Pacers top shorthanded Spurs
Victor Oladipo scored 19 points and the Indiana Pacers defeated San Antonio 94-86 on Sunday night, snapping the Spurs’ home winning streak at 14 games.
Darren Collison added 15 points for Indiana, which snapped a three-game losing streak in San Antonio.
The Spurs, who were without the injured Manu Ginobili, Rudy Gay and Kawhi Leonard, lost at home for the third time this season and the first time since Nov. 10 against Milwaukee.
Pau Gasol had 14 points to lead San Antonio.
The Spurs opted to bring point guard Tony Parker off the bench for just the 14th time in 1,165 career games. Afterward, Parker confirmed he has lost his starting job to second-year guard Dejounte Murray.
Parker, who said he is OK with the switch, responded with 12 points and five assists, but LaMarcus Aldridge struggled.
The Pacers stymied Aldridge offensively even without the injured Myles Turner, limiting the Spurs’ forward to a seasonlow 10 points. Aldridge started 1-for-4, with his only basket coming on a putback of Danny Green’s missed jumper, and finished 5-for-14 from the field.
San Antonio cut the deficit to 83-76 with 5:03 left on Davis Bertans’ three-pointer, but the Spurs committed turnovers on the next two possessions. Lakers 127, Knicks 107: Jordan Clarkson had 29 points and 10 assists, Julius Randle added 27 points and 12 rebounds, and host Los Angeles won for the sixth time in eight games. Kyle Kuzma added 15 points for the Lakers (17-29), who continued their midseason surge of solid play. Rookie point guard Alex Caruso set personal highs with nine points and eight assists, making the most of extensive playing time in the absence of injured Lonzo Ball. Kristaps Porzingis, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Michael Beasley scored 17 points apiece for the Knicks, who have lost 12 of 16. Magic had 22 103, points Celtics and Orlando 95: Elfrid won Payton for just the third time in its past 20 games, overcoming Kyrie Irving’s 40 points for Boston. Orlando snapped a 14-game losing streak at Boston. The Magic had lost 10 in a row on the road overall since early December. Evan Fournier added 19 and Aaron Gordon had a doubledouble with 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Magic. Nets Dinwiddie’s second 101, left Pistons lifted jumper visiting 100: with Spencer 0.9 Brooklyn of a over Detroit, which lost its fifth straight. After a basket by Andre Drummond put the Pistons ahead with 4.7 seconds left, Dinwiddie took the inbounds pass, drove to 14 feet and drained a jumper against his former teammates. Dinwiddie finished with 22 points.