NBA Playoffs scoreboard from Saturday

Jazz beat Clippers, Spurs rout Grizzlies, Cavs hold off Pacers, Bucks beat Rators

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Johnson drove the lane and lifted in a shot at the buzzer, and the Utah Jazz overcame the loss of Rudy Gobert 17 seconds into the game to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 97-95 in their playoff opener on Saturday night.

Johnson had 21 points, including when he was left isolated against Jamal Crawford on the final play. He powered his way inside and lofted a shot over Crawford and DeAndre Jordan that bounced around the rim before falling in.

Gobert sprained his left knee on the game’s first play when he banged knees with Clippers forward Luc Mbah a Moute, leaving the Jazz without their 7-foot-1 center who averaged 14.0 points and 12.8 rebounds during the regular season.

Utah steadied itself behind two veterans brought in to balance the inexperienced Jazz. Johnson came up big off the bench and George Hill added 16 points.

Gordon Hayward had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Utah.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Kawhi Leonard matched his postseason high with 32 points and the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 111-82 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night in Game 1 of the first-round playoff series.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points, and Tony Parker added 18 to help San Antonio win its ninth straight over Memphis in the postseason.

Marc Gasol had 32 points, but only seven in the second half as the Grizzlies fell behind by as many as 36 points. Mike Conley was the only other Grizzlies player in double figures, finishing with 13.

Memphis was without defensive lynchpin Tony Allen. He’s out indefinitely with a calf injury, and Leonard took advantage for his fourth career playoff game of 30-plus points.

Game 2 is Monday night in San Antonio.

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James delivered 32 points, 13 assists and six rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers outlasted Indiana, 109-108. James won his 18th consecutive first-round game while making his 200th career postseason appearance.

Kyrie (KY’-ree) Irving had 23 points and Kevin Love had 17 for the Cavs, who host Game 2 on Monday.

The Pacers almost pulled out a victory after trailing by nine with 6:55 remaining, but C.J. Miles missed a 14-foot jumper in the final second.

Paul George scored 29 points and Lance Stephenson had 16 for the seventh-seeded Pacers.

Checking out the rest of the NBA playoff action:

— Milwaukee stole homecourt advantage from the Raptors as Giannis Antetokounmpo (YAH’-nihs an-teh-tuh-KUHM’-poh) scored 28 points and rookie Malcolm Brogdon had 16 to carry the Bucks to a 97-83 win at Toronto. Antetekounmpo made 13 of 18 shots and added eight rebounds to help the Bucks deal the Raptors their eighth straight series-opening loss. DeMar DeRozan had a team-high 27 points for the Raptors, who host Game 2 on Tuesday.