Team Stats Knicks best Pacers to clinch East's No. Team Stats Sabonis sharp again at MSG, Pacers beat Knicks 121-106 Domantas Sabonis had 22 points and 15 rebounds to cap his sizzling season at Madison Square Garden, and the Indiana Pacers …

The Knicks have lost the last eight meetings.More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP-SportsBobby Marks lays out Vlade Divic's tenure as an executive with the Kings, which will long be remembered for leaving Luka Doncic on the board in the 2018 NBA draft.James Harden does it on both ends of the floor, stripping the ball away from Al Horford and then finishing in transition with an easy dunk.Norman Powell steals the inbounds pass and finds Paul Watson for the thunderous one-handed jam. Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points on 9-for-23 shooting against the rugged Indiana defense, and the New York Knicks clinched the No. McMillan thought Oladipo stiffened up after hitting the floor a couple times, but Oladipo said his back locked up after his body contorted when he was fouled taking a shot.He ended up playing 25 minutes and had a good finish to the first half, scoring Indiana's final five points. "Just trying to get lost in the game as best as I can, trying to get involved as best as I can," he said.McMillan repeatedly said the Pacers would have to be patient with Oladipo's reintroduction to the team, noting that most times when a player is out as long as he was, he comes back at the start of the season with a full training camp.But Oladipo is working his way back past the midway point of the season, a tough adjustment for a team sitting in sixth place in the Eastern Conference and with work to do if it hopes to earn home-court advantage in the first round.Indiana looked awful early, scoring just 15 points in the first quarter before breaking out for 36 in the second. Augustin assists)George Hill makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lance Stephenson assists)Lance Stephenson makes 25-foot three point jumper (George Hill assists)Lance Stephenson makes 25-foot three point jumper (George Hill assists)David West makes 6-foot two point shot (Paul George assists)Solomon Jones blocks Lance Stephenson 's 2-foot layupLance Stephenson makes 25-foot three point jumper (George Hill assists)Lance Stephenson misses 23-foot three point jumperLance Stephenson makes driving layup (Paul George assists)Roy Hibbert makes 4-foot jumper (Paul George assists)David West makes 10-foot jumper (Paul George assists)Jeff Pendergraph makes jumper (Paul George assists)Lance Stephenson misses 27-foot three point jumperLance Stephenson makes two point shot (Paul George assists)Carmelo Anthony makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pablo Prigioni assists)Raymond Felton makes driving layup (J.R. Smith assists)Chris Copeland makes jumper (Raymond Felton assists)Chris Copeland makes three point jumper (J.R. Smith assists)Chris Copeland makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)Iman Shumpert makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)Steve Novak makes 26-foot three point jumper (Iman Shumpert assists)Iman Shumpert makes 25-foot three point jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)Carmelo Anthony makes driving layup (Pablo Prigioni assists)Carmelo Anthony makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)Carmelo Anthony makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)Steve Novak makes 25-foot three point jumper (Raymond Felton assists)Chris Copeland makes jumper (Iman Shumpert assists)J.R. Smith makes three point jumper (Raymond Felton assists) The Pacers held on without him to beat the New York Knicks 106-98 on Friday night in their return from the All-Star break. Back spasms prevented Oladipo from playing the fourth quarter of what was the first game after his minutes restriction had been lifted.