Troy Murphy News

Danny Granger scored 31 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Golden State Warriors 108-94 on Wednesday night for their third straight win.

Practice had ended an hour earlier, and most of the Indiana Pacers were long gone.

There he sat, at the end of the bench during crunch time. It was the final month of last season all over again for Indiana Pacers point guard T.J. Ford.

Each Monday on Examiner.com, Indy Basketball Report Editor John Oehser offers three thoughts on all things Indiana Pacers.

Mel Simon , one of the two people responsible for keeping the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, became the sixth person to be recognized in the rafters at Conseco Fieldhouse by the organization during a ceremony before Friday's game against the Washington Wizards.

Poplar Bluff native Tyler Hansbrough will make his pro debut for the Indiana Pacers Friday night against Washington.

A couple of top players were already on the bench, then leading scorer Danny Granger joined them after fouling out with plenty of time left.

The Washington Wizards and Indiana Pacers already have been hit hard by injuries.

Tyler Hansbrough has yet to play a regular-season game for the Indiana Pacers . That could change Friday.

The Pacers' frontline got even thinner as Troy Murphy left early in the second quarter of last night's loss to the Nuggets with a bruised lower back.

Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets will try to remain unbeaten on the season when they commence a six-game road trip Tuesday against the Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse.

After a trade, playing a game against your former club can be 'an odd situation' Midway through his sixth season in the NBA, Troy Murphy was traded from his original team, the Golden State Warriors, to the Indiana Pacers.

Jermaine O'Neal had 22 points and 12 rebounds against his former team, and the Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers 96-83 on Friday night.

The offensive tempo and the point total were exactly as Indiana Pacers coach Jim O'Brien wanted them.

Joe Johnson scored 25 points, Al Horford had 24 and the Atlanta Hawks finally played some defense in an offensive shootout, pulling away in the fourth quarter for a season-opening 120-109 victory over the Pacers on Wednesday night.

A major offseason acquisition because of his perimeter defensive ability, Jones started for Western Conference finalist Denver and could do so for the Pacers.

Well, here we go at last! The regular season begins for the Atlanta Hawks inA two days, and it starts with two games at home against Eastern Conference opponents, followed by a 4 game swing out west.

First things first. Published reports out of New York that Pacers Basketball President Larry Bird intends to step down at the end of this season for reasons of "health" and "lack of enjoyment" are false.

Danny Granger scored 10 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, and the Indiana Pacers defeated the San Antonio Spurs 114-112 on Friday night in the preseason finale for both teams.

The Indiana Pacers fell to 2 and 4 in the preseason with a 117-87 setback to the Magic Wednesday night in Orlando.