Looking to bounce back after a loss to Miami on Monday, the Pacers took a 51-50 lead over the Houston Rockets into halftime on Wednesday afternoon in Orlando.
The Rockets started Wednesday's game 5-for-7 from 3-point range, racing out to a 20-5 lead. The Pacers, however, fought back into the contest.
Indiana answered with a 21-8 surge, featuring five points from Victor Oladipo, to get within two points by the final minute of the first quarter. Eric Gordon's three-point play with 37.2 seconds left pushed Houston's cushion to five and Michael Frazier's layup pushed it to seven, before Edmond Sumner's 3-pointer just before the buzzer trimmed the Rockets' lead to 33-29 after one.