Las Vegas Review-Journal

Oladipo excels again, ends Cavs’ win streak

Pacers first to top Cleveland twice

- The Associated Press

INDIANAPOL­IS — Victor Oladipo keeps delivering knockout blows.

And no one in the NBA seems to be immune from his closing flurries.

Two nights after beating the league’s worst team with a late 3-pointer, Indiana’s new shooting guard did it again with another late 3, and the Pacers beat Cleveland 106102 on Friday to end the Cavaliers’ 13-game win streak.

Oladipo finished with 33 points, eight rebounds and six 3s and played so well that Cavs coach Tyronn Lue called him an All-star.

■ At San Antonio, Manu Ginobili hit a decisive 3-pointer with five seconds left, and Lamarcus Aldridge scored 27 points for San Antonio, which won its third straight and seventh in eight games. Kyrie Irving scored 36 points for Boston, which had won four in a row.

■ At Detroit, Kevin Durant scored 13 of his 36 points in the third quarter, when Golden State had a 31-17 scoring edge, as the Warriors capped a 6-0 road trip. Findlay Prep product Avery Bradley scored 25 points for Detroit, which lost its fifth straight.

■ At Charlotte, N.C., Lauri Markkanen had 24 points and 12 rebounds for Chicago in a game featuring 17 lead changes, 20 ties and neither team leading by more than eight points. Dwight Howard had 25 points and 20

Spurs 105, Celtics 102 — Warriors 102, Pistons 98 — Bulls 119, Hornets 111, OT —

rebounds for Charlotte.

■ At Milwaukee, Khris Middleton scored 12 of his 31 points in the final 4:38 for Milwaukee, which erased an 11-point deficit late in the third quarter in its fifth win in six games. Wesley Matthews scored 29 points for Dallas.

■ At Memphis, Tenn., Demar Derozan scored 26 points for Toronto, which held a 24-14 scoring edge in the fourth quarter to win its fifth straight and hand Memphis its 13th loss in 14 games.

At New Orleans, Zach Randolph made two of his career-high five 3-pointers in overtime and totaled 35 points and 13 rebounds for Sacramento, which won for the fourth time in 15 road games.

■ At Orlando, Fla., Kenneth Faried scored 20 points for Denver, which had a 5316 edge in bench scoring — including a 33-8 advantage in the first half — in its second road win since Oct. 29.

Bucks 109, Mavericks 102 — Raptors 116, Grizzlies 107 — Kings 116, Pelicans 109, OT — Nuggets 103, Magic 89 —

 ?? Darron Cummings ?? The Associated Press Pacers guard Victor Oladipo lines up a shot over Cavaliers forward Kevin Love in the second half of Indiana’s 106-102 win Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Darron Cummings The Associated Press Pacers guard Victor Oladipo lines up a shot over Cavaliers forward Kevin Love in the second half of Indiana’s 106-102 win Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

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