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INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Pacers knew they would need to reach deep into their bench Friday night in order to get a win.With three players sitting out due to injuries -- including Paul George, who is nursing a sore left ankle and a nagging back injury -- Indiana not only relied on its depth, the Pacers used it to dismantle the Nets 118-97, Brooklyns sixth straight loss.Eleven Pacers dressed Friday night, and nine played at least 18 minutes. Glenn Robinson III got his second start of the season and finished with 20 points and five rebounds.I just came in ready. I had the right mindset. (Coach) Nate (McMillan) talked to me before the game, told me I was starting, I was going to play big minutes, Robinson said. I thought we brought the energy. We were intense defensively. Were just starting to get our chemistry and weve just got to keep going.After losing two of their last three games, the Pacers were in sync, clicking and gelling on the court.Following Indianas practice on Thursday, George gathered the Pacers for a players-only meeting, addressing some of Indianas shortcomings and kinks that needed worked out. Robinson noted that the Pacers needed to gather and discuss some of the problems that have hampered a team that had a lot of preseason hype.For us, we have to establish who we are. We need to establish our identity, McMillan said. Tonight, I thought they set the tone. We cant go back. Weve been up and down. We have to move forward and build off this game, have intensity on both ends of the floor.Rodney Stuckey scored 18 points, and Al Jefferson and Myles Turner each finished with 16 points.After an 11-0 Nets run in the first quarter, Indiana trailed by seven points. But the Pacers finished the quarter with a 6-0 run to lead 28-23. Brooklyn would pull within 39-35 during the second quarter, but it was the closest they would come to challenging Indiana.The Pacers led by 15 points at halftime and stretched their lead to 30 in the third quarter with a 20-5 run. The Pacers led by as many as 31 points.Turner finished with eight rebounds and four blocked shots. And Jeff Teague finished with nine points, eight assists and nine rebounds. Indiana scored 27 points off Brooklyns 20 turnovers.Trevor Booker finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds, recording his sixth double-double of the season for the Nets while Brook Lopez finished with 20 points and Sean Kilpatrick added 16 points and seven assists.I think it came down to competitiveness. They outworked us, and they were more focused than us for the majority of the game, Lopez said. We were lax on both ends of the floor. We need to fight. We need to grind every possession to give ourselves a shot. The guys in the locker room right now are the ones that can fix it.TIP-INS:Brooklyn: The Nets are 0-5 in road games this season when their opponent scores more than 120 points. . Brooklyn is 0-5 this season when scoring less than 100 points. . Brooklyn is 1-7 on the road this season.Indiana: George will sit out the next two games. CJ Miles and Kevin Seraphin sat out Friday night due to sore knees. . Indianas bench scored 48 points Friday night. . Through 16 games this season, Indiana has averaged 22.7 assists per game. The Pacers finished with 25 assists Friday night. . The 21-point win was Indianas largest margin of the season. . Indianas 31-point lead was its largest in any game this season.UP NEXT:Brooklyn hosts Sacramento on SundayIndiana hosts the Clippers on SundayCustom Richie Ashburn Jersey .Y. -- Bills receiver Stevie Johnson has a bone to pick with the NFL schedule maker. Cheap Custom Phillies Jersey . 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The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club.NSW have enlisted legends Andrew Johns, Brad Fittler, Danny Buderus, Anthony Minichiello and Mark OMeley in an effort to break Queenslands stranglehold on the State of Origin shield.Blues coach Laurie Daley has brought in the five greats of the state as mentors for the 2017 series.In the first half of next season, the they will conduct position-specific sessions for the Blues emerging players.Johns and Fittler will run skills sessions with the halves candidates while Buderus tutors the best young hookers, Minichiello takes the fullbacks under his wing and OMeley handles the forwards.Those guys will be running positional skills sessions for our up-and-coming players and that will be available for some of our players in the NRL as well, Daley said.That will be up to the NRL coaches to decide if their players attend or nnot.ddddddddddddQueensland have long brought in Maroons greats to inspire their troops, and its a tactic Daley is beginning to tap into.NSW and Parramatta great Peter Sterling will this year serve as an adviser to Daley as he looks to the stars of yesteryear to fill his brains trust.(The greats) have got four or five sessions planned in the new year, Daley said.Its something Freddy (Fittler) is really passionate about. Particularly dealing with those younger kids.Well get them into the system and theyll be position-specific. Well have guys like Mini with the fullbacks, Joey and Freddy with the halves and Danny Buderus with the hookers and Mark OMeley with the forwards. Its really exciting. ' ' '