Recaps, highlights and stats from a full night of preseason action Monday

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Only eight days remain until the 2018-19 NBA regular season tips off meaning the 2018 preseason is winding down.

To kick off the final week of exhibition play, Monday night was full of action with seven games on deck. The night began with the Hornets and Pacers earning more convincing wins while the Nets needed an overtime period to get past the Pistons in Blake Griffin's preseason debut.

Behind stellar play from its All-Star backcourt, Washington handed New York its first preseason loss. In an in-state showdown, the Heat used a last-second defensive stop to earn a one-point win over the Magic.

The night closed with a 32-point Kings win over Israeli basketball club Maccabi Haifa and the Suns leaving ORACLE Arena with an eight point win despite some impressive plays from two-time MVP Steph Curry.

If you missed any of the action, check below to catch up on highlights, stats and updates from all the NBA action around the league Monday.

Oct. 8 Preseason scores, highlights, updates from around the NBA

All times Eastern

Chicago Bulls at Charlotte Hornets   |  Indiana Pacers at Cleveland Cavaliers  |  Brooklyn Nets at Detroit Pistons  |  Orlando Magic at Miami Heat   

Washington Wizards at New York Knicks  |  Maccabi Haifa at Sacramento Kings  |  Phoenix Suns at Golden State Warriors

Charlotte Hornets 110, Chicago Bulls 104

Play-by-play | Box Score

9:20 p.m. —  The Hornets move to 3-1 in preseason play with a six-point win over the Bulls.


9:05 p.m. —  How about an acrobatic finish from reserve big man Frank Kaminsky?


8:50 p.m. —  Zach LaVine has increased his point total to 26, but the Bulls head into the fourth quarter trailing by 15 points. Kemba Walker leads the Hornets with 18 points and Nicolas Batum has been busy filling the stat sheet with seven points, 12 rebounds, seven assits and two steals.


8:10 p.m. —  One half is in the books at the Spectrum Center and the Hornets lead the Bulls 60-46.


Kemba Walker and Jeremy Lamb lead the Hornets with 13 points each, while second-year guard has added 11 points off the bench.

Zach LaVine leads all scorers with 15 points on 5-for-8 shooting, while Bobby Portis has increased his first-half total to 11 points in 12 minutes.

7:37 p.m. —  At the end of one in Charlotte, the Hornets lead the Bulls 28-23. Jeremy Lamb's 11 points are a game-high, while the Bulls are led by six points from both Bobby Portis and Zach LaVine. 

Portis has scored at a pretty impressive rate this preseason.


7:25 p.m. —  Jeremy Lamb is having himself a quarter! In just seven minutes of action, the Hornets guard has 11 points on 4-for-5 shooting from the field.


6:00 p.m. —  Kemba Walker, Jeremy Lamb, Nicolas Batum, Marvin Williams and Cody Zeller will get the start for Charlotte tonight.

Starting for the Bulls : Kris Dunn, Justin Holiday, Zach LaVine, Jabari Parker and Brook Lopez

Head coach James Borrego has said this unit will see extended time


Indiana Pacers 111, Cleveland Cavaliers 102

Play-by-play | Box Score

9:12 p.m. —  The Pacers close this one out to win 111-102.


8:48 p.m. —  After three, the Pacers lead the Cavs 81-67.


8:00 p.m. —  It's halftime in Cleveland and the Pacers have built a 20-point lead over the Cavs. 


Victor Oladipo has raised his total to 19 points while Pacers reserve guard Edmond Sumner has added 11 points. Domantas Sabonis has a near double-double with eight points and eight rebounds in under 11 minutes of play.

Larry Nance Jr. still leads the way for Cleveland with eight points and five rebounds. Kyle Korver has also added eight points on 3-for-5 shooting from the field.

7:35 p.m. —  One quarter is in the books in Cleveland and the Pacers lead the Cavs 28-21.

Victor Oladipo's 10 points are the most of all scorers, while six points and three rebounds from Larry Nance Jr lead the Cavs.

7:21 p.m. — It must be something about playing at The Q because Victor Oladipo is picking up right where he left off during the 2018 postseason.

Through five minutes of play, the 2018 Most Improved Player has 10 points on 3-for-4 shooting from the field.


7:00 p.m. —  Starting lineups are in:

Cavs: Collin Sexton, George Hill, Cedi Osman, Sam Dekker and Larry Nance Jr.

Pacers: Darren Collison, Victor Oladipo, Bogdan Bogdanovic, TJ Leaf and Myles Turner

Brooklyn Nets 110, Detroit Pistons 108 (OT)

Play-by-play | Box Score

9:38 p.m. —  It took an extra period, but the Nets earn a gutsy 110-108 win over the Pistons behind 25 points from D'Angelo Russell.


9:15 p.m. —  D'Angelo Russell sinks a clutch trey to give the Nets a two-point lead but a layup from Reggie Bullock ties things back up at 102.

We're headed into overtime!


8:49 p.m. —  The Pistons outscored the Nets 36-30 in the third quarter and trail by one heading into the fourth.


8:10 p.m. —  Brooklyn takes a 50-43 lead over Detroit into the half.




 

Joe Harris leads the Nets with 11 points while Caris LeVert has added 10 points, four rebounds and four assists. Jarrett Allen has scored nine points and blocked two shots as well.

The Pistons Langson Galloway leads all scorers with 12 points off the bench. In his first preseason action, Blake Griffin has scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds in under 13 minutes of play.

7:48 p.m. —  Pistons head coach Dwane Casey has said he'd like Blake Griffin to be the team's assist leader this season. Plays like this will certainly help Griffin get his assist numbers up


7:37 p.m. —  The first frame was a rough shooting quarter for the Pistons. The team trails 27-15 after shooting 6-for-27 from the field. Nets reserve Joe Harris leads all scorers with seven points.

7:25 p.m. —  Jarrett Allen meets Blake Griffin at the rim!


7:15 p.m. —  Blake Griffin's first bucket in his return? A transition 3-pointer.


7:00 p.m. —  Starting for the Pistons: Reggie Jackson, Luke Kennard, Reggie Bullock, Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond

For the Nets: D'Angelo Russell, Allen Crabbe, Caris LeVert, DeMarre Carroll and Jarrett Allen

Miami Heat 90, Orlando Magic 89

Play-by-play | Box Score

9:53 p.m. —  Down one with 1.3 seconds remaining, the Magic tried to get it inside to Aaron Gordon but the pass was broken up by Heat big man Bam Adebayo. Miam wins it 90-89.



9:48 p.m. —  We've got a close one in Miami – with just 1:30 left, the Heat hold a 90-89 lead over the Magic. 

8:41 p.m.  —  The Heat outscore the Magic 32-20 in the second frame to take a 10-point lead into the half.


Rodney McGruder leads the Heat with 10 points and seven rebounds off the bench while Canadian Kelly Olynyk has added nine first-half points. Centre Hassan Whiteside scored six points and grabbed nine rebounds in just over 14 minutes of play. 

Nikola Vucevic's near double-double (11 points, eight rebounds) leads Orlando, who is shooting just 37.8 percent from the field as a team. Jerian Grant is the team's second-leading scorer with seven points in the half.

8:09 p.m. —  One quarter down and Orlando holds a two-point lead.




 

7:52 p.m. —  Hassan Whiteside cleaning up after his own miss


7:30 p.m. —  Starting for the Heat: 


The Magic are going with a lineup of D.J. Augustin, Evan Fournier, Wesley Iwundu, Aaron Gordon and Nikola Vucevic

Washington Wizards 110, New York Knicks 98

Play-by-play | Box Score

9:55 p.m. —  A big night from John Wall propels the Wizards to a 12-point victory over the Knicks.


9:30 p.m. — The Wizards have taken command, entering the fourth quarter with a 19-point lead over the Knicks.


8:39 p.m. —  We've reached the midway point at Madison Square Garden and the WIzards are leading by eight.


Bradley Beal leads all scorers with 13 points, while Jeff Green has added 11. John Wall finishes the half with 10 points, six assists and five rebounds.

The Knicks are led by 12 points from Tim Hardaway Jr. and 10 from second-year guard Frank Ntilikina. New York has struggled to get it going from deep, as it shot 3-for-15 in the first half.

8:13 p.m. — Led by Bradley Beal, John Wall and Thomas Bryant, the Wizards lead 32-21 after one.


8:00 p.m. — Bradley Beal feeling it early


7:30 p.m. —  Your starters for tonight:

Knicks – Frank Ntilikina, Tim Hardaway Jr., Kevin Knox, Lance Thomas and Noah Vonleh

Wizards – John Wall, Bradley Beal, Otto Porter Jr., Jeff Green and Ian Mahinmi

Sacramento Kings 132, Maccabi Haifa 100

Play-by-play | Box Score

12:20 a.m. —  Behind 22 points from Buddy Hield, the Kings defeat Maccabi Haifa 132-100.



12:07 a.m. —  The Kings display some beautiful ball movement in the half court that results in a Harry Giles assist to Marvin Bagley


11:55 p.m. —  Frank Mason with an amazing dime on the break.


11:09 p.m. —  It's halftime at the Golden1 Center and the Kings lead Maccabi Haifa 66-56. 

Buddy Hield leads all scorers with 14 points while Maccabi Haifa is led by 13 points from Kennedy Meeks.


10:37 p.m. —  After one quarter, things are all tied up at 25.

Justin Jackson leads the way for Sacramento with seven points while his college teammate and former Raptors 905 big man Kennedy Meeks leads Maccabi Haifa with six points after one.

10:00 p.m. —  Starting for the Kings tonight: De'Aaron Fox, Frank Mason, Justin Jackson, Nemanja Bjelica and Willie Cauley-Sten

Starting for Maccabi Haifa are guards Scott Machado and KeRon DeShields, forwards Willy Workman and Samme Givens and Daniel Koperberg at centre

Phoenix Suns 117, Golden State Warriors 109

Play-by-play | Box  Score 

12:57 a.m. —  Phoenix gets the eight-point road win over Golden State.

No. 1 overall pick Deandre Ayton and Ryan Anderson led the way for Phoenix with 18 points apiece. Stephen Curry finished with 23 points in the loss.



12:23 a.m. —  The Suns use a hot shooting third quarter to build a 12-point lead heading into the final frame.


Ryan Anderson leads the way for the Suns with 18 points and the team is 13-for-29 from deep.

11:58 p.m. —  Well… Steve Kerr's night is over early. The Warriors coach gets ejected nine seconds into the second half after picking up two techs.


11:40 p.m. —  Halftime in Oakland and the Suns lead 61-57. 


Steph Curry leads all scorers with 21 points while Kevin Durant has added 10 points, five rebounds and three assists.

Phoenix is led by Trevor Ariza and Deandre Ayton, who both have scored 12 points apiece. Suns forward TJ Warren has chipped in nine points off the bench.

11:30 p.m. —  New quarter, same Steph. Drives like these have got Steph Curry's point total for the night up to 16 in under 14 minutes of action.


11:10 p.m. —  Behind 11 points (3-for-4 3-point shooting) from Trevor Ariza, the Suns lead the Warriors 40-32 after one quarter.


10:55 p.m. —  Deandre Ayton executing the pick-and-roll to perfection with Shaq Harrison. 


10:52 p.m. — Steph Curry gets four of his 11 first-quarter points on this and-one from deep.


10:47 p.m. —  Opening night is eight days away, but Steph Curry looks to be in midseason form already.


10:00 p.m. — After missing Friday's preseason game in Seattle, two-time MVP Stephen Curry is active and back in the starting lineup for the defending champs, but All-Stars Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and DeMarcus Cousins are out.

Phoenix's five : Shaq Harrison, Josh Jackson, Trevor Ariza, Ryan Anderson and Deandre Ayton


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Gilbert McGregor is an NBA content producer for The Sporting News.