LeBron James scored 47 points Tuesday, but his foul with 0.2 seconds left allowed Danny Granger to make the winning free throw, giving the Indiana Pacers a 96-95 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. It's the first time this season the Cavaliers have lost two straight games and this one was a surprise because the short-handed Pacers were missing three key players: Mike Dunleavy, Jeff Foster and Marquis Daniels. 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. Lakers 105, Thunder 98: At Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant showed no lingering effects from the flu, scoring 34 points and becoming the youngest player in NBA history to reach 23,000. Bryant had chills and fever and needed intravenous fluids at halftime of Sunday's game against the Cavaliers. Bryant made a free throw with 5:13 left in the second quarter to become the youngest player in NBA history with 23,000 points at 30 years, 171 days old. He joined 20 others in league history who've reached the mark. Pau Gasol had 22 points and 14 rebounds, and Lamar Odom had 12 points and a season-high 18 boards for the Lakers, just back from a 6-0 trip they concluded with wins against Boston and Cleveland. Kevin Durant finished with 31 points, his fifth 30-point game in a row, and 10 rebounds in the loss. Russell Westbrook had 17 points and nine rebounds. Spurs 108, Nets 93: At East Rutherford, New Jersey, Tim Duncan had 27 points, nine rebounds and eight assists as San Antonio beat New Jersey for the 13th straight time. Matt Bonner scored 13 of his 22 points in the opening 5 minutes of the third quarter in helping the Spurs win for the 15th time in 19 games since the start of 2009. Tony Parker added 20 points. Devin Harris added 21 points for New Jersey and Brook Lopez added 18 points. Nuggets 99, Heat 82: At Miami, Chauncey Billups scored 13 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, Carmelo Anthony finished with 19 points and nine rebounds, and Denver, swept the series with Miami for the fourth consecutive year. Hawks 111, Wizards 90: At Atlanta, Joe Johnson scored 22 points as Atlanta downed Washington to bounce back emphatically from its worst loss of the seasons Atlanta raced to a 9-1 lead before most of the sparse crowd had even settled into its seats. Raptors 110, Timberwolves 102: At Minneapolis, Jason Kapono, the two-time defending 3-point contest champion, scored 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting as a reserve as Toronto beat Minnesota. Mavericks 118, Kings 100: At Dallas, Josh Howard and Antoine Wright both had 23 points, Dirk Nowitzki had 21 and J.J. Barea had 10 as Dallas beat Sacramento. Bulls 107, Pistons 102: At Chicago, Ben Gordon converted the go-ahead four-point play, and Derrick Rose and Tyrus Thomas made strong contributions late as Chicago rallied past Detroit. Warriors 144, Knicks 127: At Oakland, California, Stephen Jackson had a season-high 35 points, 10 assists and six rebounds, and Jamal Crawford added 21 points against his former team as Golden State downed New York.
