Cavs bounce back to even series vs. Pacers

Cleveland

LeBron James scored 46 points and added 12 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers bounced back from a poor performance in the opener by holding off the Indiana Pacers 100-97 on Wednesday night to even their Eastern Conference series at one game apiece.

James scored the game's first 16 points and had 29 at halftime.

Indiana's Victor Oladipo missed a wide-open 3-pointer that would have tied it with 27 seconds left.

Kevin Love scored 15, but Cleveland's All-Star center injured his left hand, the same one he broke earlier this season, with 3:43 left.

Oladipo scored 22 points — he was in early foul trouble — and Myles Turner 18 for the Pacers.

Indiana clawed back from an 18-point deficit and was within 95-92 when Oladipo came free but missed maybe his easiest shot in two games. Game 3 is Friday night in Indianapolis.

Jazz 102, Thunder 95: Rookie Donovan Mitchell scored 13 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter to help Utah defeat Oklahoma City and tie their Western Conference playoff series at one game apiece. Derrick Favors had career playoff bests of 20 points and 16 rebounds for the Jazz, and Ricky Rubio had 22 points, nine assists and seven rebounds in the first playoff win of his seven-year career. Russell Westbrook had 19 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds for the Thunder.

Rockets 102, Timberwolves 82: Chris Paul had 27 points and Gerald Green came off the bench to score 21 as Houston used a 37-point second quarter to cruise past Minnesota and take a 2-0 lead in the first-round playoff series. Houston's James Harden had just 12 points as one of four Rockets who finished in double figures.

Note: The wife of San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has died. She was 67. The Spurs confirmed Erin Popovich's death Wednesday. The team didn't provide further details. The Popoviches have two children and two grandchildren.