The Portland Trail Blazers downed the Orlando Magic 106-97 in the first game after returning from a six-game road trip. Damian Lillard scored 36 in the win, with Carmelo Anthony pouring in 23 off the bench to pass Oscar Robertson for 12th on the All-Time NBA Scoring List. Portland native Terrence Ross scored 22 for the Magic, while Nikola Vucevic notched 27 with 15 rebounds.
The Blazers and Magic both ran injured rosters onto the floor. Orlando got even more bad news when Cole Anthony and the just-returned Al-Farouq Aminu both left the game with further injury.