Trail Blazers 139, Pacers 129

On a night when he set another franchise mark, Damian Lillard's thoughts weren't on his game.

They were on Kobe Bryant.

Lillard had 50 points and 13 assists, becoming the first Portland player with 40-plus points in three straight games, and the Trail Blazers beat Indiana on a Sunday marked by grief over the death of the NBA great.

“I think it was the right decision for us to go out there and compete today in his honor. I think that's what he would have wanted," Lillard said. "Obviously, throughout the game you think about it. The timeouts, and just random dead moments of the game, he's on your mind, because it's just such an unfortunately sad situation. It was a tough game to play as far as your energy and where your heart is, to say the least.”

The Trail Blazers honored Bryant with 24 seconds of silence before the game, and the team took a 24-second shot-clock violation at the start before the Pacers took an eight-second timeline penalty, recognizing Bryant's jersey numbers. Several fans at the Moda Center wore Lakers jerseys, saluting a player who spent his entire career with rival Los Angeles.

CJ McCollum returned after a three-game absence because of an ankle injury and added 28 points for the Blazers (20-27). Hassan Whiteside had 21 points and 14 rebounds.

Domantas Sabonis, whose father Arvydas played for the Blazers, had 27 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds for the Pacers in his second career triple-double. His first came last Sunday at Denver.

“We’ve been having a lot of injuries all year so I just wanted to come out, be aggressive and help the team any way I can," Sabonis said.

Indiana (30-17) hasn't won in Portland since the 2007-08 season, a streak of 11 games.

But there was a pall over the game because of the helicopter crash earlier Sunday that killed Bryant, one of his daughters, and seven others in Southern California. Both coaches spoke about Bryant before the game.

“Anytime you played against him, you knew you were going to get his best effort. That’s just the way he played the game," Blazers coach Terry Stotts said.

Pacers coach Nate McMillan was an assistant for U.S. national teams that featured Bryant in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. A former coach of the Trail Blazers, McMillan recalled how Bryant once scored 65 points against Portland.

“He’s a guy that, as he was growing up, I think there was that commercial, `I want to be like Mike.’ He wanted to be like Mike. And now he has young kids saying, `I want to be like Kobe,'" McMillan said. ``I had the opportunity 2008, 2012, to see those great guys, Kobe, Wade and LeBron, work. And he really set the example in 2008 for how he prepared, and how the world respected him — the attention he got in Beijing. It was unreal to see how those fans there treated him and respected him."

NBA veteran Carmelo Anthony, who finished with 14 points for the Blazers, choked up while talking about Bryant after the game. They were teammates on the Olympic team and had spoken just a few days ago.

“Our friendship, our relationship, was deeper than basketball," Anthony said. "It was family. It was friendship. Basketball was the last piece of connective tissue between us two.”

The Pacers were without starter Malcolm Brogdon, who missed his second straight game in concussion protocol after taking an elbow against Phoenix on Wednesday. Indiana center Myles Turner also sat out because of illness.

Lillard hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to end the first quarter and give the Blazers a 36-27 lead. Whiteside's alley-oop dunk from Lillard put the Blazers up 57-49 late in the half, and Portland had a 66-56 lead at the break.

Whiteside had another dunk off a pass from Anthony and added a free throw to put the Blazers up 93-76. Portland led by as many as 21 but Indiana closed to 103-96 at the end of the third quarter.

Lillard led all scorers with 23 points at halftime. Earlier in the week, Lillard scored a franchise-record 61 points in an overtime win against the Warriors. He has also made eight or more 3-pointers in his last three games, joining Golden State star Stephen Curry as the only NBA players with as many over three games.

Jeremy Lamb finished with 28 points for Portland.

Clippers 112, Magic 97

Kawhi Leonard scored 15 of his 31 points in a big third quarter and Los Angeles beat Orlando.

Leonard scored seven straight points for the Clippers in the quarter to help Los Angeles stretch a four-point lead to 10 as they pulled away to their sixth win in seven games.

Landry Shamel and Montrezl Harrell scored 19 points each for the Clippers. Leonard had 14 rebounds, leading Los Angeles to a 53-45 advantage.

Michael Carter-Williams led Orlando with 15 points.

Hawks 152, Wizards 133

Trae Young had 45 points and 14 assists in an emotional game for the first-time All-Star, helping Atlanta beat Washington.

Young looked up toward the rafters several times to honor Kobe Bryant, his mentor and favorite NBA star who died in a helicopter crash earlier in the day. Young wore a No. 8 jersey to acknowledge Bryant during the first few seconds of the game and dressed up his shoes with a heartfelt tribute as well.

De'Andre Hunter finished with 25 points, and Kevin Huerter added 18 for Atlanta,

Bradley Beal scored 40 points for Washington.

Raptors 110, Spurs 106

Pascal Siakam scored 35 points to lead Toronto past San Antonio.

The teams each dribbled out the 24-second shot clock in remembrance of the No. 24 worn by Kobe Bryant, the former NBA great killed in a helicopter crash at age 41.

Kyle Lowry added 16 points to help Toronto win its seventh straight game.

DeMar DeRozan and Derrick White led San Antonio with 14 points each.

Nuggets 117, Rockets 110

Nikola Jokic had 24 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists for his ninth triple-double of the season and Jerami Grant scored a season-high 25 points in Denver's victory over Houston.

The Nuggets held a moment of silence before the tip-off, with fans chanting, "Kobe! Kobe!" right after.

Russell Westbrook scored 22 of his 32 points in the second half for Houston. James Harden sat out with a bruised left thigh.

Grizzlies 114, Suns 109

Ja Morant scored 14 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter to help Memphis hold off Phoenix.

Playing hours after news that former NBA star Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter accident, the Grizzlies won the opening tip and immediately took a 24-second clock violation. When the Suns took possession, they stayed in the backcourt for an 8-second violation — the 24 and 8 representing Bryant’s two numbers during his NBA career. As the Memphis crowd rose in appreciation of Bryant, they began chanting “Kobe! Kobe!"

Jaren Jackson Jr. and Dillon Brooks finished with 20 points each for Memphis. Devin Booker led the Suns with 36 points, and Kelly Oubre Jr. added 27 points.