Baseline to Baseline recaps: Pacers win with offense. Again.

Welcome to PBT’s roundup of yesterday’s NBA games. Or, what you missed while watching a toddler drain trick shot after trick shot…

Lakers 92, Nets 83: Up until this game I was still sure the Lakers were not a playoff team, that the recent streak would not be enough for the hole they dug. But they pushed through adversity in this game and it’s the first time I said “maybe.” They may have to do it all without Pau Gasol for a while, but they looked like a team that could. Brett Pollakoff broke the game down for us.

Rockets 140, Warriors 109: Houston tied the NBA record by hitting 23 three-pointers. But really it got interesting at the end when Warriors coach Mark Jackson made sure his players knew not to let that become 24. D.J. Foster broke the game down for us.

Pacers 114, Hawks 103: On the season, the Pacers have won with as good a defense as there is in the NBA making up for an offense that scores just a point a possession (22nd in the league, according to NBA.com). But Monday night against the Bulls the Pacers scored at a 120 points per 100 possessions pace, and that carried over to Tuesday night against the Hawks when it was 114.5. Indy has broken into triple digits in five of their last six games. Keep that up while still paying defense and the Pacers become a real threat.

The Pacers took control of the game in the third quarter, which was when Paul George scored 11 of his 29 points, then George added another 11 in the fourth. The Pacers bench — D.J. Augustin and Ian Mahinmi in particular — helped the Pacers push out that lead in the third. We saw some good play from Roy Hibbert as well, a good sign if you are a Pacers fan. That is 15 straight wins at home for the Pacers.

The strangest part of this game was the 10 minute delay in the third quarter while referees Bill Kennedy, Josh Tiven, and Scott Wall tried to make one call. Augustin had the ball on the right wing and drove, and the Hawks Al Horford came over to cut off his drive. Augustin stepped around him but to create space elbowed Horford in the gut, then Horford came down with both of his arms hard. So was the foul on Augustin for the initial elbow or Horford for the hard foul after? The refs watched the video and gave a technical to Augustin and a flagrant I to Horford. It was a strange call that left nobody happy.

Nuggets 112, Bucks 104: The Bucks led this pretty much the entire way and looked in control until Denver closed the game on a 19-4 run to get the win. Danilo Gallinari had 8 of his 22 in the fourth quarter, including one crazy trick shot during the comeback that was the sure sign this was Denver’s night after all. But it really was the Nuggets defense down the stretch that was key for them — faced with ball pressure the Bucks went away from the ball movement that worked all game for them and fell to isolation ball.

But the best player on the floor for the night was Samuel Dalembert, who had a career high 35 points plus pulled down 12 boards. It looked like he was going to carry the Bucks to victory, but then Denver’s late surge changed that. Ty Lawson also had 22 for Denver.

Suns 96, Grizzlies 90: This game was tied 88-88 with two minutes to go and that’s when the Memphis just came apart. Marc Gasol had fouled out and Darrell Arthur had an ugly turnover, some missed defensive assignments and generally looked like a guys who shot 1-of-10 on the night. Why do the Grizzlies seem to ignore Zach Randolph at the end of games? Meanwhile Goran Dragic kept attacking — he had 15 points in the fourth quarter and was the difference maker late making baskets and drawing fouls. Marcin Gortat chipped in 20 for the Suns.