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END RESULT
A much-needed 99-94 victory over a quality opponent produced an uneasy feeling for the Pacers as leading scorer Danny Granger was knocked from the game in the final minute and did not accompany the team to Cleveland for Wednesday night's game.
Granger scored a game-high 26 points, including a pair of 3-pointers that gave the Pacers a 12-point cushion heading into the final three minutes. But Charlotte scored nine in a row, a run that concluded after Granger took a blow to the cheekbone battling for an offensive rebound with just under a minute left, wobbled toward the bench and dropped to the floor before being escorted to the locker room for evaluation by the team's medical staff.
Stephen Graham's three-point play made it 97-94 with 56.3 seconds left and the Bobcats got the ball back with a chance to tie. But Troy Murphy stepped in front of Tyrus Thomas in the lane to steal a pass and A.J. Price sealed the verdict with a pair of free throws that closed out the scoring.
IMPACT
The Pacers won their third in a row at home to improve to 22-45 overall, 15-16 at Conseco Fieldhouse. They snapped Charlotte's win streak at six games, one short of the longest in franchise history, while preventing the Bobcats (34-32) from matching last season's win total of 35 games. Charlotte dropped to 10-24 on the road.