nba roundup Tuesday’s games

Pacers 89, Hawks 85

ATLANTA

David West scored 22 points, Paul George added 18 and NBA-leading Indiana beat Atlanta. The Pacers snapped a 12-game regular-season losing streak in Atlanta while improving the league’s best record to 38-10. Atlanta failed to place a starter in double figures. It had won two straight and five of seven. Jeff Teague and Kyle Korver had nine points apiece for the Hawks, but All-Star forward Paul Millsap went 2 for 11 from the field and finished with seven points.

Timberwolves 109, Lakers 99

MINNEAPOLIS

Kevin Love had 31 points and 17 rebounds for Minnesota, spoiling Steve Nash’s return for languishing Los Angeles and leading the Timberwolves to a victory that stuck the Lakers with their seventh straight defeat. Kevin Martin scored 14 of his season-high-tying 32 points in the opening 10 minutes to help the Timberwolves start strong, and the NBA’s highest-scoring first-quarter team surged to a 25-point lead midway through the second period. Nash had been sidelined since Nov. 10 because of nerve problems in his back. The soon-to-be-40-year-old two-time league MVP had seven points and nine assists in 25 minutes, about 10 more than he was supposed to play.

Bulls 101, Suns 92

PHOENIX

Carlos Boozer had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and Chicago beat Phoenix. The Bulls shot 45 percent from the field and had five players score in double figures, bouncing back from an ugly 99-70 loss at Sacramento on Monday. The Bulls shot 28 percent and were outrebounded 53-30 against the Kings. One night later, it was a completely different story. Jimmy Butler and D.J. Augustin had 18 points apiece for the Bulls, who led 44-33 at the break.

Associated Press