New York Knicks 104, Indiana Pacers 106

New York led 18-9 on Karl-Anthony Towns's step-back at 6:52 of the first, Jay Huff scored eight of Indiana's next 11 and his second three at 5:01 tied it at 20, and the Knicks led 27-26 after one. The second quarter belonged to the Pacers: Pascal Siakam made seven free throws in the quarter, T.J. McConnell's layup at 7:17 made it 40-35, Ivica Zubac's dunk at 4:09 pushed it to 46-38 after Jalen Brunson's three had cut it to six, and Aaron Nesmith's three at 1:11 and a technical free throw at 1:05 made it 58-44. Indiana outscored New York 32-22 in the quarter and led 58-49 at the half.

Quenton Jackson's three at 3:42 of the third gave Indiana its largest lead at 85-71, and New York outscored Indiana 15-2 over the rest of the quarter: Brunson's two free throws at 3:11, Miles McBride's threes at 2:35 and 1:29 around Landry Shamet's at 2:03, Brunson's jumper at 50.6 seconds that brought both benches to timeouts, and Brunson's two free throws at 34.8 for 84-85 after three. OG Anunoby's three at 10:53 of the fourth tied it at 87, and Indiana took the game back with a 12-2 run: Andrew Nembhard's pullup at 10:28, his three at 8:57 for 95-89, and Kelly Oubre Jr.'s basket at 7:43 for 99-89 that sent New York to a timeout. Nesmith's dunk at 6:36 made it 102-89. The Knicks got it to 100-106 on Towns's basket at 1:04 and 104-106 on Mikal Bridges's pullup at 10.2 seconds, and neither team scored again after the two timeouts that followed.

Brunson had 33 points and 11 assists on 11-of-22 with four threes, Towns had 23 points and 15 rebounds, Bridges scored 18 on 8-of-12, and McBride had nine on three threes off the bench; Josh Hart went 0-of-4 and scoreless in 23 minutes. New York shot 16-of-46 from three. Siakam led Indiana with 19 on 7-of-12 at the line, Nesmith had 18 on 7-of-10 with seven rebounds, Oubre scored 16, Zubac had 12 points and 13 rebounds with nine on the offensive glass, and Nembhard had 12 points and six assists against six turnovers. McConnell's seven assists came at a plus-16, and Jackson's 20 minutes were a plus-22. Indiana outrebounded New York 50-43 with 17 offensive rebounds and outscored the Knicks 50-30 in the paint. Indiana is 5-8; New York is 6-6.

Cleveland Cavaliers 121, Miami Heat 133

The first half had 12 lead changes and neither team led by more than six. Miami was up 19-11 on Giannis Antetokounmpo's three at 4:00 of the first before Tyrese Proctor made three threes in 64 seconds, the last one tying it at 20 at 2:32, and Ryan Conwell's three at 2.1 seconds put the Heat up 29-27 after one. Cleveland's 9-0 run in the second, James Harden's step-back at 6:35 through his two free throws at 5:11, made it 48-43; Antetokounmpo's running dunk at 1:15 tied it at 52, and Harden's 25-footer at 0.3 seconds sent the Cavaliers to the half up 57-54.

Miami scored nine of 11 points from Antetokounmpo's alley-oop at 8:24 of the third through Bam Adebayo's step-back three at 6:48 for 71-65, and Cleveland came back again: Meleek Thomas's layup at 1:46 made it 85-86, Thomas Bryant's layup at 47.8 seconds tied it at 89, and Donovan Mitchell's technical free throw at 27.3 left it 91-92 Miami after three. Then Adebayo scored Miami's first 10 points of the fourth by himself, a pullup at 11:28, jumpers at 10:53 and 9:30, a layup and a free throw at 10:18 and another free throw at 9:32, for 102-93 and a Cleveland timeout at 9:28. Conwell's three at 8:05 made it 105-93, Davion Mitchell's three at 6:46 made it 110-97, and the Cavaliers got no closer than eight, at 116-108 on Proctor's three at 4:07; Antetokounmpo's fadeaway at 3:50 and Adebayo's basket at 2:58 answered, and Miami made nine of 10 free throws over the last 1:50. The Heat outscored Cleveland 41-30 in the quarter.

Adebayo had 37 points and 14 rebounds on 13-of-19 with 9-of-10 at the line, Antetokounmpo had 37 and nine on 15-of-20 in 31 minutes, Davion Mitchell had 22 points and 17 assists with one turnover, and Conwell scored 20 on 4-of-9 from three. Miami had 37 assists on 46 baskets, scored 56 in the paint and went 29-of-37 at the line. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 25 on 9-of-21 at a minus-20, Proctor had 22 on 7-of-9 with five threes off the bench, Harden had 20 points and eight assists and went 8-of-8 at the line, Jaylon Tyson scored 16 on four threes, and Thomas had 12. Cleveland shot 18-of-47 from three without Evan Mobley and lost the rebounding 46-36. Miami is 6-6; Cleveland is 6-7.

Golden State Warriors 85, San Antonio Spurs 123

Golden State's first game without Stephen Curry, who tore his right oblique on Wednesday and will be re-evaluated in two weeks, was over early. San Antonio led wire to wire, scored 38 in the first quarter for a 38-14 lead, and was up 63-33 at the half. A 34-27 third quarter made it 97-60, and the lead reached 43.

Stephon Castle scored a season-high 32 with five threes, Keldon Johnson added 18 off the bench, Harrison Barnes had 11, and Victor Wembanyama had 12 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in 20 minutes. The Spurs outscored Golden State 56-28 in the paint and 21-3 in transition. The Warriors shot 33.3 percent, and Yaxel Lendeborg, averaging 21.7 coming in, went 1-of-13 for three points. San Antonio is 11-2 and unbeaten in Cup play; Golden State is 8-5.

Orlando Magic 107, Milwaukee Bucks 99: Milwaukee's only lead was 3-2 on Myles Turner's three at 9:47 of the first. Tristan da Silva's threes at 8:19 and 7:14 put Orlando up 12-4, Franz Wagner's back-to-back 25-footers at 10:30 and 10:00 of the second made it 31-17, and Desmond Bane's three at 6.6 seconds sent the Magic to the half up 52-37. Milwaukee got within 10 at 72-82 on Kel'el Ware's three at 15.8 seconds of the third, Wendell Carter Jr.'s three at 11:20 of the fourth made it 87-72, and the Bucks did not get inside 10 again until the buzzer. Jaime Jaquez Jr.'s 27-footer at 16.7 seconds and tip at the buzzer set the final. Wagner had 35 points, nine rebounds and 12 assists on 13-of-22 at a plus-34, Bane scored 21 on 6-of-10 from three, Goga Bitadze had 12 on 5-of-5, and Orlando went 14-of-14 at the line. Jaquez led Milwaukee with 22 on 5-of-7 from three, Tyler Herro had 18 on 5-of-17, Turner had 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Kyle Kuzma scored 14 on 7-of-15 free throws; the Bucks shot 18-of-31 at the line. Orlando is 5-7; Milwaukee is 1-12.

Chicago Bulls 125, Atlanta Hawks 117 (OT): Chicago led 46-28 on Isaac Okoro's three at 9:25 of the second, the largest lead at 18, and Atlanta spent the next two quarters getting it back: Luguentz Dort's layup at 40.3 seconds of the third tied it at 83, and the Bulls led 84-83 after three. Chicago pushed it back to 98-87 on Buddy Hield's basket at 8:23 of the fourth, CJ McCollum's three at 4:24 and pullup at 4:01 tied it at 103, Norman Powell's basket at 2:22 made it 110-103, and Jalen Johnson's two free throws at 1:32 and running dunk at 1:08 tied it at 110, where it stayed through two timeouts. Onyeka Okongwu's layup at 4:43 of overtime gave Atlanta its first lead since 7-6 in the first quarter, and Powell scored nine of Chicago's 15 overtime points, his floater and free throw at 3:46 for 113-112 and his basket and free throw at 1:29 for 120-115, before Matas Buzelis's three at 23.5 seconds finished it. Powell had 33 on 12-of-19, Josh Giddey had 15 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists, and Patrick Williams made four threes off the bench; Chicago turned it over 25 times and still won. Johnson had 27 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists on 11-of-26 for Atlanta, McCollum scored 20, Okongwu 17, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker went 1-of-11 from three as the Hawks shot 8-of-40. Chicago is 2-9; Atlanta is 7-6.

Memphis Grizzlies 142, New Orleans Pelicans 111: Memphis scored 35 in each of the first three quarters. The Grizzlies led 35-28 after one, Jerami Grant's threes at 3:49 and 3:42 of the second, with a flagrant free throw between them, stretched it to 62-46, and it was 70-58 at the half. New Orleans got within three at 80-77 on Saddiq Bey's three at 6:01 of the third, and Memphis answered with 25 of the next 34 points: GG Jackson's threes at 5:01 and 4:37, Cam Spencer's three free throws at 3:44, Javon Small's three at 2:10, and Spencer's 27-footer at 1:29 for 103-84. It was 105-86 after three and the lead reached 31. Grant scored 22 in 26 minutes on 7-of-10, Ty Jerome had 17 points and nine assists, Spencer's 14 came at a plus-35, Jackson's 14 at a plus-30, and Taylor Hendricks had 10 points and 12 rebounds; Memphis went 36-of-41 at the line and had 36 assists. Bey had 30 points and 10 rebounds with six threes for New Orleans, Zion Williamson scored 22, and Jeremiah Fears had 18 and seven assists at a minus-24. The Pelicans shot 7-of-31 from three and were called for three flagrant fouls. Memphis is 8-4; New Orleans is 4-9.

Houston Rockets 125, Utah Jazz 118: The game had 11 lead changes, was tied at 27 after one, and Houston led 63-53 at the half after Alperen Sengun scored nine in the second quarter. Utah outscored Houston 16-6 over the first four minutes of the third, Keyonte George's runner at 8:05 tying it at 69, and Ace Bailey's pullup at 3:31 gave the Jazz their largest lead at 87-77. Houston closed the quarter 15-2, Fred VanVleet's three at 2:34, Sengun's tip at 1:02 and his layup at 36.3 seconds after a successful challenge, to lead 92-89 after three. Bogdan Bogdanovic's threes at 10:14 and 9:48 of the fourth made it 102-94, George's three at 5:29 cut it to 109-107, Darryn Peterson's pullup at 2:46 made it 117-116, and Amen Thompson's layup at 2:13 and Sengun's at 1:25 made it 121-116; VanVleet's basket at 11.9 seconds and Kevin Durant's two free throws at 6.3 closed it. Sengun had 43 points, 12 rebounds and five assists on 17-of-24, Durant scored 22 on 10-of-10 at the line, VanVleet had 17, Tari Eason had 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Reed Sheppard went 0-of-7. Peterson had 28 for Utah on 9-of-20, George had 27 and seven assists, Bailey scored 21, and Jaxson Hayes had 12 in 13 minutes. Houston had 18 offensive rebounds and turned it over eight times. Houston is 10-3; Utah is 1-12.

Portland Trail Blazers 120, Sacramento Kings 107: Portland took the first quarter 34-25 and led by as many as 20, the last time 40 seconds into the fourth, before Sacramento made a run and Deni Avdija scored 14 of his 34 in the quarter to close it. Avdija went 11-of-13 with 3-of-5 from three and 9-of-9 at the line, with six rebounds and four assists, Damian Lillard scored 29 with six threes and 11-of-11 free throws, Toumani Camara added 14, and Donovan Clingan had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Portland shot 48 percent and went 29-of-31 at the line. De'Andre Hunter led Sacramento with 24, and Domantas Sabonis had 21 points and 12 rebounds. Portland is 9-3 and has won three straight; Sacramento is 1-11 and 0-7 at home.

LA Clippers 113, Oklahoma City Thunder 112: The Clippers led by 13 at the half and by as many as 15, and Oklahoma City came all the way back to lead 105-103 late before Darius Garland's go-ahead three-point play sealed it. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 with four rebounds and five assists, and Jared McCain added 23 with a career-high seven threes. Brook Lopez led the Clippers with 26 points and seven rebounds, Garland had 24 and seven assists, and Derrick Jones Jr. added 14 points and four blocks. The Clippers are 3-8; Oklahoma City, still without five rotation players, is 8-5.

Saturday has five games, all in the early window. Denver visits New Orleans at 7 PM ET, Dallas is in Cleveland at 7:30, and three tip at 8: Detroit at Miami on NBA TV, Brooklyn in Memphis, and Chicago in Minnesota. We'll have the preview, the cards and every lean before the first tip.

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