LeBRON James tipped in the game-winning layup as time expired, giving the visiting Los Angeles Lakers a 120-119 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis on Wednesday.

James, who didn't connect on a field goal until the fourth quarter, finished with 13 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists for the Lakers (44-28), who snapped a three-game losing streak.

Trailing by three with five minutes left, Los Angeles went on an 11-2 run that was stamped with a triple by Rui Hachimura with 1:51 remaining. The Pacers then retook the lead with seven straight points, including a Tyrese Haliburton three-point play to grab a 119-118 edge with 42 seconds left.

After Bennedict Mathurin missed a 3-pointer, Luka Doncic's missed floater was put back in by James at the buzzer.

Doncic had 34 points, seven boards and seven assists for Los Angeles, while Austin Reaves scored 24 and Hachimura added 14.

Indiana (42-30) was led by Mathurin's 23 points off the bench and Haliburton's 16 points and 18 assists. Myles Turner contributed with 16 points and 12 rebounds for Indiana, which had its five-game winning streak come to an end, and Andrew Nembhard finished with 16 points.

Trailing by 13 at halftime, Indiana trimmed its deficit to seven on Turner's triple. Doncic's layup later pushed the Lakers' lead to 83-73, but a 13-5 Pacers spurt was capped by triples from Mathurin and Aaron Nesmith to pull Indiana within two.

Nembhard's basket on Indiana's final possession sent the Pacers into the final quarter with a 95-92 deficit.

James' first two field goals came on consecutive trips at the beginning of the fourth, with his second basket forcing an Indiana timeout down 101-92. James then continued his run with four more points before Mathurin scored eight as part of Indiana's 13-0 run, tying the game at 105 at the 6:05 mark.

Just over a minute later, Turner's trey gave the Pacers their first lead since the opening minute of the second quarter.

Indiana took a 33-28 lead into the second quarter, but the Lakers opened the second on a 15-0 run. Nembhard's three-point play stopped the bleeding for Indiana, but Reaves then scored 10 of the Lakers' next 12 points, helping give Los Angeles a 55-43 edge with less than five minutes left in the first half.

Mathurin scored the Pacers' final six points of the first half, but Jaxson Hayes' dunk with 11 seconds remaining gave the Lakers a 68-55 halftime lead.

Meanwhile, Kristaps Porzingis recorded 30 points and eight rebounds and Jaylen Brown added 24 points to help the Boston Celtics roll to a 132-102 dismantling of the host Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.

Porzingis and Brown each made four 3-pointers while playing just three quarters and Boston matched a season best with its seventh straight win. The Celtics (54-19) have won 12 of their past 13 games and are 4-0 on a six-game road trip.

Boston cruised despite All-Star Jayson Tatum sitting out with a sprained left ankle.

Al Horford had 16 points and 10 rebounds, Derrick White added 16 points and seven assists and Jrue Holiday also scored 16 points for the Celtics, who have won 14 of their past 15 away contests. Boston trails the first-place Cleveland Cavaliers by 4 1/2 games in the Eastern Conference race.

Kevin Durant scored 30 points in three quarters for the Suns, who had a four-game winning streak halted in the finale of a five-game homestand. Phoenix (35-38) is tied with Dallas for the final Western Conference play-in spot. The Sacramento Kings are a half-game ahead of the Suns and the Mavericks.

Devin Booker added 14 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds and Nick Richards scored 10 points for the Suns, who played without Bradley Beal (strained left hamstring) for the fifth straight game.

Boston made 22 of 52 3-point attempts (42.3 percent) and shot 50.6 percent overall. Sam Hauser scored 11 off the bench for the Celtics.

Phoenix connected on 41.4 percent of its shots and was 13 of 41 (31.7 percent) from behind the arc.

The Celtics didn't miss Tatum as they never trailed. Boston knocked down seven 3-pointers over the first 4:11 of the game for a 21-9 lead, and the Celtics finished with 10 treys in the period. Holiday netted Boston's first 2-point basket with four minutes left in the quarter.

Durant scored 16 points in the period to help Phoenix trail 42-38.

The Celtics used a 27-6 run in the second quarter to open up a 25-point lead. Boston scored 15 straight to end the burst with Porzingis' layup making it 73-48 with 1:41 left in the half.

Boston led 73-54 at the break behind 17 points from Porzingis. Durant scored 20 in the half for the Suns.

Phoenix trailed 77-61 after a basket by Durant with 9:26 left in the third quarter before the Celtics scored 19 of the next 25 points. Luke Kornet's dunk culminated the run to make it 96-67 with 4:47 remaining.

Porzingis drained a 3-pointer and added a short jumper to boost Boston's lead to 106-72 with 2:45 left in the third, and the Celtics continued to lead comfortably.

REUTERS