Oladipo’s 26 pace Pacers
Victor Oladipo scored 26 points, Domantas Sabonis had 17 coming off the bench and the Indiana Pacers beat the Brooklyn Nets, 109-97, last night in New York.
Myles Turner added 16 points, Cory Joseph chipped in 15 and Darren Collison added 14 for the Pacers, who returned home to prepare to play the Celtics tonight in Indianapolis.
The Nets’ Allen Crabbe shook off his recent struggles, scoring 17 points in the first half on 5-for-7 shooting, including four 3-pointers. He didn’t score in the second half.
Quincy Acy, Caris LeVert and Joe Harris each had 14 points as Brooklyn lost its third straight game.
The second meeting of the season between these teams definitely lacked the offensive spark of their first matchup, an opener in midOctober when Indiana won 140-131 at home.
Cavaliers 106, Wizards 99 — LeBron James played the first half wearing a pair of shoes (one black, one white) reading “equality” in gold capital letters and finished with 20 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds to lead visiting Cleveland by Washington for its 18th victory in 19 games.
James had his fourth tripledouble in the past five games despite being called for four fouls in the final quarter. Kevin Love added 25 points and nine rebounds for the Cavaliers.
Bradley Beal led the Wizards with 27 points, and John Wall had 15 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in 32 minutes in his third game back after missing nine with an injured left knee.
Pistons 114, Magic 110 — Reggie Bullock scored a career-high 20 points, and host Detroit tied a franchise record with 17 3-pointers by holding off Orlando, which has lost five straight and 16of-19.
Mario Hezonja scored 28 points for Orlando, with eight 3’s, and Nikola Vucevic had 24 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists.
The Pistons finished 17-of34 from beyond the arc, and Orlando was even better at 17-of-33.
Raptors 108, Kings 93 — DeMar DeRozan scored 21 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 13 points and a season-high 16 rebounds and Toronto won its ninth straight home game, against Sacramento.
Kyle Lowry scored 16 points and Norman Powell had 14 for the Raptors, who are an NBA-best 11-1 at home.
Bogdan Bogdanovic and Garrett Temple each scored 18 points for the Kings.
Elsewhere in the NBA — The Miami Heat will be without James Johnson (ankle) for at least two games, including Wednesday’s game in Boston against the Celtics.