Trail Blazers use 2nd-half to get past Pacers 103-93 charge
INDIANAPOLIS — Zach Collins matched his career high with 17 points and C.J. McCollum also had 17 to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 103-93 win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night.
The Blazers have won three straight in the series and eight of the last nine against the Pacers.
Indiana was led by Victor Oladipo with 21 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Darren Collison had 17 points in the Pacers’ first home loss of the season.
It was an odd game. Oladipo and All-Star guard Damian Lillard
th were held scoreless until well into the second quarter and the Pacers appeared to be cruising early in the second half when they took a 57-49 lead.
But the Trail Blazers charged back quickly by scoring five straight points, retook during a 10-2 run and extended their 71-69 lead by starting the fourth quarter on an 8-2 run.
Indiana didn’t get closer than five the rest of the way.
Former Purdue star Caleb Swanigan recorded his first career double-double with 10 points and a career high 11 rebounds.
Thaddeus Young added 16 points for Indiana.
Trail Blazers: Lillard finished with 16 points after failing to score until 1.7 seconds left in the first half . ... Evan Turner, who once played for Indiana, had 13 points . ... Portland committed 18 turnovers, a season-worst in regulation and finished more than 19 points short of their season but was 17 of 18 from the free-throw line and had a 50-35 rebounding edge.