Young, Bogdanovic pace Pacers; Bulls suffer historic loss

INDIANAPOLIS — Thaddeus Young had a seasonhigh 20 points and nine rebounds, and Bojan Bogdanovic added 18 points as the Indiana Pacers defeated the Sacramento Kings 107-97 Saturday night.

Myles Turner contributed nine points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots, while Domantas Sabonis and Darren Collison each scored 14 points, Cory Joseph added 11 and Tyreke Evans and Doug McDermott finished with 10 apiece. Buddy Hield scored 20 points for the Kings.

CELTICS 133, BULLS 77

Boston opened the game with a 17-0 run and them cruised to a lopsided win at Chicago.

The 56-point loss was the worst in Bulls’ history, eclipsing a 53-point (127-74) defeat at Minnesota on Nov. 8, 2001.

Jaylen Brown scored 23 points off the bench as the Celtics won their fifth in a row.

CAVALIERS 116 WIZARDS 101

Rookie Collin Sexton matched a career high with 29 points, Tristan Thompson had 23 points and 19 rebounds and Cleveland won at home.

Bradley Beal scored 27 points for the Wizards.

LAKERS 111, GRIZZLIES 88

LeBron James had 20 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, Kyle Kuzma added 20 points and nine rebounds, and Los Angeles dominated at Memphis.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Josh Hart added 16 points apiece, while JaVale McGee finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Wayne Selden led Memphis with 17 points.

HAWKS 106, NUGGETS 98

John Collins scored a career-high 30 points as Atlanta won at home. Collins also had 12 rebounds and five assists.

NETS 112, KNICKS 104

Spencer Dinwiddie scored 25 points and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson added 20 as Brooklyn won at New York. Allen Crabbe added 17 for Brooklyn.

TRAIL BLAZERS 113 TIMBERWOLVES 105

Damian Lillard had 28 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists to lead host Portland over Minnesota.

HEAT 121, CLIPPERS 98

Dwayne Wade scored 25 points as Miami won at Los Angeles.