Pascal Siakam made a key 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter and finished with 20 points, nine rebounds and five assists to help the host Indiana Pacers beat the reeling Atlanta Hawks 132-127 on Saturday night.
Andrew Nembhard had 19 points for the Pacers, who have won three straight. Obi Toppin added 18 points and nine rebounds, and Tyrese Haliburton had 17 points and nine assists.
Trae Young scored 26 of his 34 points in the second half, leading the Hawks back from an early 18-point deficit to retake the lead midway through the third quarter. He also had 17 assists. Atlanta lost its eighth in a row.
JAZZ 113, MAGIC 99 >> Collin Sexton scored 22 points and John Collins added 19 to help host Utah snap an eight-game losing streak with a victory over Orlando.
Sexton also dished out seven assists for the Jazz, who won at home for just the fourth time this season. Walker Kessler had 15 rebounds.
Franz Wagner led the Magic with 37 points, while making a career-high 18 free throws.
NUGGETS 107, HORNETS 104 >> Nicola Jokic had 28 points, 17 assists and 13 rebounds for his 22nd triple-double of the season to help visiting Denver beat Charlotte.
Christian Braun added 24 points and 11 rebounds for the Nuggets, Jamal Murray scored 20 points and Michael Porter Jr. had 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Miles Bridges had 24 points and 12 rebounds for the Hornets, who have lost four straight, and Mark Williams had 20 points and 15 rebounds.
Charlotte trailed by 17 in the first half and took its first lead at 104-100 with 51 seconds left on Bridges’ consecutive baskets.
CLIPPERS, JAZZ MAKE TRADE >> The Los Angeles Clippers have traded P.J. Tucker and Mo Bamba to the Utah Jazz for Patty Mills and Drew Eubanks.
The Jazz also get a 2030 second-round draft pick and cash as part of the deal, which was completed Saturday.
ESPN first reported the agreement. The trade deadline is Thursday afternoon.
The move gets the Clippers under the luxury tax threshold and provides potential flexibility for other additions this season. Bamba appeared in 28 games this season for the Clippers, averaging 4.6 points and 4.3 rebounds.
Tucker has not played for the Clippers this season. He and the team agreed in October that he would not be around the club, which has been trying to trade the 39-year-old for some time.
Tucker joined the Clippers last season after being part of the deal that also landed James Harden from the Philadelphia 76ers. He’s in the final year of a three-year, $33 million contract and could be a buyout candidate.
Eubanks, who turned 28 on Saturday, averaged 5.8 points for the Jazz this season. Mills — an NBA veteran who was part of San Antonio’s 2014 championship team — averaged 4.4 points in 17 appearances with Utah.
PELICANS’ MURRAY RUPTURES ACHILLES, OUT FOR SEASON >> Dejounte Murray’s season is over, with the New Orleans Pelicans confirming Saturday that the standout guard ruptured his right Achilles tendon and now faces a lengthy rehab process.
It’s the latest blow in an injury-dominated season for the Pelicans, who came into the year hoping a star trio of Murray, Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram would be able to lead them back to the playoffs.
Those three players were never on the court at the same time this season.
Murray got hurt Friday night in a game against the Boston Celtics, the noncontact injury immediately prompting speculation that he tore his Achilles tendon.