INDIANAPOLIS — Forward Jeff Green sank two clutch 3-pointers during the final 3:23, and Memphis used a 39-point fourth quarter to rally for a 112-103 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night in Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Center Marc Gasol led the Grizzlies (1-1) with 20 points, pacing seven Memphis players in double figures. Guards Mike Conley and Beno Udrih added 13 apiece, and Green scored 12.
Conley dished out a game-high 10 assists.
Guard George Hill led Indiana (0-2) with 20 points, and forward Paul George and guard C.J. Miles each added 18 for the Pacers, whose five game-game winning streak in home openers was snapped.
A 26-10 Memphis run, capped by a Conley 3-pointer with 7:28 remaining, pushed the Grizzlies into a 92-86 lead, but Hill scored the next four, and with 6:21 remaining, the Pacers were within 92-90.
A George 3-pointer at the 5:52 mark gave Indiana a 93-92 lead, but after that, Memphis enjoyed a 20-10 scoring advantage.
The Grizzlies finished the third quarter on a 7-0 run to slice what had been a 75-66 Pacers lead to 75-73 through 36 minutes. Indiana began the second half on a 9-1 run, using a Hill 3-pointer at the 10:07 mark to seize a 58-51 lead, prompting a Memphis timeout.
Hill and Miles each made two 3-pointers during a third quarter in which Indiana outscored the Grizzlies 26-23.
Memphis had a roller-coaster first half, finally settling for a 50-49 lead through 24 minutes after leading by as many as 15 in the first quarter.
After missing 15 of its first 18 field-goal attempts, Indiana began to climb back into the game, making 17 of 24 after an atrocious 3-for-18 start. Four Pacers non-starters, forward Chase Budinger, guard Rodney Stuckey, forward Myles Turner and Miles, combined for 26 first-half points, making a collective 11 of 15 field-goal attempts, including three of five from 3-point range.
Indiana outscored Memphis 29-21 during the second quarter, making 13 of 19 shots (68.4 percent).
Indiana outrebounded Memphis 22-19 through 24 minutes, though the Grizzlies wound up with a 42-38 edge on the boards.
George and Hill each were assessed a technical foul in the first half. George was fined $10,000 on Thursday after complaining publicly about the officiating in Wednesday’s loss at Toronto.
NOTES: Three Memphis starters — F Zach Randolph, G Courtney Lee and G Mike Conley — played high school basketball in Indiana. Randolph starred at Marion, Lee at Indianapolis Pike and Conley at Indianapolis Lawrence North. … Grizzlies F Tony Allen started in place of F Jeff Green. … Memphis was coming off a 106-76 opening-night loss at home to Cleveland, which got 17 points and 13 rebounds from F Kevin Love. … Indiana also was coming off an opening-night loss, 106-99 in Toronto, a game in which Pacers PG George Hill scored 19 points. … Indiana led Toronto by 10 points after one quarter but was outscored by 17 thereafter. … Memphis played without F Jarell Martin, who is sidelined after undergoing left foot surgery. … Indiana was without F Glenn Robinson, who is battling a sore right shoulder. … The Pacers lost at Memphis in last season’s 82nd and final game, costing Indiana the eighth and final playoff berth in the East.