Paul George and D.J. Augustin carry Pacers to win over Wizards

The starters and Ian Mahinmi carried the load for the Pacers in an 89-81 win over Washington.

Pacers Final Score: Pacers top Wizards 89-81

Despite a late Wizards rally, the Pacers had just enough time to keep the win.

Pacers lead Wizards 47-39 at halftime

After storming out to a 24-7 lead on back-to-back Paul George three pointers, the Indiana Pacers' bench slowly let the Washington Wizards back into the game behind 12 points from Jordan Crawford. The Pacers had that 24 in the first six and a half minutes, but would only score 23 the rest of the half thanks to the struggles of the bench to hold onto the ball and the missed shots to end the half, leading Roy Hibbert to call out the bench in the halftime interview.

Paul George would lead the Pacers with 17 points and seven rebounds with a pair of steals and Roy Hibbert had nine points. Lance Stephenson had a quiet four points, but was the result of a highlight alley oop and picked up a pair of steals. The bench as a whole had just seven points in the first half, Ian Mahinmi leading the unit with five points and seven rebounds.

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The Pacers will try to beat the Wizards for the third time this season when the two teams meet at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

Pacers Links: Pacers tip off 2013 against Wizards

Indiana will try to beat Washington for the third time this season when they host the Wizards on Wednesday night.