Inside the Game: Pacers 130, Raptors 115 100202

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Lester Conner compared his duty filling in for Jim O'Brien as that of a "substitute teacher." The students behaved unusually well as the Pacers rolled up a season-high point total, had all five starters score in double figures for the first time in more than two months and turned in a solid defensive performance in a thorough 130-115 defeat of the visiting Toronto Raptors before 11,191 Tuesday in Conseco Fieldhouse.

Danny Granger scored 23 and Troy Murphy 20 with 14 rebounds for the Pacers, whose balance offset brilliant individual performances from Raptors Chris Bosh (35 points, 15 rebounds) and Andrea Bargnani (a career-high 34 points).

IMPACT

Splitting their home-and-home series with the Raptors, the Pacers snapped losing streaks of three overall and four at home to improve to 17-32 and 11-13 at home. Toronto had a five-game win streak snapped and dropped to 26-23, 9-17 on the road.

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