Washington Wizards coach Flip Saunders expects forward Caron Butler to return Tuesday night against Cleveland.

New Jersey Nets point guard Devin Harris says he’s out at least a week because of a sore right groin.

The Boston Celtics have decided not to suspend forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis after an early morning fight with a childhood friend the day before the season opener left him sidelined for at least five weeks with a broken right thumb.

Paul Pierce scored 20 of his 22 points in the third quarter, and the Boston Celtics rolled to a 118-90 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night in the teams’ first matchup since last spring’s thrilling seven-game playoff series.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points and the Dallas Mavericks were 25 of 32 from the free throw line in routing the Los Angeles Lakers 94-80 Friday night for their first win of the season.

Chris Paul scored 31 points and Emeka Okafor capped another strong performance by blocking Kevin Martin’s tying 3-point attempt in the final seconds to help the Hornets beat the Sacramento Kings 97-92 on Friday night.

Steve Nash scored 18 points and had the sixth 20-assist game of his career Friday night in Phoenix’s 123-101 rout of the Golden State Warriors in the Suns’ home opener.

D.J. Augustin made two free throws with 2.5 seconds left in the second overtime and the Charlotte Bobcats recovered from blowing an 18-point, fourth-quarter lead for a 102-100 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night.