Holiday scores 27 as Pacers thwart 76ers

Miami tops Utah; Pels end loss streak

INDIANAPOLIS — Justin Holiday came off the bench to score a season-high 27 points in the Indiana Pacers’ 118-113 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night.

Philadelphia center Joel Embiid missed his fourth straight game after testing positive for COVID on Monday. The 76ers have lost all four games.

Malcolm Brogdon had a triple-double with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Myles Turner added 20 points, and Domantas Sabonis had 18 points and 12 rebounds.

HEAT 111, JAZZ 105: In Salt Lake City, Tyler Herro had 27 points and eight rebounds to help Miami beat Utah.

Duncan Robinson made six 3-pointers and added 22 points. Kyle Lowry had 21. Miami swept the season series with the Jazz and snapped a three-game losing streak.

PELICANS 112, GRIZZLIES 101: In New Orleans, Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 21 points, Brandon Ingram returned from a seven-game absence to add 19 and New Orleans beat Memphis to snap a nine-game losing streak.

The victory was the first at home this season for the Pelicans, who had lost 12 of their first 13 games playing without Zion Williamson, sidelined with a broken right foot.

WIZARDS 104, MAGIC 92: In Orlando, Fla., Spencer Dinwiddie scored 23 points, Montrezl Harrell added 20 and Washington used a 20-0 first-half run to beat Orlando.

Kyle Kuzma added 17 points and 10 rebounds to help Washington improve to 9-3.

CAVALIERS 91, CELTICS 89: In Cleveland, Darius Garland made two free throws with 9.4 seconds left and Cleveland rallied from 19 points down in the third quarter to beat Boston.

Dennis Schroder had an opportunity to force overtime for Boston, but missed a jumper from the right baseline as time expired.

CLIPPERS 129, TIMBERWOLVES 102: In Los Angeles, Paul George scored 23 points, Reggie Jackson added 21 points and Los Angeles routed Minnesota for its seventh victory in a row.

Ivica Zubac had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers.

PISTONS 127, RAPTORS 121: In Toronto, Jerami Grant scored 24 points, Isaiah Stewart had 20 and Detroit used a big fourth quarter to defeat Toronto.