"Danny Granger led the way and the rest of his Indiana Pacers teammates followed close behind.

Granger continued his late-season offensive explosion when he scored a career-high 44 points in a come-from-behind 122-106 victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday night in front of an enthusiastic 15,463 fans at Conseco Fieldhouse.

"I think we showed a type of resiliency we haven't shown throughout the season," Granger said. "We got down, but we didn't think we were going to lose. We kept playing and grinding it out. The next thing we knew, we were winning."

Granger isn't the only one having an impressive finish to the season.

The Pacers have won five straight games and seven in a row at home. Three of the home victories have come against teams currently in the playoffs.

"It shows that we can do what we're capable of," Granger said. "We beat three playoff teams pretty bad. It shows the type of basketball we can play if we put our minds to it. We're just doing it a bit too late."

The Pacers, whose number to be eliminated from the playoffs remains at two games, had their best 17-minute stretch of the season.

Jazz point guard Deron Williams picked apart the Pacers with his shooting, driving and passing to help Utah go up 80-68 with a little less than five minutes left in the third quarter.

That would have led to a 20-point loss earlier in the season for the Pacers.

Not on this night, though.

The Pacers picked up their defensive intensity, which ignited a 28-3 run to completely change the game."