PHOENIX — Goran Dragic scored 34 points, Eric Bledsoe had 27 and the Phoenix Suns beat Indiana 116-99 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory over the Pacers.
The Suns’ starting guards combined for 22-for-35 shooting. Dragic matched his season high for a game with 22 first-half points, and Bledsoe scored 21 in the second half.
Gerald Green and Markieff Morris added 15 points apiece for the Suns, who broke the game open in the final seven minutes.
The Suns, after two lethargic losses, wore down the Pacers with their high-energy game.
C.J. Miles scored 17 for Indiana, and Roy Hibbert had 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Phoenix put together a 17-3 run spanning halftime that erased a nine-point Indiana lead and lifted the Suns to a 64-59 advantage on Dragic’s 13-footer with 8:01 left in the third quarter.
Miles went hard to the floor with 30.7 seconds left in the third, and after an official review, Green was called for a flagrant-one foul, giving Indiana two free throws, plus possession, much to the displeasure of the crowd. Hibbert hit two foul shots with eight seconds left to cut Phoenix’s lead to 83-79 entering the fourth.
Phoenix stretched it to 10 before Indiana closed to 94-88 on Donald Sloan’s layup with 7:24 left. But the Pacers’ Solomon Hill missed two free throws, Dragic hit a 3 and Bledsoe stole the ball for a breakaway dunk and Phoenix was off on a 12-0 run.
TIP-INS
Pacers: Set a season high for points in first quarter (28) and in first half (56). … After three days off, Indiana is playing five games in eight days. … Indiana’s reserves outscored the Suns’ backups 57-30. … In the second quarter, Indiana took a 42-33 lead when a lineup of all reserves went on a 9-0 run.
Suns: Coach Jeff Hornacek said an MRI of Isaiah Thomas’ injured ankle was negative and the guard might play Friday night at Dallas. Thomas has missed four games. … Phoenix has won eight of the last 10 against Indiana and 15 of the last 19.
UP NEXT
Pacers: At Portland on Thursday.
Suns: At Dallas on Friday.
