Indiana's bench scored 27 points before the break and the Pacers made 23 of 29 free throws in the first half.
"He was calling the people on the bench in between points to find out because they cut the TV signal in the hotel he is staying at, " Lopez revealed.
Though Raymond Felton continued his excellent series with 27 points Sunday, the Knicks' bench that had dominated Boston's managed only seven points.
Martin added 12 points off the bench for Oklahoma City, which moved to 28-4 at home.
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Dwight Howard added 20 points and 15 rebounds, and Jodie Meeks had 16 points off the bench as the Lakers' seven-game home winning streak ended.
The big difference in the first half was the play of Taj Gibson (5 of 6) and Marco Belinelli (3 of 4), who combined for 17 points off the bench before the break.
They used 11 points from tournament most outstanding player Mike Black to take a 28-20 halftime lead, but the remaining 17 points came off the bench.
Rallying around injured David Lee, who cheered on the bench in street clothes, the Warriors got 26 points from surprise starter Jarrett Jack, a career-high 24 from rookie Harrison Barnes in his debut at power forward and 21 from Klay Thompson.
The Clippers' bench started the fourth quarter and ran off eight straight points for the game's first double-digit lead, 81-71.
Senior guard Mike Black, the tournament's most outstanding player, led Albany with 14 points, while Luke Devlin came off the bench to add 12 on 6-for-6 shooting.
In his first five starts with the Knicks last month after emerging from the bench, Mr. Lin set an NBA record with 136 points.
"You feel helpless, " Harrison, the Big East's second-leading scorer at 19.8 points per game, said of sitting on the bench for the game's last 8:45.
Marco Belinelli scored 18 points and Jimmy Butler had 12 off Chicago's bench.
With the packed, yellow-clad cheering section behind their bench roaring and rolling, the Shockers stretched their lead to 13 points 1:48 before halftime even though Ohio State finally got some defensive stops, bodying up to Carl Hall and Wichita State's low-post offense.
Smith, this year's sixth-man award winner, usually comes off the bench and sparks his team in the second quarter (5.4 points).
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Brook Lopez scored 20 points through three quarters, then the Nets turned to their bench to beat the short-handed Bulls 93-89 on Friday night.
Thanks in large part to James Southerland, who scored 13 points in his first appearance in seven games, the Syracuse bench outscored the Red Storm reserves 21-11 and helped spell the difference.
At various points this week, manager Joe Girardi has looked down his bench and had to acknowledge a frightening reality that he was one minor injury away from having to play a position player at catcher.
In the Falcons' pre-season run-out against Rotherham, established names including last season's Premiership top points scorer Jimmy Gopperth and Micky Ward found themselves on the bench, while players such as Manning, Will Welch and former Toulon man Tim Ryan got the nod.
Durant's dunk sparked a string of seven straight points for Oklahoma City, and Harden never even came off the bench in the fourth quarter.
With Stoudemire (six points, 3-for-8 shooting) watching from the bench, Anthony and the Knicks twice pulled within three in the final minute, at 100-97, and then 103-100.
Markel Starks had 14 points and D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera added 13 off the bench, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer that sparked a game-turning run for the top-seeded Hoyas (25-5).
He scored 11 points on 5-for-7 shooting in 25 minutes off the bench.
Barnes played in 80 games, his most in three years, averaging 10.3 points and 4.6 rebounds in 25 minutes per game off the bench.
Miller came off the bench last night and went seven for eight from three point range, scoring more points than either Russell Westbrook or Dwyane Wade.
Rooney had to watch most of the match from the bench and his omission from the starting line-up will be one of the talking points from the game.
Jeremy Lin came off the bench of a Feb. 4, 2012, game against the Nets and scored 25 points, sparking the Knicks to a victory and sending himself on the way to becoming a global phenomenon.
Augustin had 16 points for the Pacers, who built a 16-point lead while Anthony was on the bench in foul trouble in the third quarter, and easily held on to spoil the Knicks' first second-round game since 2000.
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