INDIANAPOLIS — Danny Granger scored 24 points and made the tying shot late in regulation in the Indiana Pacers’ 110-106 overtime victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.
T.J. Ford scored 23 points, and Troy Murphy added 18 points and 13 rebounds to help the Pacers snap a three-game losing streak.
Rodney Stuckey led Detroit with 30 points, Allen Iverson had 23 points, and Rasheed Wallace added 17 points and 15 rebounds. The Pistons have lost three in a row.
It was Indiana’s first overtime win in five tries this season.
Murphy’s second 3-pointer of the extra period put the Pacers up 103-98 with just under 2 minutes to play.
Detroit’s Antonio McDyess made a layup to cut it 103-100, but Ford came back with a jumper that bounced several times before going in with 38.5 seconds left to make it 105-100. The Pacers made five of seven free throws in the final 30 seconds.
The Pacers led 78-77 in the fourth quarter before Detroit’s Arron Afflalo made a 3-pointer, then a layup to give Detroit an 82-78 lead.
Detroit led 92-87 before Indiana’s Jarrett Jack made back-to-back mid-range jumpers to cut Detroit’s lead to one at 92-91 with just over 2 minutes left in regulation.
With Detroit leading 93-91, Jack drove to the basket and missed a layup. He thought he was fouled, and was issued a technical foul for arguing the no-call. Detroit’s Tayshaun Prince missed the technical free throw, but Detroit retained possession because of the technical. Iverson missed a long jumper, but Prince rebounded. Prince missed a jumper, and Indiana’s Jeff Foster rebounded with 11 seconds left to give Indiana a chance to tie or win.
Granger hit the tying jumper from near the free-throw line, over Prince with 3.9 seconds left. Detroit’s Richard Hamilton missed an open jumper from the left baseline, but the ball went out of bounds off an Indiana player, and Detroit set up for a final chance with 0.7 seconds left. Wallace threw up an awkward shot that missed everything, and the game went to overtime.
Notes: Indiana G Marquis Daniels sat out with a strained left
groin. … Detroit made its first five field goal attempts. … The Pacers committed no turnovers in the first quarter, and didn’t commit one until 8:59 remained in the first half. … Granger has scored 20 or more points in 14 straight games. … Indiana G Mike Dunleavy got his first start of the season. He missed 34 games with soreness in his left knee, then came off the bench in his first four games back. He finished with 12 points in 33 minutes.
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