Cavaliers Beat Celtics, NBA Roundup

More than hour after his first playoff game with LeBron James and Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving made a statement more profound than anything he did on the floor.

"We," Irving said, "are the Big 3. We have really great players on this team, but we set the tone."

Tone set. Irving scored 30 points in his playoff debut, James added 20 in his first postseason game with Cleveland in five years and Love shook off a slow start to record a double-double, leading the Cavaliers to a 113-100 victory in Game 1 over the Boston Celtics on Sunday.

Hawks 99, Nets 92

Banged up and bruised, the Atlanta Hawks survived their first test as the top seed in the Eastern Conference. They were just good enough against the Brooklyn Nets. Leading nearly the entire game but struggling to put the No. 8 seed away, the Hawks got 21 points from Kyle Korver and shook off another injury to beat Brooklyn 99-92 in Game 1 of the opening-round playoff series Sunday night.

Grizzlies 100, Trail Blazers 86

Beno Udrih is doing his best to make sure the Memphis Grizzlies can ease Mike Conley and Tony Allen back into the lineup from their injuries. Udrih scored 20 points in the best playoff game of his career, and the Grizzlies never trailed in routing the Portland Trail Blazers 100-86 on Sunday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference first-round series.

Clippers 107, Spurs 92

Blake Griffin accelerated through the paint and threw down a vicious dunk right on Aron Baynes' head in the third quarter. A few minutes later, Griffin did it again to the same poor San Antonio center. After three years of early-round failures, the Los Angeles Clippers are hungry for their first major taste of postseason success. As Griffin proved, they'll jump all over the defending champion Spurs as many times as necessary to advance.Chris Paul scored 32 points, Griffin added 26 points and 12 rebounds, and the Clippers surged in the second half for a 107-92 victory Sunday night in their first-round series opener.

Sunday, April 19 Scoreboard

Cleveland 113, Boston 100

Atlanta 99, Brooklyn 92

Memphis 100, Portland 86

Los Angeles 107, San Antonio 92

Monday, April 20 Schedule (All Times Central)

Milwaukee at Chicago, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.