Pacers rally late to snap Lakers’ road win streak
INDIANAPOLIS >> Domantas Sabonis scored 26 points and Malcolm Brogdon made a tiebreaking reverse layup with 36.4 seconds left Tuesday night to give the Indiana Pacers a 105-102 victory over Los Angeles, snapping the Lakers’ 14-game road winning streak.
Brogdon dribbled past Dwight Howard and then used the rim to protect the ball as he made the shot. Sabonis followed by hitting one of two free throws with 10.7 seconds remaining.
LeBron James had 20 points, nine rebounds and nine assists but missed a 3-pointer that would have given the Lakers the lead with 11.7 seconds to go. Los Angeles also missed two shots on its final possession while trying to force overtime.
The Lakers looked as though they had taken control with a
9-0 run for a 95-91 lead midway through the fourth quarter. But Indiana responded just as it had all night as the Lakers played without All-Star forward Anthony Davis.
The Pacers charged back, tying the score at 100 on a midrange jumper from Brogdon with
2:20 left before retaking the lead on two free throws from Myles Turner.
James answered with two more free throws with 1:40 to go and it stayed that way until Brogdon’s decisive layup. KNICKS 143, HAWKS 120 >> Rookie RJ Barrett scored a career-high
27 points, and New York ran away from Trae Young and Atlanta for a win.
Mitchell Robinson had a career-high 22 points along with
13 rebounds, and Marcus Morris also scored 22 for the Knicks, who have won three of four after a 10-game losing streak.
Young scored 42 points for the Hawks, who lost their fifth straight. De’Andre Hunter added
19 points.
New York went ahead by 31 points on Barrett’s three-point play early in the third quarter and never looked back.
Young did his best to keep Atlanta in the game with 22 points in the first half, but New York held the Hawks to 42% shooting in building a 77-53 lead at the break.
The Knicks went on a 26-5 run starting in the first quarter and continuing into the second. HORNETS 110, KINGS 102 >> Malik Monk scored 14 of his season-high 23 points in the fourth quarter, and Charlotte spoiled De’Aaron Fox’s return from injury with a win over Sacramento.
Cody Zeller had 17 points and nine rebounds, and Bismack Biyombo added 10 points and 12 rebounds as the Hornets (13-17) won for the fourth time in five games.
Fox was back on the floor after missing 17 games with left ankle sprain and led the Kings (1215) with 19 points. He played 30 minutes despite supposedly being on a minutes restriction.
On a night when Devante Graham and Terry Rozier shot a combined 5 of 21 through the first three quarters, the Hornets needed someone to step up.
Monk did that to start the fourth quarter. He scored eight straight points, including a pair of 3s from the same spot just a few feet left of the top of the key.
Monk finished the fourth quarter 5 of 5 from the field, including two 3-pointers.
NBA: Stern remains in serious condition
NEW YORK >> Former NBA Commissioner David Stern remains in serious condition following emergency brain surgery last week.
The league said Tuesday that Stern is surrounded by his loved ones and receiving great care. The NBA says both the league and Stern’s family appreciate the outpouring of support.
The 77-year-old Stern suffered a brain hemorrhage Thursday while having lunch in New York.