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INDIANAPOLIS -- Paul George did what the three-time All-Star does best.He scored a season-high 37 points, including 13 straight in the fourth quarter, to lead the Indiana Pacers over the Portland Trail Blazers 118-111 on Saturday night.Thats the Paul George we are accustomed to, forward Myles Turner said. It was good to see him find that groove.George missed the game at Portland on Nov. 30 when the Pacers lost 131-109, and because of injuries and a five-game trip out West, he hadnt even played at home in more than two weeks.George made up for lost time, putting on a show with five 3-pointers and the fourth-quarter rally in his first game back at Bankers Life Fieldhouse since Nov. 23. Thaddeus Young hit a career-high six 3s while getting 24 points and nine rebounds, and Turner added 14 points for the Pacers, who had lost five straight regular season games to Portland.I thought Thaddeus was the biggest player of us all tonight, George said. I was the one who was there late in the game, but he was the one who kept us in the game.C.J. McCollum made a career-high seven 3-pointers and had a season-best 34 points for the Trail Blazers. Damian Lillard had 33 points behind five 3s.George scored 13 straight points in the fourth quarter for Indiana. He was fouled on the go-ahead basket with 4:36 remaining and completed the three-point play to give the Pacers a 108-105 lead.Indiana didnt even take its first lead until Al Jefferson was fouled on a basket and made the bonus free throw to put the Pacers ahead for the first time 99-98 with 8:34 left in the fourth quarter. Then McCollum scored seven straight points to give the Trail Blazers the lead again before George took over.The Pacers trailed by 20 points after Portland didnt waste much time taking a lead right from the start.Lillard, who scored 28 points in Portlands win over Indiana on Nov. 30, had a big first quarter with 19 points and five 3-pointers.Its the same thing, Lillard said. We start off the game well and we build a lead, but we know the other team is going to make a run. Were just not getting it done.He made back-to-back 3s to put the Trail Blazers ahead 26-11 with 5:59 remaining in the first, and McCollums 3-pointer with 8:09 left in the second quarter gave the Trail Blazers a 58-38 lead.George made back-to-back 3-pointers with under a minute to go in the first half. His 3 with 25.3 second remaining put the Pacers within seven to trail 71-64 at the half.3-POINT SHOOTOUTPortland finished with 16 3-pointers -- just one shy of tying their season best. It became a 3-point shootout during different stretches throughout the game. McCollum made one in the third quarter to put Portland ahead 82-73, but George answered with a 3 before McCollum made another. Young scored three 3s during a stretch in the third to cut the deficit to six.TIP-INSTrail Blazers: Their 44 points in the first quarter were the most Portland has scored in a quarter this season and the 13 points in the fourth was the fewest scored in a quarter. ... Lillard had nine assists. ... Mason Plumlee had eight points and nine rebounds.Pacers: Jefferson finished with 10 points off the bench. ... Monta Ellis had 10 points and five assists.UP NEXTTrail Blazers: Monday they travel to Los Angeles to play the Clippers.Pacers: Monday they host Charlotte and try to snap a four-game losing streak to the Hornets.Nike Air Max Clearance Online . "We have always prided ourselves on the way we play defence. 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Just as Montreal was settling into the first full working week of a new year, the Impact announced the appointment of their new head coach.SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Trainer Chad Brown got his 2016 Saratoga meeting off to the same flying start as last summer, winning the opening-day feature, the $200,000 Lake George, for the second year in a row, this time with the undefeated Ancient Secret.Brown sent out the first two finishers in Fridays Grade 2 Lake George, with Elyseas World rallying to be second, 1-1/4 lengths behind her stablemate and a length in front of the late-running Outsider Art. Brown won the 2015 Lake George with Mrs McDougal.Ancient Secret was the third of four winners on the card for jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.Ancient Secret entered the 1-1/16-mile Lake George perfect in three starts but was racing for the first time around two turns and for the first time beyond a mile. She rated kindly for Ortiz, three lengths off the early pace dictated by Sky My Sky, moved readily to challenge for command three wide into the stretch, and, after edging clear, maintained a safe advantage to the end.Elyseas World raced near the rear of the field for six furlongs, brushed briefly with Thundering Sky while attempting to split rivals with her bid near midstretch, and conntinued willingly to be second-best.ddddddddddddAncient Secret is a New York-bred daughter of Kantharos owned by Alpha Delta Stable. She completed the distance over a firm course in 1:40.35 and returned $6.40 in the scratch-reduced field of 8 3-year-old fillies.Winning the Lake George two years in a row is great and takes a lot of pressure off right away, said Brown. At least we wont get shut out for the meet.Brown said he was impressed with Ancient Secrets performance.This filly ran really well, said Brown. Shes a remarkable little horse. She always trained like a real quality animal. We gave her little incremental goals, and shes hit them all. I wasnt really sure about the two turns, but she passed the test.Brown also was happy with Elyseas World.I thought she ran terrific, Brown said. I was happy to see her get back into form. Her last race, I think I ran her back too soon, and she probably didnt like being inside late in the race today. Both fillies will go back in a graded stakes somewhere. ' ' '