Pacers 95, Pelicans 90: Paul George had 32 points, six rebounds and five assists and George Hill scored 19 points as visiting Indiana overcame a 14-point halftime deficit to spoil New Orleans’ opener.

Lance Stephenson had 16 points and eight rebounds and David West added 12 points and seven rebounds for the Pacers, who won for the second straight night. Indiana trailed by seven with less than 7 1/2 minutes remaining before taking control with a 26-13 surge.

Eric Gordon scored 25 points, Jrue Holiday added 24 and Anthony Davis had 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Pelicans. New Orleans led by as many as 16 in the first half en route to a 50-36 edge at the break.

Indiana started slowly in the second half of back-to-back contests before outplaying New Orleans down the stretch. The Pacers finally caught the Pelicans at 76 on George’s 18-footer with 5:41 left and went ahead on Stephenson’s 3-pointer with 4:37 remaining.

New Orleans recovered for an 85-81 lead after Holiday’s basket with 1:58 left. But a three-point play by Roy Hibbert, two free throws by West and a 3-pointer by Hill gave Indiana an 89-85 edge with 31.1 seconds to play and George hit four free throws in the final 12 seconds to seal it.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Hibbert blocked five shots but was limited to 22 minutes due to foul trouble and finished with just six points and four rebounds. He played despite tweaking his left knee in Tuesday’s season-opening victory over Orlando. … Pelicans F Ryan Anderson (toe fracture) will miss at least one week. … The contest was the first for New Orleans as the Pelicans after switching the nickname from Hornets.