Pacers win tight one over Jazz

Indiana’s Danny Granger scored 12 of his 16 points in a tightly contested fourth quarter, helping the Pacers to a 104-99 win over Utah Jazz in Tuesday’s NBA action.

Indiana led by seven points at the start of the last quarter before the Jazz scored eight straight to take a lead, but they were overtaken again by the hosts.

Darren Collison had 25 points, shooting 10 of 14 from the floor for the Pacers, and added five assists.

Paul Millsap had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Jazz.

In Miami, Dwyane Wade scored 26 points as Miami tuned up for a road trip with a 107-91 victory over Cleveland.

LeBron James added 24 against his former team as the Heat made it 11 wins from 13 games.

They will play five road games in the next seven days.

Antawn Jamison scored 25 points and had nine rebounds for Cleveland.

In Oakland, Kevin Durant hit a go-ahead bank shot with 14.2 seconds remaining, and the NBA-leading Oklahoma City clung on to edge Golden State 119-116.

Durant finished with 33 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and Russell Westbrook added 31 points and seven rebounds for the Thunder, who survived another thriller a night after beating Portland in overtime.

Monta Ellis scored a career-high 48 points for the Warriors while David Lee had 25 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his second career triple-double. However both Ellis and Brandon Rush both missed 3-pointers in the closing seconds to tie or take the lead.

Other winners included Minnesota, Phoenix and Boston.

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