Game Rewind: Pacers 115, Pistons 98

In their first game back at Bankers Life Fieldhouse since February 24, the Pacers used a walloping 17-3 run at the end of the third quarter to build an advantage that would hold the rest of way, beating the Detroit Pistons 115-98.

The win gives Indiana a four-game season sweep of the Detroit Pistons (31-33), who were sitting just one game back of the Pacers (33-31) in the Eastern Conference Playoff standings entering Wednesday night's meeting.

"This was totally opposite of the Charlotte game," said Pacers head coach Nate McMillan. "The game we played in Charlotte, there was no ball movement, a lot of standing. Tonight we had 27 assists, which showed ball movement. We talked about coming out strong and finishing strong and I think we did that tonight."

Just as he had in the Pacers' previous two games, Paul George lit up the box score with offense, finishing the night with a team-high 21 points while adding eight rebounds in the process. George probably could've scored more, but thanks to a strong team performance, George and others were able to remain seated on the bench down the stretch as the Pacers win was well in hand by the time he would normally reenter the game.

"It's great," said Paul George of getting to rest. "Getting back to those old days of being here. I remember many a times early in my career sitting in the fourth. So it was good to get that. We haven't had many of those this season."

George's biggest bucket of the night came in the late moments of the third quarter, sinking a 3-pointer that put the Pacers up by 10 and forced a timeout from Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy. But following the stoppage, the Pacers continued to score at will, finishing the quarter with a game-defining 17-3 stretch. From that point forward, the Pacers' second unit finished things off in the fourth, never allowing the Pistons a window to break back into the lead.

Indiana got off on the right foot during their return to The Fieldhouse, opening the game on a 15-3 run to build an early lead. Despite a couple rallies from the Pistons, Indiana maintained its lead for the entirety of the first half, all the way up until a Marcus Morris jumper put the Pistons up 63-62 in the third quarter.

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The Pacers responded to the game being in doubt by heating up from downtown. First it was a 3-pointer from C.J. Miles — who finished the night with 15 points — to put the Pacers back in the driver's seat. Then it was George, connecting on one of his three makes from 3-point land on the evening to put the Pacers back up by five.

Pacers guard Jeff Teague credited some of the Pacers' ball movement to the vision of Myles Turner, who racked up five assists in the winning effort.

"I just think Myles set the tone man, when he came out being very unselfish, looking for others and making passes," Teague said. "And that set the tone for our offense."

After a 3-pointer from Pistons forward Jon Leuer and a jumper from Tobias Harris — who led the Pistons in scoring with 22 points off the bench — the Pacers went on their run to build a 17-point lead entering the fourth quarter.

In the final frame, the Pistons could do little to put the outcome of the game in doubt.

After Detroit was able to knock the deficit down to 15, the Pacers' bench unit took care of business, pushing the advantage back above 20 for the majority of the fourth quarter.

Aside from the offensive performance of George, Indiana was aided by the contributions of Thaddeus Young (18 points) and C.J. Miles (15 points). Coming off the bench, Monta Ellis provided a spark as well, chipping in 12 points and three assists.

After suffering a disappointing loss to close out their five-game road trip, Wednesday's win offered the Pacers a chance to get back on the right track and focus on their remaining stretch of games.

"It's time for us to make a run for the playoffs and try to get the best spot possible," Thaddeus Young explained. "These are the teams that are chasing us and they're going to play hard. We have to prepare each and every night, we can't keep dropping games. We've got to keep fighting and play the way we did tonight."

The entire Pacers bench committed just one turnover on the evening. Monta Ellis scored 12 points while Rodney Stuckey passed out a game-high seven dimes.

The Pacers improved their record to 19-3 this season when scoring 110 or more points, and 16-3 when holding opponents to under 100 points.

Indiana hit on 11-of-23 3-point shots. Miles led the way for the Pacers with four makes from deep.

"We wanted to come out and get a good start. They're a good basketball team, we don't want to let them punch you in the mouth first and get a lot of confidence. In the third, we knew they were going to come out, be aggressive and try to get themselves back in the game. They were just outplaying us at times, just playing harder. We figured out a way to get some stops, some guys made some shots, Jeff (Teague) pushed the ball and we opened the lead back up." -C.J. Miles

"We just played aggressive and stuck to our game plan. We knew what we needed to do defensively, which is keep guys in front of us and make them shoot over the top. We did a pretty good job of just playing our game." -Thaddeus Young

"They destroyed us. We made some shots. We got up one and they just killed us after that. We played four good minutes in the game." -Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy

The Pacers set a new season low with five turnovers on the night. The franchise record for fewest turnovers in a game is four, last recorded on March 16, 2015, against the Raptors.

Indiana heads to Milwaukee to take on Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night at 8 PM ET.

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