Sports Scores, Oct. 22: Other Results From NBA, NFL and Tennis

Other sports results for Oct. 22

Philadelphia’s home opener turned on a second-half comeback. The 76ers fell behind Cleveland by 29 points, then outscored the Cavaliers 69-37 over the last two quarters to win 114-106, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. AP called it the biggest comeback win of LeBron James’ career; James had 17 points and 10 rebounds for Philadelphia.

In Oklahoma City, the Thunder beat Denver 96-84 on a night when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s NBA-record run of 141 straight games with 20 or more points came to an end. He finished with 17 on 6-of-19 shooting, Bleacher Report and the Denver Gazette reported.

This roundup collects every Thursday result in our tracked leagues that didn’t have three or more games of its own. The NHL, college football and cricket have their own roundups: NHL scores for Oct. 22, college football scores for Oct. 22 and cricket scores for Oct. 22.

NBA and NFL

All three winners were the home teams.

WTA tennis

Ningbo Open (WTA 500), round of 16

Japan Women’s Open, Osaka (WTA 250), round of 16

ATP tennis

Almaty Open (ATP 250), round of 16

European Open, Brussels (ATP 250), round of 16

Lyon Open (ATP 250), round of 16

Seeds are in parentheses; Q is a qualifier and WC a wild card. Results and dates are from Tennis Tour Calendar’s daily results, checked against the ATP Tour’s results pages, the WTA’s draw sheets and tennis-db. No reason was given for Marozsan’s withdrawal.

76ers 114, Cavaliers 106: from 29 down

Cleveland led 69-45 at halftime behind 22 first-half points from Mitchell, and Philadelphia had 15 turnovers in the half, the Inquirer reported. An 11-0 run in the third quarter cut the gap to 84-82. In the fourth, Embiid scored seven straight points to give Philadelphia its first lead, 96-95, and Brown added six in a row. Every Philadelphia starter reached double figures, including VJ Edgecombe with 11, according to AP. The 76ers are 2-0 and the Cavaliers 0-1.

Thunder 96, Nuggets 84: the streak ends

Gilgeous-Alexander didn’t score in the first quarter and had 2 points at halftime, Bleacher Report noted. He made 2 of his first 13 shots. When Denver emptied its bench late, he chose not to stay on the floor to chase 20 points, according to OKC Thunder Wire. Chet Holmgren had 12 points, 17 rebounds and four blocks. For Denver, opening its season, Nikola Jokic was 5 of 19 for 13 points, and the Nuggets committed 22 turnovers.

Bears 30, Patriots 24: a 58-yard dagger

Two 4-2 teams met in Chicago, and the Bears led 20-14 at halftime after Luther Burden caught a 24-yard touchdown pass. Cairo Santos missed from 53 yards in the fourth quarter, then made a 58-yarder with 1:34 left, a career long that ties the franchise record, to put Chicago up two scores, AP reported. New England kicked a field goal with 37 seconds left, and Rome Odunze recovered the onside kick.

Williams went 22 of 33 with no interceptions in his second game back from a hamstring injury, and AP said he is the first Bears quarterback with back-to-back 300-yard passing games. Burden had four catches for 130 yards. Drake Maye threw for 321 yards and two touchdowns for New England, with one interception, according to CBS Sports.

Tennis: Kawa’s upset, Goffin’s goodbye

Kawa, a qualifier, beat fifth-seeded Bencic in 1 hour, 43 minutes, according to Tennis Majors, and next faces world No. 1 Rybakina, who advanced when Kudermetova retired at 5-0 in the first set. The WTA draw sheet lists a shoulder problem.

In Brussels, Michelsen ended Goffin’s run in his farewell tournament in 1 hour, 28 minutes. Goffin, a former world No. 7, had won his first tour-level match since Shanghai 2025 a day earlier, the ATP Tour reported. In Lyon, Van Assche came from a set down to beat third seed Vacherot, and top seed Cobolli beat Wawrinka in 68 minutes.

What it means

• NFL standings: Chicago moved to 5-2 and New England fell to 4-3, which ended the Patriots’ three-game winning streak.
• SGA’s streak in context: 141 games is about 1.7 full 82-game regular seasons of 20-point nights in a row. Oklahoma City is 2-0.
• Tennis seeds: Thursday’s matches knocked out two seeds, Bencic in Ningbo and Vacherot in Lyon. The top seeds at all five events, Rybakina, Li, Medvedev, Arthur Fils in Brussels and Cobolli, are still in the draw.

What’s next

• NBA, Friday, Oct. 23: a full slate, including the Knicks at the Celtics and the Pistons at the Heat. Philadelphia hosts Milwaukee on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET, and Denver opens at home against New Orleans on Saturday.
• NFL, Week 7: the Steelers and Saints play in Saint-Denis, France, on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ET, and the Chiefs visit the Seahawks on Sunday night, according to NFL.com. The Cowboys visit the Eagles on Monday night.
• Tennis, Friday, Oct. 23: quarterfinals everywhere, including Medvedev vs. Atmane and Bublik vs. Khachanov in Almaty, Fils vs. Michelsen in Brussels, and Rybakina vs. Kawa in Ningbo.
• Formula 1: the U.S. Grand Prix weekend in Austin runs Oct. 23-25.