The Lakers also got little from their frontcourt as Kwame Brown finished with just two points and two rebounds. Brown was called for his third foul only 16 seconds after checking back into the game in the second.
In his second consecutive strong game, guard Smush Parker delighted the crowd, matching his career-high with 21 points and pestering Nash on defense. Parker signed two 10-day contracts with Phoenix last season.
Pacers 105, Heat 102
Jermaine O'Neal scored 27 points, six of them in the final three minutes, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Miami Heat 105-102 on Thursday despite blowing a 14-point lead in the second half.
Ron Artest added 22 for the Pacers, who have won 13 of their last 14 regular-season meetings with Miami.
Dwyane Wade had 31 points and 10 assists for the Heat, but his potentially game-tying 3-pointer rattled out as the final buzzer sounded. Shaquille O'Neal had 18 points and six rebounds before leaving midway through the fourth quarter with a sprained right ankle.
Jamaal Tinsley had 13 points, and Austin Croshere and Stephen Jackson each had 11 for Indiana. Udonis Haslem had 14 points while Antoine Walker and Alonzo Mourning each scored 12 for Miami.
Miami led only once, when Haslem made the game's first basket.
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