INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: Roy Hibbert finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds and George Hill hit five three pointers as the Indiana Pacers beat the New York Knicks 82-71 in Game 3 of their second round NBA playoff series.

“The pre-game mantra I had was, 'tonight's my night, tonight's my night',” Hibbert said. “Luckily my hooks (shots) were falling. I was around the basket, tipping balls and creating extra possessions.”

Paul George finished with 14 points, eight assists and five steals, while David West had 11 points and 12 boards for Indiana, which rebounded from a 105-79 loss in game two.

Hill also had 17 points for the Pacers, which went 10-of-33 from beyond the arc in front of a crowd of 18,165 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse arena Saturday.

The Indiana Pacers now head into Game 4 late Tuesday with a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Carmelo Anthony finished with 21 points for the Knicks, who got Amare Stoudemire back in the lineup after he missed two months because of right knee surgery. Stoudemire scored seven points in nine minutes of playing time.

Knicks J.R. Smith, who is suffering from an illness and almost didn't play Saturday, had nine points.

“We know if we take the three (pointer) away from this team they are going to struggle to score,” Indiana coach Frank Vogel said. “We were able to guard the paint and the three-point line and that is the goal with this team.”

Indiana's biggest problem in Game 2 was turnovers when they committed 21. But they cut that to 17 on Saturday.

Vogel said he was pleased with the job Hibbert did, not only on offense but also on defense in helping to shut down Anthony, who is battling a shoulder problem. “This is his best playoff game ever,” Vogel said of Hibbert. “He is oozing with confidence.

“Everybody wanted to kick him when he was down early this season when he wasn't playing with confidence. Now he is playing extremely well on both ends of the court.”

The Pacers started quickly going on a 9-2 run. But the Knicks answered with an 11-2 spurt of their own.

Tyson Chandler's layup with 4:20 left in the first quarter gave the Knicks a 13-11 lead, which proved to be their only lead of the contest.

New York kept the score close by engineering an 11-4 run to end the first half. Kenyon Martin's layup with three seconds left cut the Pacers' lead to 36-33.

Stoudemire made a three-pointer at the buzzer at the end of the third quarter to get New York within nine 62-53 heading to the fourth.

Then with 9:10 to play in regulation, Raymond Felton's three-point play and Anthony's free throw got New York to 65-57. But Indiana answered with a 7-0 run to put the game away.

Grizzlies 87 Thunder 81: In Memphis, Marc Gasol had 20 points and nine rebounds and hit the tiebreaking free throws with 63 seconds to play as Memphis defeated visiting Oklahoma City to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series.

Tony Allen and Mike Conley scored 14 points apiece and Zach Randolph grabbed 10 rebounds as the fifth-seeded Grizzlies won their second straight game. Game Four is on Monday in Memphis.

Kevin Durant had 25 points and 11 rebounds and Reggie Jackson had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the top-seeded Thunder, who shot just 36.4 percent from the field. Durant failed to score 30 points for the first time in the series and missed two free throws with 39.3 seconds left and Oklahoma City trailing by four points.

The Thunder trailed by seven midway through the final quarter and finally caught the Grizzlies at 81 on a three-pointer by Derek Fisher with 1:58 to play.

Gasol hit the go-ahead free throws 55 seconds later and Conley hit four straight from the line to push the lead to six with 15.5 seconds left.

Memphis had a 10-point lead early in the second quarter after Jerryd Bayless scored eight straight points. Oklahoma City recovered for a 45-44 lead at the break and the contest was tied at 50 with less than eight minutes left in the third quarter before the Grizzlies ran off seven straight points.