Damian Lillard scored 43 points, including a go-ahead three-point play to lift the Blazers to their sixth consecutive victory, 126-124 over the New Orleans Pelicans.
Zion Williamson punctuated a 28-point performance with a soaring, one-handed alley-oop jam and the New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Phoenix Suns 123-101.
Stan Van Gundy has become the next coach of the New Orleans Pelicans. He will replace Alvin Gentry, who was let go after the Pelicans went 30-42 this season and missed the playoffs.
Players and coaches from the New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers knelt alongside one another before the first games of the NBA restart.
In their first career meeting, LeBron James had 40 points and eight rebounds over Zion Williamson as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 118-109.
Danilo Gallinari scored 29 points, Chris Paul had 14 points and 12 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat Zion Williamson's New Orleans Pelicans 123-118.