Pascal Siakam scored 19 points and Aaron Nesmith added 18 to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 106-104 win over the New York Knicks in an NBA Cup game on Friday night.
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Nesmith → score → night
Siakam’s 15-foot jumper with 1:49 remaining gave Indiana a 106-98 lead before the Knicks stormed back.
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Knicks → remain → lead
Jalen Brunson’s driving layup cut the lead to 106-102 with 26 seconds left.
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layup → drive → seconds
Siakam was fouled, but missed both free throws with 23 seconds left.
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Siakam → foul → seconds
Mikal Bridges scored to slice the lead to two points with 10 seconds to go before the Pacers turned the ball over with 2.8 seconds to go.
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Pacers → score → seconds
But, Karl-Anthony Towns missed a potential game-tying 15-foot jumper at the buzzer.
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Towns → miss → buzzer
Nesmith, who was limited to 21 minutes because of right knee soreness in Wednesday’s victory over Washington, was declared available earlier Friday.
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who → limit → Washington
Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 16 points and Ivica Zubac had 12 points and 13 rebounds for Indiana.
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Zubac → score → Indiana
Brunson led he Knicks with 33 points.
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Brunson → lead → points
Towns finished with 23 points and 15 rebounds and Bridges added 18 for the Knicks.
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Bridges → finish → Knicks
Both teams shot 43%.
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teams → shoot → %
Indiana held a 50-43 edge in rebounds.
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Indiana → hold → rebounds
With the Pacers leading 85-74, the Knicks went on a 10-0 run to narrow the deficit to 85-84 after three quarters.
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Knicks → lead → quarters
For the game, the Pacers shot 18 of 25 from the line.
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Pacers → shoot → line
New York made 10 of 13.
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York → make → 13
Franz Wagner fell a rebound shy of his first career triple-double, scoring 35 points and adding 12 assists to lead Orlando to its first home victory, beating Milwaukee in NBA Cup play.
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Wagner → fall → play
Desmond Bane added 21 points to help Orlando improve to 2-0 in NBA Cup group play.
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Orlando → add → play
Milwaukee fell to 0-2 in the group that also includes Brooklyn, Detroit and Toronto.
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that → fall → Brooklyn
Tyler Herro had 18 points for Milwaukee, which lost a ninth straight game to equal its longest streak since a nine-game slide Jan. 2-19, 2014.
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which → have → slide
Per Sportradar, the Bucks (1-12) are off to their worst start in 52 years, when they lost 13 of their first 14 in 1974-75 without an injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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they → lose → Jabbar
Wagner made a turnaround hook with six minutes left to reach 30 points in a fourth consecutive game.
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minutes → make → game
And when the Bucks were within eight in the final minute, Wagner stole the ball and used a Euro-step layup to give Orlando a 104-94 advantage.
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Wagner → steal → advantage
He finished with nine rebounds.
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He → finish → rebounds
Bam Adebayo finished with 37 points and 14 rebounds, Giannis Antetokiunmpo also scored 37 and Miami took control of East Group B by beating Cleveland Cavaliers in an NBA Cup game.
It was the second time the Heat had two players score 37 in the same game: LeBron James and Dwyane Wade did it in 2013.
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James → finish → 2013
Davion Mitchell had 22 points and a career-high-tying 17 assists for Miami, which won its third straight.
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which → have → straight
Ryan Conwell added 20 off the bench for the Heat.
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Conwell → add → Heat
Donovan Mitchell scored 25 points to lead Cleveland, which got 22 from Tyrese Proctor, 20 from James Harden, 16 from Jaylon Tyson and 12 from Meleek Thomas.
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which → score → Thomas
Miami was without Klay Thompson (sprained ankle) and Pelle Larsson (illness).
GRIZZLIES 142, PELICANS 111
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jerami Grant scored 22 points, including seven points on an extended possession in the first half, and Memphis routed New Orleans in NBA Cup group play.
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Memphis → sprain → play
In winning their sixth consecutive road game — the best road record in the NBA and the best road start in franchise history — the Grizzlies overwhelmed the Pelicans with their perimeter shooting, finishing 18 of 45 from 3-point range while holding New Orleans to 7 of 31.
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Grizzlies → win → 7
The Grizzlies improved their NBA Cup record to 1-1 in the West’s Group B, and the Pelicans dropped to 0-2.
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Pelicans → improve → 0
The Grizzlies scored 13 consecutive points in a 1:07 span of the second quarter to build a 62-46 lead.
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Grizzlies → score → lead
Grant had seven points in seven seconds, nailing a pair of 3s and adding a foul shot after Zion Williamson was called for an illegal closeout..
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Williamson → have → closeout
Grant left with 7:36 left after colliding with Herb Jones on a head-first drive to the basket.
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Grant → leave → basket
The Grizzlies had nine other players in double figures: Ty Jerome with 17, Cedric Coward, GG Jackson and Cam Spencer with 14, Isaiah Stewart and Cam Boozer with 12, Jaylen Wells with 11, and Taylor Hendricks and Javon Small with 10.
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Grizzlies → have → 10
Saddiq Bey led New Orleans with 30 points, the first Pelican to score more than 30 points this season.
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Bey → lead → points
Williamson had 22 points, five rebounds and three steals.
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Williamson → have → points
BULLS 125, HAWKS 117, OT
CHICAGO (AP) — Norman Powell scored 33 points and Chicago snapped an eight-game skid with an overtime victory over Atlanta in an NBA Cup game.
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Chicago → score → game
Josh Giddey had 14 assists and 10 rebounds, and joined Jalen Smith (12 rebounds) and Isaac Okoro with 15 points apiece for Chicago, which entered having lost nine of its 10 games this season.
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which → have → games
The Bulls’ only other win came at Milwaukee on Oct. 23.
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win → come → Oct.
Patrick Williams scored 13 points, Buddy Hield added 12 and Matas Buzelis 11 as Chicago snapped a four-game home losing streak.
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Chicago → score → streak
…and 10 more, not listed.
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