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Trail Blazers put brakes on the Pacers’ winning streak
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LaMarcus Aldridge had 28 points and 10 rebounds and Damian Lillard finished with 26 points to help the Portland Trail Blazers end the Indiana Pacers’ seven-game winning streak with a 106-102 victory on Monday.
Paul George had a career-high 43 points for the Pacers (16-2), who own the NBA’s best record.
The Blazers pulled in front until early in the fourth quarter but the Pacers kept it close, and George hit consecutive 3-pointers that narrowed it to 98-96 with 1:37 left. Lillard answered with a 3-pointer and Nicolas Batum made a pair of free throws for the Blazers before George hit another 3-pointer that got Indiana within 103-99 with 21 seconds to go.
Lillard hit free throws and George made yet another 3 with 10 seconds to go to make it 105-102, but the Pacers couldn’t get closer.
Portland (15-3) is off to its best start since the 1998-99 season and is now tied with San Antonio for the best record in the Western Conference.
New Orleans’ Jrue Holiday made a three-point play with 2.6 seconds remaining in the third overtime to give the Pelicans a dramatic 131-128 victory over the Chicago Bulls.
Holiday had 19 points and 12 assists for the Pelicans. He made an 18-footer with 3.9 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the score at 103 and force overtime.
Luol Deng led the Bulls with 37 points and also had eight rebounds and seven assists.
The San Antonio Spurs held on for a 102-100 victory over the Atlanta Hawks, with Tim Duncan making the game-winning jumper with 0.4 seconds left.
Duncan finished with 23 points and 21 rebounds.
Elsewhere, it was: Wizards 98, Magic 80; and Jazz 109, Rockets 103.
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