NBA Game Summary - Orlando at Indiana

Indianapolis, IN (Basketball News) - Jermaine O’Neal had 24 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks as the Indiana Pacers secured the sixth seed for the upcoming Eastern Conference playoffs with an 89-83 win over the Orlando Magic in the season finale for both clubs.

Stephen Jackson added 22 points and Peja Stojakovic had 17 points and six boards for the Pacers, who enter their first-round matchup against the third- seeded New Jersey Nets on a two-game winning streak. Anthony Johnson had 10 points for Indiana, which has won five of its last six games.

Carlos Arroyo had 17 points and Keyon Dooling had 15 for the Magic, who ended their campaign with consecutive setbacks to complete a 36-46 season. Trevor Ariza added 13 points and 12 boards for Orlando, which was swept by the Pacers in the three-game season series.

DeShawn Stevenson scored the first bucket of the game to give the Magic their only lead of the contest at 2-0. After that, the Pacers scored the next 14 points to begin to take control and the club went into the second with a 23-13 cushion.

Indiana increased its lead to 36-20 on a Sarunas Jasikevicius basket 5 1/2 minutes into the second, but the Magic made it interesting by scoring 17 of the final 22 points of the half to go into the break down just 41-37.

Orlando continued to cut into the deficit in the early stages of the third, courtesy of a Stacey Augmon basket that made it a 45-43 game just over two minutes into the half.

Indiana, however, had an answer. Ahead 50-47, the Pacers went on an 11-0 run — capped by a Scot Pollard field goal with 4 1/2 minutes left — for a 61-47 cushion, and the club carried a 72-58 advantage to the fourth.

In the final quarter, Orlando got within 87-83 thanks to an Arroyo bucket with under two minutes to go.