Ivica Zubac had 23 points and 16 rebounds, and the visiting Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Toronto Raptors 124-113 on Tuesday night.

Paul George added 23 points for the Clippers, who have won two in a row after their overtime victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday.

Former Raptor Norman Powell scored 11 of his 22 points in the third quarter for the Clippers, who are 2-1 on a five-game road trip. Reggie Jackson added 20 points, former Raptor Kawhi Leonard had 15 points, seven rebounds and eight assists and Marcus Morris Sr. scored 10 points.

Pascal Siakam scored 36 points for the Raptors, who had won their two previous games. Gary Trent Jr. added 20 points, O.G. Anunoby scored 18, Scottie Barnes had 17 points and 12 rebounds and Malachi Flynn scored 10 points off the bench.

Toronto guard Fred VanVleet left the game during the third quarter with a stiff back and did not return. He had four points.

The Clippers led by 15 points entering the fourth quarter. Nicolas Batum’s 3-pointer increased the lead to 23 points with 9:14 left to play. Siakam’s layup capped an 8-0 Toronto run that cut the lead to 15 points with 6:45 left and Flynn’s 3-pointer cut the lead to 12 with 4:15 remaining, but the Raptors could never fully mount a comeback.

Toronto led 29-27 after one quarter.

Powell’s layup gave the Clippers a six-point lead with 8:45 remaining in the second quarter. Toronto led by two points on Trent’s 12-footer with 2:07 to play before the break. Jackson gave the Clippers a four-point lead with a layup with 45.3 seconds left, and Los Angeles led 60-56 at halftime.

George banked in a 7-footer to give the Clippers a nine-point lead with 8:40 remaining in the third quarter. The lead reached 14 with 5:03 left on George’s 3-pointer before Los Angeles went on to take a 97-82 advantage into the final period.

John Wall (left knee injury management) did not play for the Clippers.

–Field Level Media

Buddy Hield and Tyrese Haliburton combined to score 51 points and the Indiana Pacers beat visiting Atlanta 129-114 on Tuesday in Indianapolis to break a four-game losing streak against the Hawks.

It was Indiana’s first victory over Atlanta since May 6, 2021. The Hawks swept the four-game series last season. The Pacers have won three of their last four games overall.

Hield scored 28 points, 15 of them in the first half. He hit 11 of 16 shots, including six 3-pointers, and grabbed nine rebounds. Haliburton scored 23 points, 16 in the second half, hitting 9 of 16 from the field, and added seven assists.

Myles Turner and Bennedict Mathurin each scored 18 points and Oshae Brissett added 16 for the Pacers.

Atlanta was led by John Collins, who scored a season-high 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his seventh double-double before fouling out. It was the most points scored by Collins in the four games since he returned from an ankle injury that cost him eight games.

Trae Young tallied 22 points and 10 assists before leaving the game with 3:51 to play with a left calf contusion. Young was taken to the locker room for examination and did not return. Bogdan Bogdanovic added 18 points and Dejounte Murray scored 14.

Atlanta played without starters Clint Capela (right calf strain) and De’Andre Hunter (left ankle).

The Pacers led 30-27 after one quarter and stretched it to 15 points when Mathurin converted a three-point play with 4:05 left. They led 64-54 at halftime.

Indiana was ahead by 16 in the third quarter (90-74) and had a 96-86 advantage going into the fourth quarter. Atlanta cut the deficit to 103-97 on a basket by Collins at 8:51, but the Pacers went on a 17-3 run and took a 20-point lead with 5:54 left.

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Jaylen Brown scored 39 points and Jayson Tatum added 38 to become the NBA’s second 1,000-point scorer this season as the host Boston Celtics coasted past the Houston Rockets 126-102 on Tuesday night.

Boston shot 47.3 percent for the game and was 20 of 56 (35.7 percent) from long range, setting a franchise record for most 3-point attempts in a regulation game. Brown and Tatum each hit six triples.

Robert Williams III had 11 points and 15 rebounds while Tatum added eight rebounds and four assists in Boston’s third straight win.

Jalen Green had a team-high 28 points and Kevin Porter Jr. contributed 22 points and nine assists for the Rockets, who have lost six of their past seven games.

The Celtics, who led by seven at halftime, were in front 92-81 after the third quarter. Boston’s Grant Williams sank back-to-back 3-pointers and Malcolm Brogdon (six points, eight assists) fed Robert Williams for a dunk to cap an 8-0 run before Green drilled a quarter-ending trey for Houston.

Boston crossed over the 100-point marker with a 9-3 run to begin the fourth, including another Brogdon-to-Robert Williams connection.

Houston got back within 10 after Jabari Smith Jr. and Porter sank 3-pointers, but Marcus Smart, Brown and Tatum all hit from deep in succession, forcing a Rockets timeout with 4:32 left in a 113-97 game.

The Celtics had a 34-21 scoring edge in the fourth.

A Brown steal and Tatum windmill dunk came during a quick 7-2 stretch that put an exclamation point on Boston’s eighth straight home win against Western Conference foes dating back to last season.

The Rockets carried on the momentum of their Monday win at Chicago, jumping out to a 13-5 lead after Smith and Kenyon Martin Jr. (17 points) hit back-to-back treys.

Boston responded with a 10-2 run, and soon after, a Robert Williams tip-in gave the Celtics their first lead at 19-18.

Al Horford’s 3-pointer punctuated a 6-0 spurt to finish a second quarter that featured five ties and four lead changes. The Celtics led 56-49 at the break.

Green was busy trying to keep Houston in it in the third, going 7 of 9 from the field and scoring 18 points during the frame.

–Field Level Media

Kristaps Porzingis collected 24 points and 10 rebounds as the host Washington Wizards overcame Joel Embiid’s 48-point performance in a 116-111 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.

Bradley Beal scored 19 points and Kyle Kuzma and Rui Hachimura each added 14 to send the Wizards to their third win in four games following a 10-game losing skid.

Corey Kispert, Daniel Gafford and Monte Morris each had eight points, and Deni Avdija added seven off the bench in his return from a two-game absence due to lower back soreness.

Embiid made 17 of 32 shots from the floor and 13 of 14 from the free-throw line for the 76ers, who were unsuccessful in overcoming a double-digit first-half deficit. As a result, they saw their season-high eight-game winning streak come to a halt.

Philadelphia’s James Harden recorded 26 points and 13 assists and Tobias Harris added 15 points.

Harden made three straight free throws, converted a three-point play and added a driving layup as the 76ers whittled a 16-point deficit down to two at 101-99 with 8:13 remaining in the fourth quarter. Harden later set up Embiid for an alley-oop dunk to bring Philadelphia within one at 108-107 with 2:59 to play.

Porzingis countered with a 3-pointer before Embiid made a free throw to keep the Sixers within one possession with 2:05 remaining.

Morris drained a pair of free throws and Porzingis added one to push Washington’s lead to 114-108 with 11.9 seconds left. Embiid responded with a 3-pointer to halve the deficit with six seconds left, but Avdija sank a pair of free throws to cap the scoring.

Hachimura made four baskets as Washington scored 23 of the first 35 points of the second quarter to secure a 55-42 lead. Philadelphia answered with a modest run as Embiid sandwiched layups around Harris’ three-point play, but Beal drained a step-back 3-pointer to push the Wizards’ advantage to 67-56 at halftime.

Beal recorded 11 points as the Wizards overcame both nine turnovers and an early scoring surge by Embiid to claim a 32-30 lead at the end of the first quarter. Embiid made 6 of 9 shots from the floor and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 16 points in the frame.

–Field Level Media

LeBron James scored 28 points to lead six players in double figures as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 129-110 win over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday.

Russell Westbrook recorded a triple-double with 15 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists, Thomas Bryant had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Troy Brown Jr. matched his season high with 15 points. Patrick Beverley scored 14 and Lonnie Walker IV added 10.

Markelle Fultz led Orlando with 16 points, while Wendell Carter Jr. and Franz Wagner scored 15 apiece. Terrence Ross scored 13, Moritz Wagner had 12 and Bol Bol chipped in 10.

Los Angeles never trailed after moving ahead 22-21 in the first quarter. The Lakers shot 54.4 percent from the field and 17 of 43 (39.5 percent) from 3-point range.

James scored 12 points in the third quarter to help put Los Angeles ahead 92-83 heading into the final period. He fell two points shy of extending his seven-game streak of at least 30 points.

Brown scored 11 points in the fourth quarter, including a 3-pointer that put the Lakers ahead 116-100 with 4:24 remaining.

Los Angeles ended the first quarter with a 33-27 lead after holding Orlando to 37.5 percent shooting.

The Lakers stretched their lead to 16 points before the Magic used a 9-3 run to pull within 61-51 at the half.

Bryant had 13 points and seven rebounds in the first half for Los Angeles, which shot 53.3 percent. Fultz scored 13 to lead the Magic.

After being outscored 51-21 in the third quarter of a 124-115 loss to Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, the Lakers were able to maintain their lead throughout the second half against the Magic.

Rookie Paolo Banchero was held to a season-low four points on 1-of-6 shooting for Orlando, which had won two straight and eight of the past nine.

Moritz Wagner had his streak of consecutive made free throws snapped at 39 after missing early in the second quarter. The streak tied for the third-longest in Magic history.

–Field Level Media