INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyreke Evans came off the bench and provided the spark that Indiana Pacers coach Nate McMillan knew he was capable of.

Evans hit five 3-pointers and scored a season-high 23 points in leading the Pacers to a 99-91 victory over the Miami Heat on Friday night.

“When ...

MIAMI (AP) — Winning on the road is supposed to be the tough part.

Not so for these Indiana Pacers.

Victor Oladipo had 22 points and 10 assists, Bojan Bogdanovic put Indiana ahead to stay on a 3-pointer with just under a minute remaining and the Pacers beat the Miami Heat 110-102 on ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Pacers coach Nate McMillan kept asking his team to focus on defense and rebounding during the offseason.

He witnessed the results of both Wednesday night.

Bojan Bogdanovic scored 19 points, Victor Oladipo added 16 and the Pacer blew past the Memphis ...

Steve Kerr and Jay Wright will be assistant coaches for the U.S. national basketball team, putting the coaches of the NBA and NCAA championship teams on Gregg Popovich’s staff.

Nate McMillan will be the other assistant, USA Basketball announced Thursday.

The trio of coaches will work ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — All-Star guard Victor Oladipo promised to spend the offseason becoming a better all-around player.

Promising young center Myles Turner beefed up, fine-tuned his defense and worked on his flexibility. Darren Collison, the NBA’s 3-point percentage champ, continued working ...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Indiana made itself at home at an arena that’s rarely hospitable to visiting teams.

Victor Oladipo scored 19 points and the Pacers defeated San Antonio 94-86 on Sunday night, snapping the Spurs’ 14-game home winning streak.

San Antonio lost at home for the third ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Offense trumped defense on a night when one of the NBA’s most efficient offensive teams met one of the top defensive units.

Victor Oladipo scored 28 points and the Indiana Pacers shot 54 percent from 3-point range in a 109-94 win over the Utah Jazz on ...

PHOENIX (AP) — There are some NBA games that are over shortly after they began.

The Indiana Pacers’ 120-97 rout of the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night was one of them.

Darren Collison had 19 points to lead seven players in double figures and the Pacers jumped on the Suns early and never ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Indiana Pacers coach Nate McMillan went small Friday night, Lance Stephenson came up big.

He baited LeBron James into a late technical foul. He made play after play down the stretch and when the game was over the Pacers’ showman was celebrating.

Stephenson ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers are playing harder, moving the ball faster and winning more games than most people anticipated.

Fans in this basketball-crazed state expect nothing less from their favorite teams. Around the league, though, the Pacers might be the biggest surprise of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Pacers coach Nate McMillan challenged his team to play more aggressive defense.

On Monday night, the Pacers showed just how good they could be.

Indiana seized control early by forcing 13 turnovers in the first 17 minutes, built a 29-point lead and never ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Indiana Pacers coach Nate McMillan came into the season trying to figure out just what kind of contribution he would get from Victor Oladipo after he arrived in a trade for one the NBA’s best two-way players in Paul George.

The second overall pick in the 2013 draft has met ...

TORONTO (AP) — With a season-high 70 points in the paint, the Toronto Raptors brushed off the Indiana Pacers for their sixth straight home victory.

DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points, Jakob Poeltl made all eight of his field goal attempts and had a career-high 18 points and the Raptors beat ...

HOUSTON (AP) — After losing just one game in November the Houston Rockets are feeling pretty good about where they are.

But James Harden says the best part about how well they’re playing is that they can be much better.

“We’re never satisfied,” he said. “We have a long way to ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Victor Oladipo was asked about his return to the lineup after missing Indiana’s previous game, he couldn’t describe how tormenting it was to watch from the sidelines with a bruised right knee.

So, when Oladipo was cleared for Monday night’s matchup with the Orlando ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Victor Oladipo went out, Lance Stephenson stepped up.

Stephenson scored 13 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter to help the Indiana Pacers win their fifth straight, 107-104 over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.

Oladipo scored a team-high 21 points ...

MIAMI (AP) — Myles Turner made almost every shot he took in Indiana’s biggest win of the season, and even got a chance for a brief postgame chat with actor Matthew McConaughey.

Everything went great for the Pacers.

Everything went wrong for the Miami Heat.

Bojan Bogdanovic ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers couldn’t miss, and the Minnesota Timberwolves paid the price.

Victor Oladipo scored 28 points, Cory Joseph added 21 and the Pacers set a franchise record for shooting percentage in a 130-107 victory on Tuesday night.

Darren Collison had 15 points ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Pritchard has a new sales pitch as the Indiana Pacers jump into the NBA’s version of an arms race.

On Thursday, the team’s president of basketball operations, players and other officials celebrated the opening of the St. Vincent Center, a five-story, ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Pacers guard Glenn Robinson III could play Monday night as Indiana tries to even its playoff series with the Cavaliers.

Robinson, who has missed the past 12 games with a sprained left calf, took part in the team’s shootaround ahead of Game 2. Robinson didn’t dress for ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Lance Stephenson flapped his arms and screamed loudly after scoring an innocuous first-half basket Wednesday night.

In some corners, fans may scowl at the sight of a journeyman bench player creating unnecessary drama. In Indiana, it’s embraced as a welcome ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Indiana Pacers aren’t worried about looking for help. They believe they’re playing well enough to clinch a playoff spot on their own.

Paul George scored 27 points before he was ejected after a scuffle with 76ers guard Gerald Henderson and the Pacers inched closer to ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul George couldn’t have picked a better time to take over a basketball game and lead the Pacers to a much-needed win.

During the second half of the second night of a back-to-back, George played like someone on three days’ rest.

George made six 3-pointers and ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul George spent the first half Wednesday night trying to get his teammates started.

Then the four-time All-Star finally took charge.

George scored 13 of his 21 points during the second half of the third quarter, leading the Indiana Pacers on a decisive run and a ...

HOUSTON (AP) — When the Indiana Pacers got into a big hole early Monday night, no one panicked.

Jeff Teague scored 25 points to help the Pacers overcome a huge first-half deficit before withstanding a late rally to beat the Houston Rockets 117-108.

“We did a great job of collecting ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tightly clutching the game ball in the locker room, Indiana Pacers coach Nate McMillan was all smiles for a variety of reasons.

Paul George scored 24 points, Jeff Teague had 22 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds, and the Pacers used a big second half to beat ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jeff Teague is providing the boost behind Indiana’s surging offense.

“Jeff to me is the MVP of this five-game win streak,” veteran center Al Jefferson said. “He’s getting everyone involved and setting the tone.”

Teague and Paul George each scored 19 points to lead ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul George took out his frustrations on the Chicago Bulls, and the Indiana Pacers finally had some fun Friday.

It’s about time.

George scored 32 points including 11 during a closing flurry to help the Pacers snap a four-game losing streak with a 111-101 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s final offensive possession didn’t go according to plan, though the Pacers won’t complain.

Paul George was supposed to get the ball with the game tied at 105 and 4.6 seconds left. Instead, it was Thaddeus Young who popped up to the top of the key to take Jeff ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Klay Thompson wanted one more quarter. He wanted to score 80, and thinks he absolutely could have.

Hard to argue that one: He went off for 60 points in 29 head-shaking, jaw-dropping, defense-breaking minutes.

“Who knows? I know he would have kept shooting,” ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two days of focused practice with an emphasis on defense served the Trail Blazers well.

Portland applied what it worked on, beating former coach Nate McMillan and the Indiana Pacers 131-109 Wednesday night behind Damian Lillard’s 28 points, 10 assists and four ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers are facing the Golden State Warriors on Monday night without three-time All-Star forward Paul George or starting center Myles Turner.

George has missed three of the last five games with a sore left ankle. Turner ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Indiana coach Nate McMillan wrote an instruction on the white board in the Pacers’ locker room Sunday: “Scrap.”

Jeff Teague did just that, scoring eight of his 30 points in overtime, harassing Russell Westbrook defensively all night and lifting the short-handed Pacers ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Brandon Knight and the Phoenix Suns’ backups outlasted the Indiana Pacers on Friday night.

Knight scored 17 points and helped the bench players combine for an NBA season-best 78 points in the Suns’ 116-96 victory over the Pacers.

Jared Dudley added 16 points, Alan ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers are more than familiar with facing the Cleveland Cavaliers when LeBron James rests, so they didn’t get distracted by the four-time NBA MVP’s absence Wednesday night.

The Pacers beat the LeBron-less Cavaliers 103-92 to improve to 3-1 at home in the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — LeBron James sat out of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ game Wednesday night at Indiana to rest after playing a night earlier at home, the first game he has missed this season.

James has helped the defending champion Cavaliers win nine of their first 10 games, averaging 23.4 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — LeBron James sat out of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ game Wednesday night at Indiana to rest after playing a night earlier at home, the first game he has missed this season.

James has helped the defending champion Cavaliers win nine of their first 10 games, averaging 23.4 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — About 90 minutes before Monday night’s game, Pacers coach Nate McMillan wasn’t sure if Paul George was going to suit up.

Magic coach Frank Vogel knew better.

“I’m expecting him to play,” Vogel said with a grin.

George scored 13 points in his return from a ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — After spending two days dissecting the problems from their last loss, the Indiana Pacers found some solutions Saturday.

And they didn’t even need their best player, Paul George, to bail them out.

Instead, Indiana made a season-high 12 3-pointers, forced 18 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Scoring isn’t an issue for Indiana. The Pacers can put up points.

It’s the struggles on the defensive end of the floor that cost them two losses in their first three games, and almost once more on Tuesday night. And their All-Star is very aware.

“I know what a ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Myles Turner walked onto center stage Wednesday night — and looked as comfortable in his starring role.

The Indiana Pacers second-year center scored 30 points, tied his career high with 16 rebounds, blocked four shots and made a 3-pointer in overtime that started the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nate McMillan learned a lot the last three seasons as an Indiana Pacers assistant.

Working with a more mature team and established leaders, McMillan shed the drill-sergeant label he earned in Seattle and Portland. Working with a defensive-minded team, he found it to be ...