Haliburton dazzles as Pacers rout Spurs

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The Clippers’ Norman Powell tries to shoot as he is hounded by the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo in Saturday’s game. The Clippers won 127-117. For details on the game and more on the Clippers, go to ocregister.com. MARK J. Terrill / ap

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Tyrese Haliburton scored 16 of his 28 points in a dazzling 2-1/2 minute display late in the third quarter, Pascal Siakam scored 23 and the Indiana Pacers downed Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs 136-98 in the NBA Paris Games finale.

Andrew Nembhard scored 15, Myles Turner had 14, Bennedict Mathurin 13 and TJ McConnell 12 for Indiana.

Wembanyama had 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Spurs, who won the series opener by 30 on Thursday. Harrison Barnes led San Antonio with 25 points.

TIMBERWOLVES 133, NUGGETS 104: Anthony Edwards scored 34 points and became host Minnesota’s career leader in 3-pointers in a victory over Denver.

Edwards made 14 of 23 shots from the floor and scored 23 points in the second half.

Jamal Murray led the Nuggets with 25 points. Nikola Jokic added 20 points and 11 assists for Denver.

CELTICS 122, MAVERICKS 107: Jayson Tatum scored 24 points, Derrick White added 23, including visiting Boston’s first 11 of the third quarter, and the defending NBA-champion Celtics beat Dallas in the first meeting between the teams since the NBA Finals.

Kyrie Irving scored 22 points for the Mavericks, who are 5-11 since superstar Luka Doncic was sidelined with a calf strain on Christmas Day,

ROCKETS 135, CAVALIERS 131: Amen Thompson had his second career triple-double, Alperin Sengun and Jeff Green scored 26 points apiece and visiting Houston beat Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland.

Thompson finished with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists for the Rockets, who beat the Cavaliers for the second time in four days.

Darius Garland scored 27 of his 39 points in the second half for the Cavaliers, who dropped a half-game behind Oklahoma City for the NBA lead

HEAT 106, NETS 97: Tyler Herro scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo had 17 points and 16 rebounds and visiting Miami beat Brooklyn.

Nikola Jovic had 17 points, six rebounds and four assists for the Heat (22-22), who snapped a two-game losing streak and won for just the second time in the past six games.

D’Angelo Russell had 22 points and six assists and Keon Johnson scored 22 points for the Nets.

RAPTORS 117, HAWKS 94: Scottie Barnes had 24 points and 11 rebounds and visiting Toronto swept a two-game set in Atlanta for its season-high third straight victory, beating the Hawks.

The Raptors beat Atlanta 122-119 on Thursday night.

Vit Krejci led the Hawks with 20 points. Trae Young had 16 points.

KNICKS 143, KINGS 120: OG Anunoby scored 33 points, Josh Hart added 20 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists in his sixth triple-double of the season and host New York beat Sacramento.

Mikal Bridges had 27 points and Jalen Brunson finished with 25 points and 11 assists for the Knicks, who fell two points short of their season high.

Malik Monk le the Kings with 31 points, while Domantas Sabonis finished with 25 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists.

MAGIC 121, PISTONS 113: Franz Wagner scored 25 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, Paolo Banchero had 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists and host Orlando beat Detroit.

Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 35 points and 11 assists. Detroit coach J.B. Bickerstaff was ejected with 6:01 left in the fourth quarter after getting two straight technicals.

SUNS 119, WIZARDS 109: Kevin Durant scored 29 points, Nick Richards added 20 points along with a career-high 19 rebounds and host Phoenix held off Washington, which has lost 13 in a row. The Suns have won eight of 11.

The Wizards are an NBA-worst 6-38. Kyle Kuzma scored a season-high 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.