Tyrese Haliburton handed out 18 of the Pacers’ franchise-record 50 assists as Indiana rolled to its sixth straight win, 150-116 over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.
Haliburton also had 10 points and eight rebounds in just over 25 minutes, while Myles Turner scored 27 and Bennedict Mathurin added 18.
Indiana shot 71 percent in the first half and lead 78-54 at the break before finishing at 63.8 percent, including 48.7 percent (19 for 39) from 3-point range.
The Pacers reached 150 points against Atlanta for the second time this season after setting an NBA season high in a 157-152 win on Nov. 21.
Dejounte Murray scored 30 points for the Hawks and Trae Young was held to a season low-tying 13 on 4-of-18 shooting, going 1 for 11 from long range.
Clippers stay hot, cool Pelicans
Paul George scored 24 points with six 3-pointers and Kawhi Leonard added 19 points and nine rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 111-95 win over the New Orleans Pelicans.
James Harden had eight points and 13 assists in 29 minutes to help the Clippers win their fifth in a row and 14th in 16 games.
Jonas Valanciunas tallied 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Pelicans, who had a four-game winning streak snapped.
New Orleans’ top two scorers – Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram – were each held to 12 points on 3-of-9 shooting. Williamson left in the third quarter with a right leg contusion.
Banchero stars as Magic rally
Paolo Banchero recorded his first career triple-double and sank a pair of go-ahead free throws with 9.7 seconds left as the short-handed Orlando Magic rallied past the Denver Nuggets, 122-120.
Banchero had 32 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists and hit four free throws in the final 34.6 seconds in a game the Magic trailed by as many as 18 points in the third quarter.
Jalen Suggs scored a career-high 27 points and Cole Anthony added 23 for Orlando, which avoided a winless four-game road trip despite playing without Markelle Fultz, Gary Harris, Wendell Carter Jr., Joe Ingles, Jonathan Isaac, Goga Bitadze and Franz Wagner.
Denver’s Jamal Murray had a chance to tie the game, but his 10-foot shot rimmed out at the buzzer.