The Indiana Pacers look to extend their recent domination of the Portland Trail Blazers as the two teams meet Wednesday at the Rose Garden.

Indiana (7-8) has won seven straight against Portland (5-9) since a 97-95 overtime loss on Dec. 3, 2003, and swept last season's two games. The seven wins - three of which have come at Portland - have been by an average of 14.1 points.

The Pacers probably wouldn't mind another easy win after Tuesday's hard-fought 112-110 victory over the Denver Nuggets.

Mike Dunleavy had a season-high 30 points and Shawne Williams added 21 and a career-high 11 rebounds as Indiana managed to stave off a late Denver rally.

The Pacers led by nine with a minute left, but escaped after Nuggets guard J.R. Smith failed to hit the last of three free throws, which would have tied the game at 111, after being fouled on a 3-point attempt with 2.7 seconds left.

"It was ridiculous. It wasn't a foul," Dunleavy said. "He kicked me, and you just can't make that call. You have to take a guy out and you can't have a guy flop like that. It all works out and karma comes out on top, and we deserved the win."

Indiana has won three of four despite being without All-Star forward Jermaine O'Neal. The 6-foot-11 O'Neal, who is averaging 13.2 points after leading the team in scoring last season, has been sidelined with a sore left knee.

It's not known when O'Neal will return, but his teammates are doing their best to keep the Pacers going in the right direction. Dunleavy was the fourth different Pacer to lead the team in scoring during his absence.

Tuesday was the opener of a four-game road trip for Indiana and started a stretch of 21 road games in its next 32 overall contests through the end of January.

Portland has lost six of its last seven, including an 85-74 loss to the Orlando Magic on Monday. The 74 points were a season low and the 39.5 percent field goal shooting was its second-worst of the season.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 16 points and Martell Webster added 13 as the Trail Blazers scored just 47 points in the final three quarters - 32 in the second half. Brandon Roy, Portland's second-leading scorer at 18.4 points per game, particularly struggled, going 4-for-18 from the field for 12 points.

Portland was 3 of 15 from 3-point range and 7 of 13 from the free throw line.

"We just went flat after the first quarter," Blazers coach Nate McMillan said. "I can't explain why. In the first quarter we played the way we wanted to. ... But after that we just didn't get up and down the floor."

The Blazers are 5-2 at home, but 1-2 entering the final game of their current homestand.