NBA ROUNDUP Monday’s games

Pacers 105, Heat 85

INDIANAPOLIS — Jermaine O’Neal scored nine points after sitting out for more than two months with a knee injury. O’Neal shot 3-for-4 from the field and 3-for-4 from the free-throw line in 18 minutes. He had missed 33 straight games with a bone bruise, and the Pacers went 12-21 during that stretch. Danny Granger led Indiana with 23 points and Mike Dunleavy added 18 as the Pacers won their second straight and their sixth of eight to remain contenders for an Eastern Conference playoff spot. Indiana entered the game three games behind Atlanta for eighth place in the East. Daequan Cook led Miami with 16 points and Kasib Powell and Chris Quinn both scored 15. The Heat have the league’s worst record (13-61), and remained in danger of producing the worst mark in franchise history. The Heat went 15-67 in their inaugural season in 1988-89.

Raptors 104, Bobcats 100

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chris Bosh scored 32 points and Toronto remained alone in sixth place in the Eastern Conference. Bosh hit 13 of 16 free throws and added eight rebounds and five assists for the Raptors, who won for the third time in four games to pull a game ahead of idle Philadelphia in the playoff race. Anthony Parker added 20 points and T.J. Ford added 15, including the clinching free throw with 1.9 seconds left for the Raptors. Jason Richardson scored 18 of his 26 points in the first half, Gerald Wallace scored 20 points and Emeka Okafor had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Bobcats.

Hawks 116, Grizzlies 99

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Josh Smith had 26 points, eight rebounds and six assists as Atlanta led by 38 in the third quarter. Memphis opened the fourth with 13 consecutive points, part of a 23-4 run that made the game more interesting, and forced Atlanta to put its starters back in the game. Al Horford and Joe Johnson scored 19 points apiece for Atlanta, and Mike Bibby had 17, Josh Childress 14 and Marvin Williams 12. Johnson also had eight assists and Bibby seven. Rudy Gay led Memphis with 29 points, while Juan Carlos Navarro and Kyle Lowry finished with 17 each.

Associated Press