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Warriors Edge Pacers

Draymond Green scored on two late dunks to start the decisive final run, defended hard and found a way to corral loose balls in the closing minutes as Golden State scored six straight points to finally fend off the Indiana Pacers 111-107 on Wednesday night.

 

His numbers - 12 points, 11 assists, nine rebounds and three steals - only told part of the tale on a night Golden State made a season-low 19.2% from 3-point range. Curry scored 24 points but was just 7 of 21 from the field and 1 of 11 from beyond the arc.

 

Malcolm Brogdon led the Pacers with 24 points, and Domantas Sabonis had 22 points and 16 rebounds for his 24th double-double of the season. But the Pacers looked rusty after taking an unexpected one-week break because of two postponed games.

 

The Warriors failed to take advantage of earlier opportunities to take control of the back-and-forth contest.

 

Instead, the Pacers fought back from an 81-75 deficit late in the third quarter to tie the score at 86 early in the fourth. And after Golden State scored four straight to take a 95-91 lead midway through the fourth, the Pacers got as close as 99-98 with 4:36 to play.

 

That's when Green drove through the lane for an uncontested dunk to start the decisive run, and the Pacers never recovered.

 

Sabonis had 15 points and seven rebounds in the second quarter. Myles Turner finished with 14 points, eight rebounds and two blocks.Doug McDermott added 15 points for Indiana.

 

The Pacers are at Boston on Friday night.

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