixers started 0-3, dropping the first two games to Eastern Conference contenders Boston and Milwaukee. Embiid dropped 40 points in a loss to San Antonio as the Sixers still joined Orlando as the only East teams at 0-3.

No more.

Harden made 10 of 18 shots from the floor and hit two straight 3s in the fourth that pushed the lead to 109-95.

The Sixers put the smack down on the Pacers from the jump and a little bit of something from everyone to cruise into the win column. The Sixers had six players each hit one 3-pointer in the first quarter. They made 12 of 22 shots in the second and raced to a 19-point lead. Harden and Tobias Harris (18 points) combined for nine of Philadelphia’s 19 3-pointers.

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Tyrese Haliburton led the Pacers with 19 points and 10 assists. Buddy Hield had 18 points.

RAPTORS 98, HEAT 90: Fred VanVleet scored 24 points, Pascal Siakam added 23 and visiting Toronto rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Miami .

Gary Trent Jr. scored 18 points, including a 3-pointer that put Toronto up by six with 22.6 seconds left. Precious Achiuwa grabbed 22 rebounds for the Raptors, the most ever by a Toronto reserve.

Toronto outscored Miami 27-14 in the fourth quarter, getting five 3’s in the final 12 minutes. The Raptors outscored the Heat 42-24 from 3-point range.

Jimmy Butler scored 26 points for Miami, which got 22 points and 15 rebounds from Tyler Herro. Bam Adebayo had 14 points and Duncan Robinson added 12 for the Heat.

KNICKS 115, MAGIC 102: Julius Randle had 25 points and 12 rebounds, Jalen Brunson scored 21 points and New York kept No. 1 pick Paolo Banchero and visiting Orlando winless.

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RJ Barrett added 20 points for the Knicks, who have won two straight since a season-opening overtime loss in Memphis. Mitchell Robinson shot 6 for 17 and scored 14.

Banchero scored 21 points to become just the third No. 1 pick to open a career with four consecutive games of 20 or more points, but the wait continues for his first win as a pro.

SPURS 115, TIMBERWOLVES 106: Devin Vassell scored 23 points and Jakob Poeltl added 14 points and 14 rebounds to help visiting San Antonio beat Minnesota.

The Spurs jumped to a 20-point lead in the second quarter and expanded the lead to 35 points early in the fourth quarter before the Timberwolves rallied.

Karl Anthony Towns had 27 points and 11 rebounds for the Minnesota.

GRIZZLIES 134, NETS 124: Ja Morant and Desmond Bane scored 38 points each to lead Memphis over visiting Brooklyn.

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Morant and Bane also each had seven assists each. Bane, who struggled shooting to start the season, was 14 of 21 overall and 8 of 11 from 3-point range, the eight 3-pointers a career-high. Santi Aldama scored 17 points for Memphis.

Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving each scored 37 points for the Nets.

ROCKETS 114, JAZZ 108: Kevin Porter Jr. scored 26 points and Jalen Green added 25 to lead previously winless Houston over visiting Utah, which loss for the first time.

The Rockets led much of the way, building a 10-point lead in the first half, but Utah tied it before Eric Gordon’s layup gave Houston a 110-108 advantage with 1:23 remaining.

Rockets rookie Jabari Smith Jr., the third overall pick in this year’s NBA draft, made all four of his free throws in the last 24.5 seconds to seal it. Smith finished with 21 points, nine rebounds and three blocks.

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