Forward Dahntay Jones, who continues to develop into a reliable scorer in his first season with Indiana, scored 10 of his 25 points in the quarter.

"It's definitely a learning experience for us as a growing team," said Jones, who signed as a free agent in the off season with Indiana. "We have to close out games better than that. No matter how many we won in a row, we should have taken advantage of that situation."

The Knicks cut the Pacers' lead to 10 entering the fourth period, and instead of holding off the rally as they did in a victory over New Jersey Tuesday. Granger said the Pacers allowed too many easy baskets inside.

"They were scoring too easily around the bucket," Granger said." They hit some 3s, and we couldn't score at the other end. Credit their defense."

With Indiana struggling offensively, the Knicks had one of their best offensive performances of the season in the second half, with their bench outscoring the Pacers for the game 65-22.

Former Indiana forward Al Harrington had a team-high 26 points, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range, off the bench, and forward Larry Hughes had 22 points.

Harrington had three of his 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, and all three of Hughes' came in the third quarter, including the one that started the comeback.

"We came up and hit shots," Hughes said. "We came out a little slow and sluggish in the first quarter. We can't get into a situation where we panic. We're not in that big of a hole. There is so much season left, but we do need to start to put it together. We needed this tonight."

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