National Basketball Association
Indiana 104, Utah 99
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Where: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
Officials:
#78 Scott Bolnick, #9 Derrick Stafford, #65 Sean Wright
Attendance:
11006
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Darren Collison scored a season-best 25 points to help the Indiana Pacers to a 104-99 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on Tuesday.
Roy Hibbert added 17 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots and Danny Granger scored 16 points as Indiana improved to 7-2 at home this season.
Paul Millsap had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Al Jefferson scored 16 points for Utah, which has lost four of five games.
Indiana let a 21-point, third-quarter lead get away and missed its first seven field-goal attempts of the final quarter. Paul George hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 3:03 left and Granger scored 12 final-quarter points as the Pacers held on for just their third win in the last 11 meetings with Utah.
Indiana led 71-50 after Granger’s layup four minutes into the third quarter. Utah got back in the game with a 17-4 spurt and pulled within 75-67 on Raja Bell’s basket with 5:01 left in the quarter.
The Jazz used another run of 12 consecutive points to take an 85-84 lead when Josh Howard hit two free throws with 7:35 remaining. It was Utah’s first lead since the opening minutes of the game.
George added 14 points for the Pacers, who got 17 first-half points from Collison to take a 57-46 advantage.
C.J. Miles scored 12 points for the Jazz, who are 2-7 on the road this season.
Top Game Performances
Utah |
|
Indiana |
Paul Millsap 18 |
Scoring |
Darren Collison 25 |
Earl Watson 7 |
Assists |
Darren Collison 5 |
Paul Millsap 10 |
Rebounds |
Roy Hibbert 10 |
Paul Millsap 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Darren Collison 4 |
Devin Harris 2 |
Steals |
Paul George 3 |
Al Jefferson 2 |
Blocks |
Roy Hibbert 4 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Utah
|
99 |
47.4 |
4-10 |
21-23 |
23 |
43 |
9 |
5 |
17 |
Indiana
|
104 |
47.1 |
4-14 |
18-22 |
18 |
37 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
Upcoming Games
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Indiana will play their next game on the road against Atlanta. The Pacers have a W/L % of .562 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.
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Utah will play their next game at home against Oklahoma City. The Jazz have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .600 after a loss.