Cleveland ? The Indiana Pacers may have bigger problems than just finding a new team for Ron Artest.

With a proposed trade sending Artest to Sacramento apparently on hold, the Pacers scored just 28 points in the second half, lost Jermaine O’Neal to another injury and were drubbed, 96-66, by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night.

“We sure have had enough bad luck for a year,” said O’Neal, who may have torn a groin muscle in the fourth quarter. “I’m really, really concerned. I heard it pop. Hopefully, I won’t need surgery.”

O’Neal, who said he had felt tightness in the groin for weeks, also hurt his right shoulder and was playing on a tender left ankle. He limped to the locker room with 9:30 remaining, but by then the Cavaliers were ahead by 20.

LeBron James met with Oscar Robertson before the game and then flirted with a triple-double in front of the man who patented them.

Wearing white tights under his shorts, a look likely to be copied by kids everywhere, James scored 23 points with eight assists and seven rebounds for the Cavaliers, just back from a 1-5 trip to the West Coast.

“I’m 2-0 with them,” James said of the leggings. “I’m wearing them to keep warm so when I go to the bench it (his sore left knee) doesn’t stiffen up.”

Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal shoots over Cleveland's Drew Gooden. Gooden had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and the Cavaliers defeated the Pacers, 96-66, Tuesday in Cleveland.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 18 points, Sasha Pavlovic a season-high 16, and Drew Gooden 14 with 10 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who had little trouble with one of their Central Division rivals.

76ers 109, Kings 103

Philadelphia – Sacramento could have used either Ron Artest or Peja Stojakovic against Allen Iverson and Philadelphia. Iverson scored 41 points, and Chris Webber had 17 points and 13 rebounds, leading Philadelphia. The Kings were without Stojakovic because he stayed back at the hotel after the team reportedly agreed to send him to Indiana for Artest earlier in the day. However, the trade fell through.

Mike Bibby had a career-high 44 points, and Kevin Martin added 20 as the Kings lost their third straight game. Sacramento has won at least 55 games in four straight seasons, but is last in the Pacific Division.

Spurs 104, Bobcats 76

San Antonio – Beno Udrih had season highs of 17 points and eight assists, and Tim Duncan had 14 points and nine rebounds to lead San Antonio. Brent Barry scored 12, and Fabricio Oberto added 10 for the Spurs, who easily avoided losing consecutive games for the first time this season.

Magic 111, Suns 102

Orlando, Fla. – Hedo Turkoglu scored 30, and Orlando limited Phoenix to just one basket in final 4:48. Turkoglu hit an 18-foot jumper with 6:12 left in the game to break at 95-all tie and had eight more points down the stretch.

Heat 94, Grizzlies 82

Miami – Dwyane Wade scored 18 of his 25 points in the second half, helping Miami. Shaquille O’Neal had 20 points and 15 rebounds in only 30 minutes for Miami, which won its 51st consecutive home game when leading after three quarters. Former Memphis guard Jason Williams added 14 points and six assists for the Heat.

Pistons 107, Timberwolves 83

Minneapolis – Chauncey Billups beat his old team by five points in the third quarter, sparking the streaking Pistons past the Timberwolves – and giving Detroit coach Flip Saunders a satisfying return to Minnesota. Billups finished with 27 points, eight assists and seven rebounds after outscoring the Timberwolves 18-13 by himself in the third quarter.