Korver’s 3s fuel Cavs vs Pacers

INDIANAPOLIS – LeBron James wanted Kyle Korver on his team for one reason.

He knew the 35-year-old sharpshooter could still play, and now Korver is proving how valuable he can be.

Korver scored a season-high 29 points and James gave the Cleveland Cavaliers a second-half energy boost to help the defending champs erase a 15-point deficit and blow out the Indiana Pacers 132-117 on Wednesday night.

“I’ve been waiting for a game like this, where you get hot and you get some good corner looks,” Korver said. “I feel like I should have been shooting it better the last couple of weeks.”

The timing worked just fine for the Cavs.

Cleveland has won the first three games on a four-game road trip and six of its last seven overall.

Of course, James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love did their usual work.

Irving finished with 29 points and seven assists. James had 25 points, nine assists and six rebounds, and Love had 14 points and 10 rebounds.

In Milwaukee, Miami extended its winning streak to 12 games with a 106-88 win over the hard-luck Milwaukee, which lost young forward Jabari Parker to a sprained left knee.

In other results, Sacramento upended Boston, 89-79; San Antonio held off Philadelphia, 111-103; Washington survived Brooklyn, 114-110; Atlanta trounced Denver, 117-106; Memphis routed Phoenix, 110-91; Utah whipped New Orleans, 127-94; Minnesota outlasted Toronto, 112-109; the Los Angeles Clippers thwarted the New York Knicks, 119-115; the Detroit Pistons blasted the Los Angeles Lakers, 121-102; and the Golden State Warriors smothered the Chicago Bulls, 123-92.