The Sports Xchange
Nov 27, 2017
INDIANAPOLIS -- Victor Oladipo scored 26 points and Bojan Bogdanovic added 22 to propel the Indiana Pacers to a 121-109 victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday night.
The Magic (8-13) lost their ninth consecutive game.
Oladipo hit 11 of 14 shots, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range.
Domantas Sabonis chipped in with 19 points and eight rebounds for the Pacers (12-9). Indiana's Myles Turner scored 18 points, and Lance Stephenson matched his season high with 18 off the bench.
The Pacers sank 15 of 26 from 3-point range while the Magic were 16 of 41 on 3-pointers.
Jonathon Simmons scored 21 points to lead six players in doubles figures for Orlando. Aaron Gordon and Nikola Vucevic each had 16 points. Vucevic added a team-high 12 rebounds.
D.J. Augustin was fouled on a 3-point attempt with a half-second left in the third quarter, and he hit two of three free throws to cut Orlando's deficit to 85-84 after three quarters.
The Magic were within 95-91 before the Pacers reeled off a game-breaking 13-0 spurt, including 3-pointers by Oladipo, Stephenson and Cory Joseph to push the lead to 108-91 with 5:47 to go.
Oladipo, who missed Indiana's Saturday night loss to the Boston Celtics with a bruised right knee, scored 18 points in the first half.
The Pacers sank 21 of 41 shots, including 7 of 12 from 3-point range, in the opening half to take a 57-50 edge. The Pacers were 42 of 79 (53.2 percent) overall and the Magic were 40 of 92 (43.5 percent).
Turner scored nine of his 13 first-half points in the first quarter as the Pacers led 33-25.
Indiana held a 22-16 rebounding edge before intermission.
NOTES: Magic C Nikola Vucevic has 10 double-doubles this season to give him 206 in his career. ... The Pacers will take a four-game road winning streak into their Wednesday game at Houston. The last time Indiana won four consecutive road games was Nov. 18-Dec. 2, 2015. ... Indiana had won six straight meetings over Orlando. ... After starting the season 3 of 15 from 3-point range in the first five games, Pacers F Bojan Bogdanovic has made 44 of 88 3-point attempts. ... G Shelvin Mack, who played for Butler University in Indianapolis, did not see action for the Magic.