Houston Chronicle

Pacers’ 3-point binge buries Lakers

- From wire reports

INDIANAPOL­IS — Bojan Bogdanovic scored 24 points and the Indiana Pacers tied an NBA franchise record by making 19 3-pointers in a 136-94 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, handing LeBron James the most lopsided loss of his career.

James’ teams lost by 36 points twice previously.

Indiana’s Myles Turner had 22 points and Thaddeus Young finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

James had 18 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in his second game back since injuring his groin on Christmas Day.

RAPTORS 119, 76ERS 107

Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points as Toronto won on the road.

Philadelph­ia received 37 points and 13 rebounds from Joel Embiid.

CLIPPERS 117, HORNETS 115

Tobias Harris scored 34 points, including a running jumper with 4.3 seconds to play, and Los Angeles rallied from 20 points down to win at Charlotte.

CELTICS 103, CAVALIERS 96

Jayson Tatum scored 25 points, Gordon Hayward added 18 and Boston won its fifth straight game with a win at Cleveland, despite missing All-Star guard Kyrie Irving.

A strained left hip prevented Irving from facing his former team, but the Celtics made up for his absence by getting 17 points from Marcus Smart and 13 from Jaylen Brown.

THUNDER 132, MAGIC 122

Russell Westbrook had his seventh straight tripledoub­le, and Paul George scored 39 points as Oklahoma City won at home.

Westbrook finished with 16 points, 16 assists and 15 rebounds to match the longest triple-double streak of his career.

GRIZZLIES 108 TIMBERWOLV­ES 106

Mike Conley scored 25 points, and Jaren Jackson Jr. added 23 as Memphis edged visiting Minnesota.

HEAT 118 TRAIL BLAZERS 108

Hassan Whiteside had 28 points and 11 rebounds, and Dwyane Wade scored 22 points as Miami won at Portland.

CJ McCollum scored 33 points for Portland.

PISTONS 105, KNICKS 92

Blake Griffin scored 29 points as visiting Detroit handed the Knicks their 14th straight loss.

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