Pacers roll to even series

Lin and Walker help Hornets stop 12-game playoff slide.

George Hill and Ian Mahinmi each scored 22 points, Paul George added 19, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Toronto Raptors 100-83 on Sunday to tie the firstround playoff series at 2-2.

Jonas Valanciunas led Toronto with 16 points, and Kyle Lowry and DeMarre Carroll each had 12.

Two days after one of their most embarrassing home games of the season, the Pacers turned things around in a big way.

Indiana scored the first seven points, took control with a 3-point spree late in the first quarter and led by as much as 25 points in the first half. Toronto, which never led or tied the score, cut it to 57-42 at halftime, but couldn’t get closer than 11 in the second half.

Mahinmi also had 10 rebounds and five assists, both playoff career highs, to go with his career-best point total.

■ (At) Hornets 96, Heat 80: Jeremy Lin scored 18 points, and Kemba Walker had 17 as Charlotte snapped a 12-game playoff losing streak, trimming its deficit to 2-1 in the first-round series with Miami.

Rookie Frank Kaminsky, who got the starting nod, scored eight of his 15 points during an 18-0 run in the third quarter that broke open a 53-all game.

Marvin Williams had 12 points and 14 rebounds for the Hornets, who earned their first playoff victory in 14 years.

Luol Deng scored 19 points for the Heat.

■ Thunder 119, (at) Mavericks 108: Russell Westbrook had 25 points and 15 assists, leading Oklahoma City past Dallas to take a commanding 3-1 lead in a testy first-round series that got quite a bit testier.

Enes Kanter had his second straight playoff career high with 28 points for the Thunder, who never trailed.

Kevin Durant scored 19 points before he was ejected in the final minute for a flagrant foul on Dallas’ Justin Anderson. It was the last of several tense moments.

Dirk Nowitzki had 27 points and eight rebounds for the Mavericks.

Warriors: Stephen Curry is expected to play today in Game 4 of Golden State’s first-round series against Houston after missing the past two contests with a sprained right ankle.

The Warriors officially listed him as probable, but coach Steve Kerr says he expects him to play.

Curry participated in a 5-on-5 scrimmage in practice Saturday and says that if he doesn’t have any setbacks he “should be good.”

Celtics: The NBA fined guard Marcus Smart $5,000 for violating its anti-flopping rules during a 111-103 victory over Atlanta in Game 3 of the first-round playoff series Friday night.

■ Guard Isaiah Thomas says he wasn’t suspended for taking a swing at the Hawks’ Dennis Schroder during Game 3.

ANDY LYONS / GETTY IMAGES The Pacers’ Ian Mahinmi dunks for two of his career-high 22 points in a Game 4 victory over the Raptors on Saturday. He also had 10 rebounds and five assists, both playoff career highs, as the Pacers never trailed.