Warriors Fall To Pacers, Lose 4th Straight
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Danny Granger scored 27 points, hitting all 16 free throws, and the Indiana Pacers held off the Golden State Warriors, 109-100 on Tuesday night.
Darren Collison scored 11 points for Indiana, eight in the third quarter, when the Pacers outscored Golden State 37-26 to turn a three-point deficit into a nine-point lead.
Reggie Williams had 25 points off the bench for Golden State, which rallied from a double-digit, first-half deficit to lead by nine points late in the second quarter before faltering.
Paul George scored 10 points in the first 6:05 of the fourth quarter for Indiana, which held on to snap a two-game home losing streak.
The Pacers took control by shooting 13 of 25 in a third period that featured nine players scoring, with Tyler Hansbrough and Collison each scoring eight points.
Stephen Curry had 20 points, six rebounds and seven assists for the Warriors, who lost their fourth consecutive game.
Granger scored 11 first-half points and Roy Hibbert added 10 as the Pacers dominated early, never trailing in the first quarter and leading by as many as 13 points late in the first quarter.
The Pacers then struggled in the second, shooting 5 of 23 (21.7 percent) as the Warriors pushed into the lead and pulled ahead by three at halftime.
David Lee had 19 points for the Warriors.
Williams shot 10 of 14 for the game. The bench scored 22 of the Warriors' 27 points in the second period. Golden State went on a 21-1 run in the period to turn a 36-25 deficit into a 46-37 lead with remaining in the half.
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