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Sonics sharpshoot Pacers for win

INDIANAPOLIS -- Rashard Lewis had 30 points on 14-of-19 shooting and the Seattle SuperSonics rallied in the fourth quarter for a 101-93 victory against the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night.\nTrailing 89-84 with 5:17 left in the fourth quarter, Seattle three-point shooting by Lewis and Vladimir Radmanovic to pull ahead for good.\nLewis started a 9-0 run with a three-pointer, bringing Seattle within two. Radmanovic gave the SuperSonics a lead with a 3, and Lewis hit another long ball to put them up 93-89 with 3:45 left.\nThe Pacers got within 97-93 with 39 seconds left, and they had a chance to cut the deficit to one, but three-point attempts by Anthony Johnson and Stephen Jackson fell short.\nJackson had 28 points and six rebounds, and Jermaine O'Neal added 18 points and eight rebounds for Indiana, which lost its second straight game after a five-game winning streak.\nThe Pacers also lost coach Rick Carlisle early in the game. Carlisle picked up a technical foul with 7:40 left in the first quarter for arguing a foul on O'Neal. Carlisle then picked up his second technical and was ejected less than a minute later after coming onto the court to argue a non-call.\nRay Allen scored 18 and Radmanovic chipped in 14 for Seattle, which shot 53 percent from the field one game after shooting a franchise-low 29.4 percent in a loss to Milwaukee on Sunday.\nThe SuperSonics came out on target against Indiana. Led by Lewis' 12 points on 6-of-6 shooting, Seattle shot 58 percent in the first quarter to open a 32-20 lead.\nWith O'Neal on the bench with three fouls, the Pacers stormed back in the second quarter. Jackson had nine points and Austin Croshere eight off the bench, helping Indiana pull within 53-48 at halftime.\nThe Pacers started the third quarter with a 9-2 run to take their first lead of the game, 57-55, following a pair of O'Neal free throws. The two teams traded the lead for the rest of the quarter until Croshere's free throw put Indiana ahead 73-72 entering the fourth.

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