TORONTO -- Paul George's 22 points and 10 rebounds helped the Pacers pull away from the Raptors on Friday as Indiana downed Toronto 93-81.
George led all scorers and helped the Pacers (37-22) recovered from a 99-91 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers the night before. Roy Hibbert scored 18 and David West chipped in with 15 points.
Rudy Gay led Toronto (23-36) with 21 points and DeMar DeRozan had nine, while Alan Anderson added 14. The Raptors have lost three games in a row. They now start a four-game road trip.
It was the first time in four meetings between the two clubs this season where the winning margin was more than two points.
Already up 64-51 after three quarters, George had a pair of three-pointers during an 8-2 Pacers run to start the fourth. His second three-pointer with 9:56 remaining in the fourth put Indiana up by 19.
Despite hitting just three field goals in the first quarter on 17 attempts for 17.6 percent shooting, Toronto only trailed 17-13 largely thanks to going seven of eight from the free throw line.
It was an even second quarter that was punctuated with an emphatic right-handed DeRozan dunk to end the period. Indiana led 39-34 at half.
The teams traded baskets early in the third quarter and just past the halfway mark of the third quarter, Hibbert and George each hit a pair of free throws to put Indiana up by 10.
Toronto kept things close early in the third but Indiana quarter on an 11-4 run that George ended with another three-point shot.
