NBA ROUNDUP : Miller’s Jumper Gives Pacers Winning Look

No words for Spike Lee this time. Only a look.

Reggie Miller shot a jumper from 20 feet out, watched it swish in, then turned and shot Lee, only feet away in his courtside seat, a triumphant glare as he headed back down the court.

The basket broke a 90-90 tie with 28.7 seconds left Tuesday night, and the Indiana Pacers went on to score a 94-90 victory over the New York Knicks, Indiana’s first victory in nine regular-season games at Madison Square Garden. It was the Pacers’ 47th victory of the season, tying a club record.

That’s not counting Game 5 of last year’s Eastern Conference finals when Miller scored 39 points to beat the Knicks and waged a trash-talking duel with Lee, the most vocal of the celebrities who sit courtside at the Garden.

Miller always gets pumped for playing in front of them. “This is Broadway, man,” he said. “All those stars in the front row.”

Miller just smiled when asked about his pointed look at Lee. The filmmaker was wearing the No. 3 jersey of John Starks, the player responsible for guarding Miller, who finished with 27 points.

Patrick Ewing led New York with 28 points.

OTHER GAMES

Karl Malone scored 26 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as the Utah Jazz snapped the Seattle SuperSonics’ seven-game winning streak, 114-92, at Salt Lake City. Gary Payton led Seattle with 26 points. . . . Donyell Marshall scored 28 points and Chris Mullin had 25 as part of his third career triple-double in the Golden State Warriors’ 122-114 victory over the Phoenix Suns at Oakland.

Glen Rice, who has led the Miami Heat in scoring for seven consecutive games, had 25 points as the Heat beat the Philadelphia 76ers, 95-92, at Miami. . . . Sherman Douglas scored 20 of his 24 points in the second half, helping the Boston Celtics overcome an early 15-point deficit and defeat the Cavaliers, 97-92, at Cleveland. Cavalier guard Terrell Brandon was carried off the floor with a stress fracture in his right leg.

Clifford Robinson scored a season-high 33 points at Portland as the Trail Blazers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 10th time in a row, 95-91. . . . Walt Williams scored 30 points to lead the Sacramento Kings to a 109-105 victory over the Houston Rockets at Sacramento.

NBA Notes

Seattle SuperSonic guard Kendall Gill, who quarreled with Coach George Karl for much of the season over playing time, was granted an indefinite leave from the team because of clinical depression. . . . Patrick Ewing and Derek Harper of the New York Knicks and Rick Mahorn of the New Jersey Nets were fined a total of $18,500 by the league. Mahorn received the biggest penalty, a $7,000 fine, for starting an altercation with Ewing in the Knicks’ 94-85 victory last Sunday. . . . The Boston Celtics’ Rick Fox had surgery on both ankles to remove bone spurs and will miss the rest of the season.