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WASHINGTON – Danny Granger had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and the Indiana Pacers concentrated on the fast-break points weekday night to unstoppered the season's homestretch with a 113-96 crush of the pedagogue Wizards.

Tyler Hansbrough additional 17 points in 21 transactions as the Pacers broke a two-game losing color and improved to 8-3 low interval coach Frank Vogel. Indiana, despite sitting fivesome games beneath .500, holds the ordinal and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and touched within a half-game of seventh-place metropolis as the pore turns toward the postseason now that the All-Star fortuity is over.

The Pacers scored every 26 of their fast-break points by the ordinal lodge and would hit broken their flavour high of 28 if they hadn't started attractive their time because they were so farther ahead.

The Pacers are scoring most 10 points per mettlesome more low Vogel than they did low Jim O'Brien, who was fired Jan. 30, but a accumulation allowing 102.5 points low Vogel had been an issue. That was less of a problem against the Wizards, who hit lost 13 of 16 and gave a dead action at bag for the ordinal straightforward game.

Nick Young effort 4 for 15. Evangelist Wall, reaching soured his 22-assist, MVP action in the rookie-sophomore mettlesome at All-Star weekend, had 10 assists and octad rebounds but effort 5 for 15 and sworn sextet turnovers. JaVale McGee, who place on a exhibit as runner-up in the shut douse contest, rammed bag an alley-oop from Wall to unstoppered the scoring but ended with only fivesome points to go with octad rebounds.

Andray Blatche scored 21 points, Young had 16, Wall additional 15 and Josh histrion 14 for the Wizards, blown discover by 25 points against Orlando before the break. pedagogue didn't attain a 3-pointer until the fourth quarter, was outrebounded 46-36 finished three and had its bench outscored 48-25 by the Pacers' reserves.

The Pacers had their sloppy moments, but any thought of a competitive mettlesome started to modify with a 10-0 run late in the ordinal lodge and a 15-3 spout to unstoppered the third. Indiana outscored pedagogue 65-38 over the ordinal and ordinal quarters, with the Wizards committing 12 turnovers during that span — or just digit every 2 minutes.

All 12 Pacers scored. Roy Hibbert additional 16 points and Darren Collison had 11 points, sextet assists and fivesome rebounds.

Notes: The Wizards played without Kirk Hinrich (right calf). Young returned after missing the Orlando mettlesome with a painful correct knee. Rashard Lewis (sore correct knee), histrion (sore left knee) and Al Thornton (dislocated correct region finger) every played with nagging injuries. ... The Wizards declined to re-sign G Mustafa Shakur, whose ordinal 10-day lessen expired. ... Hansbrough and Wall were whistled for double technicals in the ordinal quarter. ... Vogel was an front scout for the Wizards during the 2006-07 season.

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