James’ late foul costs Cavs in loss

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — LeBron James scored 47 points Tuesday night, but his foul with 0.2 seconds left allowed Danny Granger to make the winning free throw, giving the Pacers a 96-95 victory over Cleveland.

It’s the first time this season the Cavaliers have lost two straight games and this one was a surprise because the short-handed Pacers were missing three key players: Mike Dunleavy, Jeff Foster and Marquis Daniels.

The foul ended a bizarre sequence in which T.J. Ford appeared to hit a winning 17-foot fadeaway with 0.8 seconds left. But James drew a foul on an alley-oop and made both free throws with 0.4 seconds to go.

Then the Pacers tried the same play to Granger, and James was called for a foul. Granger hit the first and deliberately missed the second to seal it.

Story appears in Wednesday’s edition.