INDIANAPOLIS — Reserve guard Rodney Stuckey scored 25 points, and reserve forward Luis Scola added 17 points and 15 rebounds, leading the Indiana Pacers to a 109-103 overtime victory against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night in Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Center Zaza Pachulia made two free throws after a flagrant-one foul on Indiana center Ian Mahinmi with 4:48 left in overtime to give the Bucks a 98-96 lead, but a 3-pointer from Pacers guard C.J. Miles and a baseline jumper from Scola gave the Pacers a 101-98 advantage.
A jumper from David West and a Stuckey field goal capped a 9-0 run, and Indiana led 105-98 with 1:44 left in overtime.
Guard George Hill had 17 points, Miles scored 14 and guard C.J. Watson had 10 for Indiana, which earned a season-best seventh win in a row despite playing without starting center Roy Hibbert (sore left elbow).
Milwaukee (34-31) got 28 points and eight rebounds from guard Michael Carter-Williams. Forward Ersan Ilyasova had 19 points and 10 rebounds, guard Khris Middleton had 18, and Pachulia finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
Indiana (30-34) led 88-87 after a jumper from Bucks guard Tyler Ennis with 6:36 remaining, capping an 11-2 Milwaukee run and prompting a Pacers timeout. Ilyasova’s free throw with 43.1 seconds left tied it at 96, and the game went to overtime after each team failed to score on its final possession of regulation.
The Bucks got a three-point play from Carter-Williams with 5:39 left in the third quarter to grab a 64-62 lead, but the Pacers responded with an 11-3 burst to ease in front 73-67.
A trio of 3-pointers from Miles, Watson and Stuckey gave Indiana an 82-74 lead heading into the fourth quarter. The Pacers outscored the Bucks 31-21 in the third period, making 12 of 21 shots.
Milwaukee started quickly, building a 31-19 lead after one quarter, but Indiana pulled within 53-51 at halftime, scoring 32 second-quarter points.
NOTES: The Bucks were without G Jerryd Bayless (sore right ankle). … With F Khris Middleton scoring 30 points Wednesday night, the Bucks defeated Orlando 97-91. … The Pacers began the night 5-0 this season when G George Hill is the leading scorer and 9-1 when Hill leads the team in assists. … The game featured two of the NBA’s best defensive teams — Indiana began play ranked third, allowing only 96 points a game, and Milwaukee was fourth, allowing 96.6 per game. … The Bucks force more turnovers than any other team in the league, 17.2 per game. Milwaukee also was third in steals per game at 9.6. … The Bucks won in Indiana 87-81 on Nov. 4, and the Pacers won 94-91 on Jan. 2 in Milwaukee.