LOS ANGELES — James Harden scored a game-high 40 points and Houston won on its home floor for the first time this season. The Rockets, last in the league in field goal percentage, shot 36 for 74 (48.6%) and converted a season-high 20 3-pointers.
Victor Oladipo led Indiana with 22 points and Bojan Bogdanovic chipped in 20. Bogdanovic assisted on a Cory Joseph basket with 1:18 remaining that enabled the Pacers to claw to within eight points, but Chris Paul responded with a driving layup with only 62 seconds left to play.
The Pacers had their five-game road winning streak snapped and lost to Houston for the second time in six days.
TRAIL BLAZERS 100, CELTICS 94
Damian Lillard scored 19 points and dished out 12 assists and Al-Farouq Aminu sank a pair of 3-pointers down the stretch as Portland beat Boston.
Jusuf Nurkic scored 18 points and grabbed 17 rebounds for the Trail Blazers, who have won four in a row and seven of eight. Jayson Tatum scored a season-high 27 points and Kyrie Irving 21 for the Celtics, who have lost four of five.
LAKERS 107, HAWKS 106
LeBron James scored 26 points, including a put-back layup with 15 seconds remaining, and Kyle Kuzma added 18 as LA held off a late rally by Atlanta.
In just his third game with the Lakers, center Tyson Chandler blocked a shot by rookie Trae Young at the buzzer to seal the victory. The Lakers improved to 7-6 to move over .500 for the first time this season.
James had a chance to give the Lakers the lead from the free-throw line with 15 seconds remaining but missed both shots. Kuzma got the rebound, but missed a put-back shot. James rebounded that miss and scored inside for the late lead. — Reuters
