Nets win Brooklyn home opener

NBA: Brooklyn made a winning return to major pro sports on Saturday night, as the host Nets beat the Toronto Raptors 107-100 in the first game at Barclays Center.

After a 55-year wait that was extended a couple of extra days by Superstorm Sandy, the borough finally has a team of its own again.

Brook Lopez scored 27 points and Deron Williams added 19 points and nine assists for the Nets. C.J. Watson finished with 15 points and Joe Johnson had 14.

• Allen’s four-point play lifts Heat: Ray Allen had a four-point play with 6.7 seconds left that put Miami ahead for good, Chris Bosh scored 40 points and the Heat held off the visiting Denver Nuggets 119-116.

LeBron James finished with 20 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds, and Allen scored 23 for the Heat, who escaped when Danilo Gallinari’s 3-point try with 2 seconds left missed.

Dwyane Wade added 14 points for Miami (2-1).

Kenneth Faried and Andre Iguodala each scored 22 for Denver, which fell to 0-3.

• Portland gets OT win over Houston: Rookie Damian Lillard scored 20 points, including eight in overtime, and the Portland Trail Blazers slowed down James Harden in a 95-85 win over the host Houston Rockets.

Harden led the Rockets with 24 points in his home debut, but he wasn’t as dominant as he was in the first two games.

LaMarcus Aldridge added 27 points and 11 rebounds for the Trail Blazers.

• Pacers edge Kings in double OT: George Hill scored 18 points, including the first four in the second overtime, to lead Indiana past Sacramento 106-98 in double overtime in Indianapolis.

Sacramento managed only three baskets in the final 10:45, and the Kings (0-3) never led over the final 35 1/2 minutes.

Teenager one round away from Masters

Golf: Guan Tianlang of China is one round away from becoming the first 14-year-old to play in the Masters.

Guan overcame some early nerves and a difficult course at Amata Spring in Bangkok, with a par 72 to take a two-shot lead over Oliver Goss of Australia going into the final day of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.

The winner gets an invitation to play in the Masters, along with an exemption to the final stage of qualifying for the British Open. The youngest competitor in Masters history was Matteo Manassero of Italy, who was 16 in 2010.

• Lehman leads Champions Tour finale: Tom Lehman took the lead in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship and moved closer to becoming the first player to win the season points title two straight years.

Lehman birdied the final hole for an 8-under 62 and a one-stroke lead at 193 over Fred Couples in the Champions Tour’s season-ending event in Scottsdale, Ariz. Couples also shot a 62, making two eagles.

Pullman High graduate Kirk Triplett shot a 74 and is at 209.

• Westwood grabs share of lead at HSBC Champions: Lee Westwood made 11 birdies in a round of 61 to grab a share of the lead with Louis Oosthuizen after the third round of the HSBC Champions in Shenzhen, China.

Oosthuizen came into the weekend with a five-stroke lead over the field, but struggled with his putting and had a 70.

• Lee takes lead at Mizuno Classic: South Korea’s Lee Bo-mee shot an 8-under 64 to take a four-stroke lead after two rounds of the Mizuno Classic in Shima, Japan.

Harvick wins, ties for Nationwide lead

Auto Racing: Kevin Harvick led 127 laps and won the NASCAR Nationwide race at Fort Worth, Texas, for the fifth time, while Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got even with Elliott Sadler for the season points lead with two races left.

Stenhouse fought a loose car much of the night, and managed a fourth-place finish to make up his six-point deficit to Sadler, who finished 11th. Stenhouse’s six victories, two more than Sadler, give him the tiebreaker.

Janowicz to face Ferrer for first title

Tennis: Jerzy Janowicz beat Gilles Simon 6-4, 7-5 to become the first qualifier in eight years to reach the Paris Masters final.

David Ferrer, the only seed in the semifinals at No. 4, outlasted Michael Llodra 7-5, 6-3.

Janowicz will try to win his first career title.

• No. 1 Wozniacki vs. No. 2 Petrova in Sofia final: Top- seeded Caroline Wozniacki reached the Tournament of Champions final after beating Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4, 6-1 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

In today’s final, Wozniacki will play second-seeded Nadia Petrova of Russia, who defeated Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-7 (8), 6-1, 6-4.

Huck beats Arslan to retain WBO title

Boxing: German cruiserweight Marco Huck retained the WBO title for the 10th time with a unanimous decision win over compatriot Firat Arslan in Halle, Germany.

Huck improved to 35-2-1 with 25 knockouts.

• Yamanaka beats Rojas in WBC bantamweight bout: Shinsuke Yamanaka of Japan stopped Mexico’s Tomas Rojas 36 seconds into the seventh round to retain the WBC bantamweight title in Sendai, Japan.