Danny Granger scored 24 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 106-85 victory over the host Orlando Magic on Sunday.
David West and George Hill added 16 points apiece as Indiana avenged a 19-point loss to the Magic five days earlier. Darren Collison had 11 points and 10 assists for his second double-double of the season.
Dwight Howard had 24 points and 13 rebounds for slumping Orlando, which has lost four of its last five games.
The Magic overcame an early 15-point deficit to take a brief lead before Indiana dominated the second half and shot 61 percent from the field over the final 24 minutes. Orlando was within 88-76 after a 3-pointer by Jason Richardson with 7:01 to play but the Pacers responded with a 12-3 over the next four-plus minutes to put the game away.
Chris Duhon added 14 points and Richardson 13 for the Magic.
Indiana led 41-26 four minutes into the second quarter before Orlando outscored the Pacers 25-7 the rest of the half to take a 51-48 halftime advantage. The Pacers began the second half with a 10-1 run and later boosted the lead to 75-60 with 3:26 left in the quarter on back-to-back 3-pointers by Paul George.
Indiana | Orlando | |
Danny Granger 24 | Scoring | Dwight Howard 24 |
Darren Collison 10 | Assists | Hedo Turkoglu 7 |
Paul George 7 | Rebounds | Dwight Howard 13 |
George Hill 2 | Free Throws Made | Dwight Howard 4 |
Danny Granger 3 | Steals | Chris Duhon 2 |
Danny Granger 1 | Blocks | Dwight Howard 2 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Indiana | 106 | 51.1 | 8-17 | 8-11 | 24 | 43 | 1 | 11 | 15 |
Orlando | 85 | 48.4 | 10-23 | 13-29 | 21 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 19 |