Pacers 96, Pelicans 84
Pacers 96, Pelicans 84: George Hill scored 15 points in his season debut to lead six players in double figures as host Indiana ran its winning streak against New Orleans to seven games.
Roy Hibbert scored 14 points and matched his season high with seven blocked shots and David West added 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the Pacers, who have won consecutive games for the first time since Nov. 15 and 19. Solomon Hill also scored 13, C.J. Miles added 11 and C.J. Watson contributed 10.
Anthony Davis collected 21 points and nine rebounds and Jrue Holiday added 16 points for the Pelicans, who fell to 0-4 on the road against Eastern Conference teams. Tyreke Evans racked up 14 points and 11 rebounds and Luke Babbitt added 10 points.
The Pacers led throughout the second half, responding with a 13-2 run after Evans' jumper pulled the Pelicans within one with 7:41 left in the third quarter. Holiday's basket cut it to 87-82 with 3:15 remaining, but Watson answered with a jumper to start a 6-0 spurt and it was never that close again.
The Pelicans led by as many as seven in the first quarter but went cold in the second and were outscored 20-14 in the period. New Orleans' last points of the half came on Babbitt's 3-pointer to tie it at 40 with 3:58 left, and Indiana got buckets from Hibbert and Miles to take a 44-40 lead into the break.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Hibbert left the game with a bruised right knee with eight minutes left in the third quarter but was able to return midway through the fourth. … New Orleans was 4-of-20 from 3-point range while PF Ryan Anderson going 0-for-6. … Indiana SF Damjan Rudez sat out with an upper respiratory infection.