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Notebook: Pacers 107, Hawks 90

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THE FACTS: When a guy goes 3-for-13 from the field and dominates a game, you know the outcome was about more than shot-making, and that clearly as the case in Indiana’s 107-90 Game 1 victory over Atlanta Sunday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Though the aforementioned Paul George had his first career playoff triple-double with 23 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds, he spearheaded a remarkably aggressive and energetic performance by the Pacers. Constantly on the attack, he tied a franchise playoff record with 17 free throws made. Indiana outscored the Hawks 30-7 from the line, outrebounded the Hawks 48-32 and had a 19-7 advantage in second-chance points. George Hill scored 18 and Roy Hibbert 16 for the Pacers. Jeff Teague led Atlanta with 21.

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Notebook: Nets 117, Pacers 109

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THE FACTS: With the fourth seed secured, the Nets can start reaching for the next rung on the Eastern Conference Playoff ladder. After blowing a 24-point lead, then rallying to pull out a 117-109 victory Friday in Indiana, Brooklyn (47-32) clinched homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs and moved two games back of the No. 3 Pacers (49-30). Because the Nets swept the season series, they’d hold the tie-breaker over Indiana. Brooklyn’s final three games are against lottery teams, while the Pacers face the Knicks and Celtics before closing the season against Philadelphia. While the Nets have surged to four straight wins, the Pacers have dropped three of four — and needed to come back from a 20-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat Cleveland Tuesday. Deron Williams scored 33 to lead the Nets but limped out late in the game after banging knees with Paul George. Joe Johnson and Brook Lopez scored 24 apiece. David West scored 26 and George 21 for Indiana.

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Notebook: Pacers 99, Cavaliers 94

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THE FACTS: Ordinarily, a home victory over Cleveland would not produce a championship-style celebration at center court, with players jumping on top of each other, hugging and high-fiving. But this was no ordinary victory. Trailing by 20 points with less than nine minutes remaining, George Hill and Paul George sparked a furious rally, combining for 20 points in a 31-6 closing run that lifted Indian to a stunning 99-94 victory over Cleveland Tuesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The comeback started shortly after head coach Frank Vogel picked up two technical fouls and was ejected late in the third quarter, an incident that seemed to bring a much-needed spark to what had been a moribund Indiana performance. Trailing 88-68 with 9:04 remaining, Indiana held Cleveland to 2-for-15 shooting and forced seven turnovers the rest of the way. Hill finished with 27 for Indiana (49-29), while Kyrie Irving scored a game-high 29 for Cleveland (24-53). …read more

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Notebook: Pacers 103, Mavericks 78

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THE FACTS: The Dallas Mavericks were hoping for a close shave Thursday. Instead they got sliced apart by the Indiana Pacers, 103-78, at the American Airlines Center. Paul George scored 24 points and Roy Hibbert added 16 points and 11 rebounds to power the Pacers (46-27) to their third consecutive win and sixth in seven games. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 102, Bucks 78

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THE FACTS: Whatever was ailing Indiana, it appears the cure has been administered. With six players scoring in double figures to complement a smothering defensive performance, the Pacers steamrolled the frustrated Milwaukee Bucks 102-78 Friday before a sellout crowd of 18,165 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Tyler Hansbrough had his third straight double-double and fourth in four starts this season with 22 points and 12 rebounds and Paul George scored 20 with eight rebounds and six assists for the Pacers (43-26), who won their third straight game by at least 20 points. Monta Ellis scored 22 for Milwaukee (34-34), which lost for the fifth time in seven games. The Bucks posted season lows in points and field goal percentage (.307), which also was a season low for a Pacers opponent. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 95, Magic 73

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THE FACTS: For whatever reason, Tyler Hansbrough comes to life as a starter. Gerald Green just wants to play. The two combined for 29 points as Indiana won its second blowout in two nights, dominating Orlando 95-73 Tuesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Making his third start of the season for the injured David West, Hansbrough had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Green, who returned to the rotation this week after two months buried in the bench, had 15 points and eight rebounds off the bench. Paul George led Indiana (42-26) with 19 points. Moe Harkless and Arron Afflalo had 10 apiece for Orlando (18-50), which shot just .318 from the field. …read more
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Notebook: Lakers 99, Pacers 93

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THE FACTS: Kobe Bryant started but couldn’t finish, but it mattered little to the Los Angeles Lakers. Despite a scoreless 12 minutes from Bryant, the Lakers rode a combined 35 points and 9-for-14 shooting from the 3-point line from reserves Steve Blake and Antawn Jamison, 20 points from Dwight Howard and 19 from Metta World Peace to a 99-93 victory over the Pacers Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Producing just their third road win against a team with a winning record, the Lakers (35-32) recorded their 15th win in 21 games. They also pushed one full game ahead of Utah in the race for the final playoff berth in the Western Conference. Indiana (40-25) was led by George Hill with 27 and Paul George with 20 but shot just 37.4 percent. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 107, Timberwolves 91

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THE FACTS: While the Indiana Pacers continue to wait on Danny Granger, they are welcoming the return of Roy Hibbert. The 7-foot-2 center continued his recent surge with a season-high 27 points on 10-for-15 shooting, adding 12 rebounds and four blocked shots as the Pacers rolled past a seriously short-handed Minnesota team 107-91 Wednesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. It was the ninth consecutive game in double figures for Hibbert, a former All-Star who struggled mightily with his shot throughout the first half of the season. Paul George battled foul trouble but scored 17 for Indiana (40-24), while George Hill added 16 with six assists. Coming off his first career triple-double in a victory over San Antonio Tuesday night, Ricky Rubio fell four rebounds shy of another, finishing with 21 points, 10 assists and six boards to lead Minnesota (22-40), which dropped its sixth in a row on the road. …read more
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Notebook: Celtics 83, Pacers 81

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THE FACTS: Left for dead two months ago, the Boston Celtics have come fully to life. Jeff Green‘s lay-in on a high-low feed from Kevin Garnett with five-tenths of a second remaining completed an 11-0 run in the final 4:15 that rallied the Celtics to an 83-81 victory over the stunned Indiana Pacers Wednesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Indiana led 81-72 with 4:36 remaining but shot 0-for-7 with four turnovers the rest of the way. Garnett scored 18 to lead the Celtics (33-27), who won their fourth in a row and improved to 13-4 since Rajon Rondo was lost for the season with a knee injury. Paul Pierce and Avery Bradley had 13 apiece. Paul George scored 16 and George Hill had14 to lead Indiana (38-23), which shot 4-for-20 in the fourth quarter. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 93, Raptors 81

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THE FACTS: The Indiana Pacers (37-22) extended their dominance over the Toronto Raptors (23-36) at Air Canada Centre, winning their fourth game in a row 93-81 on Friday night. The Pacers rebounded in their second game of a back-to-back with their signature, gritty, tough smash-mouth basketball style, winning their sixth in seven games. Paul George‘s 22-point and 10 rebound double-double, coupled with David West‘s 15-point and 11 rebound double-double led the way for the Pacers. Roy Hibbert returned from serving a one-game suspension, and added 18 points. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 108, Warriors 97

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THE FACTS: That Indiana won its fifth consecutive game, all by double figures, was almost lost in the aftermath of a fourth-quarter shoving match that spilled into the front row of spectators at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, resulting in six technical fouls, the ejection of Pacers center Roy Hibbert and possible suspensions coming from the league. With David West scoring 28, George Hill 23 and Paul George 21, the Pacers weathered a 38-point storm from Stephen Curry and wore down the visiting Golden State Warriors 108-97 Tuesday. Indiana led 95-85 with 6:10 remaining when Hibbert responded to a hard push from Lee with a two-handed shove, sparking a scrum that started under the basket and migrated to the edge of the court before officials and cooler heads prevailed. In addition to Hibbert’s ejection, Lee, West, Curry and Klay Thompson picked up technical fouls. There appeared to be no punches thrown but several players, including Curry, were knocked to the floor. West scored six in a row as the Pacers pushed the lead to 104-87 to put the game away. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 125, Knicks 91

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THE FACTS: New York coach Mike Woodson said beforehand he figured this would be an ugly game. He had it half right. While the Knicks could do nothing right, the Indiana Pacers put on a nearly flawless performance, staging what amounted to its own 3-point and slam-dunk contests in rolling to a stunning 125-91 blowout Wednesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Paul George scored 27 points with eight rebounds to lead Indiana (33-21), which led by as many as 39 points and closed to one-half game behind the Knicks (32-19) in the race for the second seed in the Eastern Conference. David West added 18 for the Pacers, who took a 2-1 lead in the season series with one game remaining April 14 in New York. Tyson Chandler had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Knicks (32-19). …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 101, Bobcats 77

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THE FACTS: He’d done just about everything else in this remarkable breakout season, so Paul George ticked another box on his list of things to do before the All-Star break. Indiana’s emerging young forward produced his first career triple-double with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists to spark the Pacers to a 101-77 rout of the Charlotte Bobcats Wednesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Pacers (32-21) played without starting power forward David West (scratched left eye) but Tyler Hansbrough filled the void nicely with 19 points and 10 rebounds in his first start since the 2011 playoffs. Indiana snapped a two-game losing streak and heads into the break atop the Central Division and third in the Eastern Conference. Charlotte (12-40) was led by Byron Mullens‘ 19 points and Bismack Biyombo‘s 16 rebounds, but lost in Indiana for the ninth consecutive time. …read more
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Notebook: Raptors 100, Pacers 98 (2OT)

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THE FACTS: In all three meetings this season, the Indiana Pacers‘ hopes against Toronto came down to one last shot. For the second time in a row, Paul George missed and the Raptors escaped, this time 100-98 in overtime Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Rudy Gay shook off a cold start to score 17 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and overtime to rally the Raptors to their second victory in four games since acquiring the shooting guard in a trade with Memphis. Indiana (31-20) blew a four-point lead with 10.7 seconds left in regulation as Amir Johnson scored twice inside, the second a buzzer-beater that sent the game to overtime at 90-all. Indiana led 97-96 with 2:05 left in overtime but would not make another bucket. Gay’s jumper with 1.7 seconds remaining put Toronto up 100-98, and George’s twisting 17-foot floater bounced in and out at the buzzer. David West scored a game-high 30 to lead Indiana, but committed costly turnovers late in regulation and overtime. George had 26 points, 14 rebounds, and five assists. DeMar DeRozan scored 22 for the Raptors (18-32). The loss snapped winning streaks of five overall and 15 at home for the Pacers. Two of Indiana’s four home losses have come to the Raptors. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 88, 76ers 69

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THE FACTS: Roy Hibbert scored 18 points and swept 14 rebounds, leading four Indiana Pacers in double figures en route to an impressive 88-69 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday night at the Wells Fargo Center. Paul George, David West and George Hill scored 15 points each for the Pacers, who improved to 31-19 and won on three consecutive nights. Because of a rescheduled game, the Pacers had to play Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. They responded with victories over the Bulls, Hawks and Sixers. Overall, the Pacers have now won five straight games. …read more
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Notebook: Pacers 114, Hawks 103

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THE FACTS: A defensive stalwart for most of the season, the Indiana Pacers suddenly have become an offensive juggernaut. Racking up a season-high (in regulation) for the second game in a row, the Pacers knocked off their third straight Eastern Conference playoff contender by beating Atlanta 114-103 Tuesday before 12,578 in Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Indiana (30-19) won its 15th consecutive home game but finishes up the NBA‘s only back-to-back-to-back set tomorrow on the road against Philadelphia. Paul George scored 22 of his game-high 29 points in the second half for Indiana. Jeff Teague led Atlanta (26-21) with 24 points and eight assists.
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Notebook: Pacers 111, Bulls 101

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THE FACTS: Two of the league’s best defensive units staged an improbable shootout Monday, ultimately determined by the team that brought the most weapons. David West scored 29, George Hill 22 and Paul George 21 as Indiana built a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter, saw it shrink to four and then held on for a 111-101 victory over the Bulls before a sellout crowd of 18,165 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Pacers (29-19) moved into a first-place tie with the Bulls (29-19) in the Central Division and took a 2-0 lead in the season series with two meetings remaining. Marco Belinelli played most of the game on a sprained ankle but led the Bulls with 24 points off the bench, while Nate Robinson scored 19 with nine assists and three steals. Indiana won its 14th consecutive home game. The franchise record is 25 set in the 1999-00 season.
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Notebook: Pacers 105, Rockets 95

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THE FACTS: The Pacers believe Paul George and David West both deserve slots among the Eastern Conference All-Star reserves. Their performances Friday night offered compelling supporting evidence. George continued his hot streak, scoring 31 points, making seven 3-pointers and coming up with five steals while limiting James Harden to 17 points in 5-for-19 shooting, snapping the Houston star’s streak of 22 consecutive games of at least 20 points. West had 20 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists as the Pacers contained Houston 105-95 for their 11th consecutive home win. The Rockets (21-20) lost their sixth straight overall despite a career-high 22 points and 12 rebounds from center Omer Asik. Indiana reached the midpoint of the season 25-16, including a 16-3 mark at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
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Notebook: Pacers 81, Knicks 76

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THE FACTS: The Indiana Pacers are making a compelling case for becoming the NBA‘s best defensive team. Two days after limiting the defending champion Heat to a season-low 77 points in a 10-point victory, the Pacers held the next-best team in the Eastern Conference to a season-low 76 points in a five-point win over the New York Knicks Thursday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Paul George took care of business at both ends, as usual, leading the Pacers with 24 points, adding 11 rebounds, a career-high six steals and five assists. Ian Mahinmi came off the bench to replace an ailing Roy Hibbert down the stretch and scored 11 of his 13 points in a 21-4 fourth-quarter run that blew open the game. Indiana (22-14) won its ninth straight at home, the team’s longest streak since 2002-03. The Knicks played without suspended star Carmelo Anthony and his absence was felt mightily. J.R. Smith scored a game-high 25 points but shot 10 of 29 from the field. Tyson Chandler had 12 points and 15 rebounds for the Knicks (23-12), who have lost seven of 12.
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