PENS BLANKED

INDIANAPOLIS — Victor Oladipo scored 38 points and was perfect from the free-throw line, helping the Indiana Pacers escape with a 123-119 overtime victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night.

Myles Turner had 23 points and nine rebounds, and tied his career high with six blocks, and ex-Net Bojan Bogdanovic finished with 17 points and six rebounds for the Pacers (19-14), who came back from down 19 to take an 85-84 lead on Lance Stephenson’s free throw with 8:29 remaining in regulation. “Oladipo, gotta give the guy credit,” Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said. “He is playing elite, elite basketball. He’s one of the best players in the league right now. (And) they were just the more aggressive team to start the third quarter.”

Spencer Dinwiddle led the Nets (12-20) and tied his career high with 26 points. He made three free throws with 19 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 111 and force overtime.

DeMarre Carroll finished with 20 points and 13 rebounds and made a 3-pointer to tie the game at 119 with 45 seconds left in overtime. Oladipo made four free throws in two trips to the line in the final 29 seconds to seal the win.

An 11-2 run in the second quarter put the Nets ahead by 19 — their largest lead of the game — and Brooklyn led 57-41 by halftime.

Indiana went on an 11-0 run to open the second half. Later, Darren Collison made a 3-pointer to cap off a 10-0 run and put the Pacers ahead for the first time since early in the first quarter. —Associated Press of Westbrook, Paul George and Carmelo Anthony. George had 26 points, five rebounds, six steals and two blocks, and Anthony added 16 points.

l Kyrie Irving scored 25 points, Jaylen Brown had 20 and the host Boston Celtics coasted to a 11792 victory over the Chicago Bulls.

Jayson Tatum added 13 points, and Al Horford and Aron Baynes each had 10 for the Eastern Conference-leading Celtics (27-9).

John Gibson stopped 29 shots for his first shutout of the season, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the sloppy Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0.

It was Gibson’s 13th shutout of his career.