Pacers Down Suns, NBA Scores

The Indiana Pacers almost blew a 20-point second-half lead Tuesday night. In the end, the deficit was too large for struggling and short-handed Phoenix to close.

Monta Ellis scored 20 points, Paul George had 19 and the Pacers beat the Suns 97-94 to end a three-game losing streak.

George added eight rebounds and Myles Turner scored 15 points for Indiana.

"This was all about us getting a win and getting back to playing winning basketball," George said. "It was poor closing this game out. We've got to do a better job, but it was a good start to getting back to playing some defense."

Devin Booker had a career-high 32 points for the Suns, who lost for the 14th time in 15 games and fifth in a row. Brandon Knight added 21 points.

The Suns fought back to trail 95-92 with 3.8 seconds left after an off-balance 3-pointer by Knight, but they didn't have enough time to complete the comeback.

Tuesday, January 19 Scoreboard

Milwaukee 91, Miami 79

New Orleans 114, Minnesota 99

Oklahoma City 110, Denver 104

Indiana 97, Phoenix 94

Wednesday, January 20 Schedule (All Times Central)

Philadelphia at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Golden State at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Houston, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Portland, 9:30 p.m.