Pacers halt Cavaliers 13-game win streak, Durant rises again

Victor Oladipo tallied 33 points as the Indiana Pacers snapped theCleveland Cavaliers’ NBA-leading 13-game win streak with a 106-102victory on Friday.The Pacers drained 15 three point shots to end the run by the Cavaliers,who were trying to set a franchise record with 14 straight wins. “It was a good streak. We came in here and got beat, so it’s time to start a new one,” said coach Tyronn Lue.Oladipo made six of 13 from beyond the arc and Myles Turner finishedwith 15 points for Indiana. LeBron James paced the Cavaliers with 29points on 12-of-22 shooting and also had 10 rebounds and eight assists.Kevin Love added 20 points and J.R. Smith 15 for the Cavaliers.“Listen, it was a good streak,” said James. “We never talked about it,we just played each game, executed each game. Streaks are meant to bebroken, obviously. “We came in and we knew this was going to be a tough game for us,they’ve been playing extremely well at home. But we gave ourselves achance. That’s all you can ask for. “Best thing about this league is most of the time you’ve got another game in less than 24 hours. We definitely have that.” Cleveland dropped to 18-8 on the season but they will get an opportunityto regroup Saturday at home against Philadelphia, a team they beat113-91 for win number eight of the streak.Elsewhere, Kevin Durant carried the undermanned Warriors on his back forthe second straight game, finishing with 36 points as Golden Statedefeated the Detroit Pistons 102-98.Durant also flirted with his second straight triple-double by adding 10rebounds and seven assists as the Warriors won their sixth straight. OnWednesday against Charlotte, he finished with 35 points, 11 rebounds and10 assists. The Warriors became the 11th team in league history tosweep a six-game road trip. The last team to achieve that feat was theLos Angeles Lakers during the 2008-09 season. Golden State was playingits second straight game without two-time MVP Stephen Curry, who willmiss at least two weeks with a right ankle sprain. “We are missing points. We can’t wait for him to get back,” said Durant of Curry. Golden State is dealing with a number of injuries but got some good newsFriday as Draymond Green returned to the lineup and dished out 13assists. He missed the last game with a sore shoulder. Avery Bradley’s 25 points led the Pistons, who have lost five straight.  Ginobili to the rescueIn San Antonio, it was like a giant hand reached up and turned back theclock as 40-year-old veteran Manu Ginobili nailed a 26-footthree-pointer with five seconds to play to lift the San Antonio Spurs toa 105-102 victory over the Boston Celtics. The game was tied 102-102 after a basket by the Spurs’ LaMarcus Aldridgewith 92 seconds to play. Two Kyrie Irving misses, an Aldridge turnoverand a miss on a three by San Antonio’s Rudy Gay that Ginobili scooped upon the baseline with 25 seconds to play set the stage for hisgame-winner. “He’s one of the best players at the end of quarters I’veever seen,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens said of Argentina’s Ginobili. Rose back with Cavs, but might need ankle op Point Guard Derrick Rose, who rejoined his Cleveland Cavaliers teammatesthis week after time away to consider his NBA future, said he mightstill need ankle surgery.A sore left ankle, the latest in a litany of injuries for the 2011 NBAMost Valuable Player, had sidelined Rose on November 7, and he latertook an extended break as he weighed his options.He rejoined the team on Monday, and at the Cavs’ shootaround thankedclub management and his teammates for giving him time to reflect.“I would like to say thanks to the whole franchise - Koby (Altman, GM),the front office, the players, the coaches, the coaching staff - I’dlike to say thank you for allowing me my privacy to keep my right stateof mind and to keep my happiness,” he told reporters. But Rose said he wasn’t 100 percent certain that intensive rehabilitation would be enough to resolve a bone spur in his ankle.“I’ve got to go through rehab with trying to get my ankle right,” Rose said. “I’ve got a bone spur that I didn’t tell anybody, but I was just tryingto process all that myself. It’s all about first getting the area tocalm down and then strengthening your leg back up again. So, afterwards,we may have to have a procedure but who knows.”Rose, in his first season with the Cavaliers, denied that he had requested a trade while he was away.