Tyrese Haliburton had 18 of Indiana’s franchise-record 50 assists and the Pacers routed the Atlanta Hawks 150-116 on Friday night in Indianapolis for their sixth straight victory.
Haliburton, the NBA assists leader at 12.8 per game, also had 10 points and eight rebounds in just over 25 minutes. Myles Turner led Indiana with 27 points, Bennedict Mathurin had 18, Bruce Brown 17 and Aaron Nesmith 15.
The NBA’s highest-scoring team, Indiana reached 150 points against the Hawks for the second time this season after setting a league season high in a 157-152 victory in Atlanta on Nov. 21.
Dejounte Murray led the Hawks with 30 points. Trae Young missed his first seven shots and finished with 13 points on 4-of-18 shooting. He was 1 of 11 from 3-point range.
Clippers 111, Pelicans 95 >> Paul George made six 3-pointers and scored 24 points, Kawhi Leonard added 19 points and nine rebounds, and surging Los Angeles won in New Orleans. James Harden had 13 assists and eight points in 29 minutes for the Clippers, who led by as many as 31 points in the fourth quarter and won for the 14th time in 16 games. Jonas Valanciunas had 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Pelicans, whose four-game winning streak was snapped.
Knicks 128, 76ers 92 >> Jalen Brunson hit four 3-pointers and scored 29 points to lead New York to a win in Philadelphia. Quentin Grimes added 19 points and Isaiah Hartenstein had 17 to help the Knicks to their third straight win. Donte DiVincenzo also made four 3s and scored 14 points. Joel Embiid had 30 points and 10 rebounds for the Sixers. Embiid extended his franchise records to 16 straight 30-point games and 15 in a row of 30 points and 10 rebounds.
CELTICS 126, JAZZ 97 >> Jayson Tatum scored 30 points and hit five 3-pointers to help Eastern Conference-leading Boston run past visiting Utah for its seventh victory in eight games. Boston never trailed, led by 36 points in the first half and made 17 3s for the night.
Timberwolves 122, Rockets 95 >> Anthony Edwards scored 24 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 22 and Western Conference-leading Minnesota won in Houston. Edwards had a relatively quiet game considering he entered the night averaging 36.3 points in his previous four games.
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