Associated Press
The NBA roundup …
INDIANAPOLIS ó LeBron James scored 47 points Tuesday night, but his foul with 0.2 seconds left allowed Danny Granger to make the winning free throw, giving the Pacers a 96-95 victory over Cleveland.
It’s the first time this season the Cavaliers have lost two straight games.
The foul ended a bizarre sequence in which T.J. Ford appeared to hit a winning 17-foot fadeaway with 0.8 seconds left. But James drew a foul on an alley-oop and made both free throws with 0.4 seconds to go.
Then the Pacers tried the same play to Granger, and James was called for a foul he strongly disagreed with. Granger hit the first and deliberately missed the second to seal it.
Spurs 108, Nets 93
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. ó Tim Duncan had 27 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and the Spurs beat the Nets for the 13th straight time.
Matt Bonner scored 13 of his 22 points in the opening five minutes of the third quarter in helping the Spurs win for the 15th time in 19 games since the start of 2009.
Mavericks 118, Kings 100
DALLAS ó The Mavericks were just fine in their first game without injured Jason Terry. Josh Howard and Antoine Wright both had 23 points, Dirk Nowitzki had 21 and J.J. Barea had 10 as the fill-in for sixth-man standout Terry.
The Kings (11-42) became the first NBA team guaranteed to have a losing season ó and they still have 29 games remaining. Sacramento is 2-13 since winning at home on Jan. 11.
Nuggets 99, Heat 82
MIAMI ó Chauncey Billups scored 13 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, Carmelo Anthony finished with 19 points and nine rebounds, and the Nuggets swept the series with Miami for the fourth consecutive year.
Hawks 111, Wizards 90
ATLANTA ó The Hawks bounced back emphatically from their worst loss of the season. Joe Johnson scored 22 points and the Hawks shook off an embarrassing home defeat to the Clippers.
Raptors 110, T’wolves 102
MINNEAPOLIS ó Jason Kapono, the two-time defending 3-point contest champion, scored 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting as a reserve.