Haliburton's late heroics propel Pacers past Bucks

Tyrese Haliburton completed a three-point play with 1.6 seconds left, capping his first postseason triple-double in his first home playoff game to give the host Indiana Pacers a 121118 overtime victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night.

Indiana leads the best-ofseven series 2-1, with Game 4 on Sunday in Indianapolis. Two-time league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo again sat out for Milwaukee because of a strained left calf.

Haliburton had 18 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds. Myles Turner added 29 points and nine rebounds, both playoff career highs.

Milwaukee's Khris Middleton finished with a playoff-career high 42 points and had 10 rebounds and five assists.

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Luka Doncic scored 22 points and Kyrie Irving had 21 for host Dallas, which took a 2-1 lead over Los Angeles in their first-round Western Conference series. Doncic shot just 7 of 25 — 3 of 13 from deep — but he also had 10 rebounds and nine assists.

Game 4 is Sunday in Dallas.

James Harden scored 21 points to lead the Clippers and Ivica Zubac had 18 points and eight rebounds. But Paul George scored just seven points on 3 of 11 shooting — 1 of 6 from deep — and Kawhi Leonard also scored seven. Leonard took just seven shots, making four. He also grabbed nine rebounds.

The chippy game included five technical fouls, an ejection, flagrant foul and two ejections

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Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell's palsy, a form of facial paralysis he says has affected him since before the play-in tournament.

Embiid wore sunglasses to the podium after he scored 50 points in the Sixers' Game 3 win over the New York Knicks and said he's dealt with various symptoms such as blurred vision and dry eyes.