INDIANAPOLIS -- Pacers coach Frank Vogel kept the game plan simple. Casey DeSmith Jersey . Make the extra pass, take care of the ball, play defence and get more out of his bench. The four-pronged approach worked. Danny Granger scored a season-high 16 points, Paul George and Lance Stephenson each added 15, and the Pacers plowed through some rough stretches to pull away from the Orlando Magic, 98-79 on Monday night. "I thought we came out with the right focus and the right fight," forward David West said. "We played hard, played together and got the W." Thats good enough for right now. The team with the NBAs best record came into the game with a 3-3 mark over its last six and seemed to be sliding after a series of slow starts forced it to fight its way back from large, early deficits. Even returning home after a five-game West Coast swing wasnt the fix. The Pacers (37-10) lost to Phoenix last Thursday, then had to overcome a season-high 24 turnovers Saturday to barely get past Brooklyn. On Monday, the Pacers looked like a different team. They started fast, committed only two turnovers in the first 21 1/2 minutes and led from start to finish. Perhaps that much should have been expected against the second-worst team in the league and the worst road team in the NBA. But it was still a tough night. West hurt his right ankle in the third quarter, backup centre Ian Mahinmi left with an injured right shoulder in the fourth and Indiana let Orlando (13-37) back into the game late in the first half before nearly giving all of its 16-point, first-half lead by starting the third quarter with 10 straight misses. The difference: The Pacers heeded their All-Star coachs advice and allowed a season-low 29 points in the second half. "Thats typical of us," Granger said. "You know we hang our hat on defence, and we really want that to carry us the whole way." Arron Afflalo led the Magic with 20 points but was shut out for the final 23:47. Nikola Vucevic added 16 points, getting only four over the final 19 minutes. The only other Orlando player to reach double figures was Tobias Harris, who finished with 11. Rookie Victor Oladipo finished with six points and tied a season high with 11 assists but was just 2 of 11 from the field in his second game back in his adopted home state. "They were just more active on their tags and disguising their defence," said Oladipo, who again started in place of injured point guard Jameer Nelson. "They just did a great job of making us take tough shots. Its something we need to learn from." The Pacers, meanwhile, stuck to the Vogel Plan. Granger, a former All-Star who has been working his way back from a strained left calf, broke out of his shooting slump. C.J. Watson had 12 points and Luis Scola added 10 as the Pacers bench combined for exactly half of Indianas total, a season best. Indianas two most prolific scorers did their thing, too. George started with seven points, three rebounds, two steals and two assists in the first quarter. Stephenson, the NBA leader with four triple-doubles, settled for 15 points, 12 rebounds and five assists. It looked as if the Pacers would blow out Orlando when they took a 55-39 lead midway through the second quarter. But the Magic closed the period on a 9-2 run, then watched the Pacers miss their first 10 shots in the third quarter as they crept back within two on Vucevics tip-in with 7:01 to go. Indianas defence then held tight until Stephenson ended the shooting drought with a circus jumper that banked in as he drew a foul on Oladipo. Stephenson made the free throw to give Indiana a 63-58 lead and the Magic never got another chance to tie it. The Pacers closed the third quarter on a 9-1 run to make it 75-63 and opened the fourth on a 11-1 spurt to put it away. "It goes back to passing," Granger said. "You know when once you move the ball, you get a lot more open shots. Weve been trying to do it by ourselves these last 10 or 12 games and our offence has been struggling. So we move the ball, we get layups, backdoor cuts, open 3s. That makes everybody look good." Notes: Vogel gave his starters extra rest in the fourth quarter with the Pacers heading to Atlanta for the second half of a back-to-back on Tuesday. ... Nelson sat out with a sore left knee and is expected to be examined when the team returns home. ... Recently signed centre Andrew Bynum has not yet practiced with the Pacers. Pittsburgh Penguins Shirts . Weise left the arena with a splint on his wrist and underwent tests to determine whether the tendon is torn. Winger Travis Moen will also miss some time after suffering a concussion in Mondays contest. 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That sounds pretty amazing.MS: Yeah, I was also on the Top 10, I was number 1 today, so that was pretty cool.SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio Spurs could empathize with the Los Angeles Lakers, who could be without superstar guard Kobe Bryant for the rest of the season.But after dealing with a string of their own injuries and coming off an embarrassing loss, the Spurs did not rest against their longtime rivals.Tony Parker scored 17 points and San Antonio never trailed in rolling to 99-85 victory Friday night over a depleted Lakers team that potentially has lost Bryant to injury for the third straight season.Bryant tore his right rotator cuff Wednesday in New Orleans. The injury will be re-examined Monday before the Lakers decide whether the superstar guard needs potentially season-ending surgery.Its a big change, its totally different, Parker said of the Lakers being without Bryant. Its not the same team, obviously. Kobes a great leader. They made it hard on us last time we played them. It (was) different this time but for us considering the situation and coming back late, its a good win for us.Bryant had 22 points and nine assists in the Lakers 112-110 overtime victory in San Antonio on Dec. 12. Without the 19-year veteran, the Lakers never trailed by less than 10 points Friday after the 4:22 mark of the opening quarter.Kawhi Leonard had 15 points and 14 rebounds, Manu Ginobili scored 15 points and Tim Duncan added 14 points for San Antonio, which has won nine of its last 12.The Lakers failed to hit the rim on their first two shots and shot 29 per cent from the field in the opening quarter while searching for a consistent scorer without Bryant.Nick Young scored 17 points to lead the Lakers, who lost their seventh straight. Rookie point guard and San Antonio native Jordan Clarkson had 11 points and four assists in his first career start.One of the few bright spots was Clarkson, who had six of the Lakers first eight points and finished 5-for-9 shooting from the field.I did a better job of controlling (the pace) today, Clarkson said. Now Ive just got to work on getting guys in their spots and just getting what we want in the half-court offence.He could look to the Spurs for the blueprint on how to do so.San Antonio used balanced scoring to cruise after jumping out to a 17-point lead in the first quarter against a Lakers team that was already minus Steve Nash and rookie Julius Randle before losing Bryant.The Spurs led by as many as 23 points and outrebounded the Lakkers 52-40. Mario Lemieux Jersey. San Antonio shot 6 for 23 in the third quarter, but still maintained a double-digit lead.Wesley Johnsons 3-pointer pulled the Lakers within 76-66 with 10 minutes remaining in the game.Theyre NBA players, Leonard said of the rally. The Lakers are always competitive, thats the organization. If youre not winning games, youre going to want to come out and try to win a game, youre not just going to quit. Just give them credit for fighting the whole 48 minutes.San Antonio responded with a 7-0 run in the ensuing minute, including a 3-pointer by Patty Mills after he stripped Ronnie Price of the inbounds pass.Coming off a humbling 104-81 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night, the Spurs were not about to let this one get away.Its easier to focus, to be ready when you were embarrassed, Ginobili said. We played a terrible game yesterday, so we were willing to be back on the court and sort of redeem ourselves.TIP-INSLakers: The Lakers have missed 323 total games this season due to injury, which is almost 50 more than Denver, the second-highest team. ... G Jeremy Lin left the locker room immediately following the game after not playing for the first time in three years while active. Lin did not play due to a coachs decision as Scott used Clarkson and Ronnie Price at point guard. ... C Tarik Black missed the game after spraining his right ankle Wednesday against New Orleans. Black had six points and two rebounds in 20 minutes in the 96-80 loss to the Pelicans.Spurs: San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich is five wins shy of 1,000 career victories. He is 995-460 in 19 seasons with the Spurs. ... G Marco Belinelli (strained left groin) missed his eighth straight game and 14th overall. ... G Danny Green is the only guard among five players in the league that are averaging at least one steal and one block per game this season.JUNK MAILPopovich has a reply for all the teams that are sending him literature in support of their players being selected as reserves for the All-Star game: Save the postage. We got some interesting things in the mail from people who were politicking for their guys, Popovich said a bit tongue in cheek. Just so that everybody who sent me something, I just want them to know it immediately went in the trash can. Such pandering is embarrassing.UP NEXTLakers: Host Houston on Sunday.Spurs: Host Milwaukee on Sunday. ' ' '