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Spurs storm past Pacers, 106-119.

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Dejounte Murray sparked the comeback by the Spurs. Looking to recover after a narrow defeat in Los Angeles, the Spurs wound up having a tough battle with the visitor Indiana Pacers. After a close first quarter, the road team blew open a 13-PT lead to win the second quarter 38-23, trimmed down to 11 at the break. The Spurs, in their trademark style, stormed back with a 37-19 run in the third quarter, led by Dejounte Murray's dashes toward the rim and a very hot Brandon Ingram, in his second home outing as a Spur, donning the camo uniforms tonight for this match-up. It stayed close until midway in the final quarter, where the Spurs pulled away and never looked back, with Ingram just bombing away, looking a bit like Kevin Durant pulling up on the fast break. The Pacers feisty effort wasn't helped much by a cold Victor Oladipo (6-17) and Darren Collison (4/15), meaning well but spoiling still a solid performance by Domatis Sabonis (18 points, 8 rebounds). Fortune seemed t