James leads Lakers to season split with Celtics
LeBron James scored 29 points and put the Lakers ahead on a fallaway jumper with 30 seconds to play, and Los Angeles split its season series with the Boston Celtics with a 114-112 victory Sunday.
James missed a tying free throw moments before he coolly nailed the shot the put the Lakers ahead to stay in a frenetic fourth quarter to cap the latest chapter of this famed NBA rivalry.
Anthony Davis had 32 points and 13 rebounds in the fifth straight victory overall for the Lakers, who took a 32-point blowout loss in Boston last month.
Davis hit two free throws with 12.3 seconds left and added one more with 6.7 seconds to play, before Jayson Tatum was called for charging in the final second as he attempted to create one last basket.
RAPTORS 127, PACERS 81 >> Kyle Lowry had 16 points and 11 assists and Toronto beat Indiana to win for the 17th time in 18 games and extend its home winning streak to nine.
Pascal Siakam added 21 points and Serge Ibaka had 15 points and a season-high 15 rebounds. Toronto’s largest lead was 49 points, its biggest of the season. NUGGETS 128, TIMBERWOLVES 116 >> Paul Millsap scored a season-high 25 points on 9-of-11 shooting and Denver Nuggets bounced back from its first loss in the Northwest Division to beat Minnesota.
Millsap made his first six shots of the game before missing with 54 seconds left in the first half. THUNDER 131, SPURS 103 >> Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 22 points and 13 rebounds, Steven Adams added 21 points and 14 rebounds and Oklahoma City rolled past San Antonio.
BULLS 126, WIZARDS 117 >> Coby White scored 33 points off the bench, Zach LaVine added 32 points, and Chicago pulled away for a win over visiting Washington.
Thaddeus Young finished with 25 points for the Bulls, who snapped an eight-game losing streak. Tomas Satoransky posted a doubledouble against his former team with 15 points and 13 assists.
TRAIL BLAZERS 107, PISTONS 104 >> CJ McCollum had 41 points, a career-high 12 assists and nine rebounds, Carmelo Anthony scored a season-high 32 points and Portland rallied to beat Detroit.