Paul George scored 21 points and the Indiana Pacers took advantage of a resting LeBron James, who took the night off, to post a 103-93 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday night in Indianapolis..

Jeff Teague added 20 points and eight assists, and Thaddeus Young had 16 points to help the Pacers improve to 6-1 at home and 6-6 overall.

James sat out for the first time this season. Averaging 23.4 points and 8.9 rebounds, he rested after playing Tuesday night in a home victory over Toronto. Guard J.R. Smith also missed the game because of a sprained right ankle.

Kevin Love led Cleveland with 27 points and 16 rebounds, and Kyrie Irving had 24 points and seven assists.

The Cavaliers dropped to 9-2 after matching the best start in franchise history with the victory over Toronto on Tuesday night.

Warriors 127, Raptors 121 — Stephen Curry had 35 points, Kevin Durant added 30 and Golden State beat host Toronto for its fifth straight victory.

The Warriors also have won five in a row against the Raptors, three in Toronto.

NBA scoring leader DeMar DeRozan led the Raptors with 34 points, and Kyle Lowry had 24.

DeRozan was 17 of 17 from the free-throw line, and had his ninth 30-plus-point game in 11 games this season.

Thunder 105, Rockets 103 — Russell Westbrook scored 30 points, including a vicious left-handed hammer dunk over Clint Capela in the closing second, to help Oklahoma City snap a four-game losing streak with a home win over Houston.

Oklahoma City led by three when Westbrook dunked over the 6-foot-10 Capela with 5.5 seconds left to put the Thunder up five.

Westbrook, the league’s No. 2 scorer, also had nine assists and seven rebounds. Victor Oladipo had season highs of 29 points and 10 rebounds for the Thunder.

Knicks 105, Pistons 102 — Kristaps Porzingis scored a career-high 35 points as host New York held off Detroit.

The 7-foot-3 forward from Latvia hit three 3-pointers and converted a dazzling 3-point play in the first half after dunking a lob pass on the break in the first 30-point game of his two-year career.

Carmelo Anthony added 22 points to help the Knicks win their second straight. Joakim Noah bounced back nicely with seven points and 15 rebounds after he was benched in the second half of the Knicks’ victory over Dallas on Monday night. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led Detroit with 21 points.

Hawks 107, Bucks 100 — Paul Millsap scored 21 points, Mike Muscala added 16 and host Atlanta won its sixth straight game, beating Milwaukee.

Muscala started in place of star center Dwight Howard, who was sidelined with a left quadriceps contusion.

Atlanta improved to 6-1 at home and tied Cleveland for the best record in the Eastern Conference at 9-2.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 26 points and 15 rebounds for Milwaukee, and Jabari Parker scored 15 of his 23 points in the third quarter.

Magic 83, Pelicans 82 — Serge Ibaka scored 16 points and Nikola Vucevic broke out of his shooting slump with 10 points and 14 rebounds in Orlando’s home victory over New Orleans.

Evan Fournier also finished with 16 points,

Terrence Jones led New Orleans with 26 points.

He started at power forward in place of Anthony Davis, who was sidelined by a thigh injury.

76ers 109, Wizards 102 — Jahlil Okafor scored 19 points on 8-for-11 shooting to lead struggling Philadelphia past visiting Washington.

Ersan Ilyasova added 16 points to help the 76ers win for just the second time in 11 games this season.

John Wall scored 23 of his 27 points in the second half for the Wizards.