Hub-bound Kings lose to Pacers
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 17 points to lead a balanced Indiana offense and help the Pacers to a 101-83 rout of the Sacramento Kings last night in Indianapolis.
The Pacers scored the first nine points and built a 55-30 lead at the half on the Kings, who will be at the Garden tonight to close a back-to-back set with a game against the Celtics. Sacramento hasn’t won in Boston in 10 years.
Indiana second-year forward Domantas Sabonis, coming off a personal-best 22 points and 12 rebounds in Sunday’s win against the San Antonio Spurs, had a doubledouble in the first half against Sacramento with 10 points and 12 rebounds. He finished with a career-high 16 rebounds in addition to 12 points and five assists.
Rookie guard De’Aaron Fox led the Kings off the bench with 18 points.
Five different players have led Sacramento in scoring in seven games. This was the third time Fox has had the most points for the Kings, who have been out-rebounded in each of their six losses by a combined 283-198.
Suns 122, Nets 114 — In New York, Devin Booker scored 32 points, Mike James added 24 and Phoenix rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Brooklyn.
T.J. Warren scored 14 of his 20 points during the final period for the Suns, who squandered an 18-point lead in the third quarter when the Nets went on a 17-0 run. Phoenix seemed out of it after Ronda Hollis-Jefferson’s basket gave Brooklyn a 106-98 lead with 6:35 left in the fourth. But the Suns quickly answered with a 24-8 run for their first win on their five-game road trip.
D’Angelo Russell scored 33 points and Hollis-Jefferson had 21 for the Nets, who have lost three straight after beating the Cleveland Cavaliers last Wednesday at home.
A moment of silence was held before the national anthem at Barclays Center after a man in a pickup truck mowed down pedestrians near the World Trade Center memorial, killing at least eight and seriously injuring 11.
Thunder 110, Bucks 91 — Paul George scored 20 points, and Oklahoma City owned the paint during a 16-0 run to take control early in a win against host Milwaukee.
Russell Westbrook had 12 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, while Carmelo Anthony scored eight of his 17 points in the pivotal first quarter.
The Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo had 28 points on 9-of-14 shooting. But the NBA’s scoring leader spent much of the first quarter on the bench with two fouls, and the Bucks struggled from the 3-point line, opening 1-of-14. No other Buck scored in double figures.
Lakers 113, Pistons 93 — Julius Randle scored 17 points, Lonzo Ball added 13 and host Los Angeles beat Detroit.
Larry Nance Jr. had 14 points and 12 rebounds for his third double-double for the Lakers, who had lost the previous three games against the Pistons. Brandon Ingram and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope each had 13 points.
Elsewhere in the NBA — Cleveland Cavaliers reserve guard Iman Shumpert could miss another week with a sore right knee. The team said tests didn’t reveal any structural damage, and he will miss 5-7 days . . . .
Joe Johnson of the Utah Jazz will miss at least two weeks with a right wrist injury . . . .
The Memphis Grizzlies exercised the fourth-year contract option on Jarell Martin.