![]() ![]() Rasho Nesterovic scored 12 points and Jeff Foster added 11 for the Pacers. Utah F Paul Millsap missed the game with a bruised right knee. ![]() “I think we have to give them a lot of credit for the way they hung in the ballgame after they played last Utah’s four-game winning streak is one off the season high. “After we got them down, they just kept playing,” Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. The shot put Utah up 116-109 with 1:25 remaining and the Jazz held on from there. Indiana had another chance after getting within 113-103 on a 3-pointer by Jarrett Jack, but Williams came through with a 3-pointer just before the shot clock was about to expire. ![]() The Pacers still didn’t go away and cut the lead to 109-106 on a 3-pointer by Dunleavy after Indiana got three offensive rebounds on the same possession. Kirilenko finally ended Utah’s scoring drought with two from the foul line with 9:32 to go and Williams followed with a jumper to get Utah to 100-92. Travis Diener hit a 3-pointer and Granger converted on a three-point play to start a 16-0 run over the end of the third through early in the fourth to get within 96-92 on Murphy’s two free throws with 10:36 left to play. He added a 22-footer to put Utah up 96-76 with 3:46 remaining in the period, but that was the last time Utah scored for the next six minutes. Okur tied his career high on a free throw with 5:09 left in the third, then made the second to give him 39 points. “It’s tough to double-team somebody on the 3-point line. “He had a great game,” Indiana coach Jim O’Brien said. Indiana Pacers All-time Head-to-Head Regular Season Game Log: Head To Head in the Regular Season. If it exists, data about the variants of the two franchises through the years is also shown. His previous career high was 38, set in January 2007 at Washington. It includes total games, wins and losses, scores, overtimes, dates and evolution of their head to head record. Indiana’s reserves outscored Utah’s 46-9, but the Pacers couldn’t stop Okur as he made 12 of his first 14 shots. “We let them get such a big lead that we were fighting back the whole time,” said Granger, who was 6-for-7 from 3-point range. Mike Dunleavy scored 20 points and Troy Murphy added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Pacers, who lost their third straight as they closed out a five-game road trip. Indiana’s Danny Granger had 30 points and seven assists, one night after tying his career high with 42 points in a loss at Golden State. “They shoot a lot of ‘3s.’ If they get hot, three points adds up.” Any time you play a team like this, they’re a risk of scoring a lot of points in a hurry,” Williams said. The Hornets and Pistons both wilted when the Jazz pulled away to big leads in the previous two games, but the Pacers continued to push and made it a game again with a 16-0 run midway through the second half. Indiana was the third straight opponent to come to Utah after playing on the road the previous night. ![]()
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