HOUSTON(AP) -- The Indiana Pacers weren't too impressed with the
new-look Houston Rockets.

Danny Granger scored 36 points, T.J. Ford led a second-half
surge and the Pacers snapped a four-game losing streak with a
125-115 victory over the Rockets on Saturday night.

The Rockets, playing their first game with four new players from
a three-team trade, led most of the game but the Pacers rallied
from nine points down to start the third quarter, led by Ford,
who scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half.

Troy Murphy added 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Pacers, who
improved to 7-21 on the road. Aaron Books led the Rockets with
26 points and seven assists, and Luis Scola added 25 points and
11 rebounds.

"It was a big, big, big win for our team and I hope this leads
to more victories," Ford said. "We have to give everybody credit
for this win. We paid more attention to detail and that's what
made the difference in the second half."

Houston wasted a 65-54 halftime lead. The Pacers used an 11-2
surge at the end of the third quarter for a brief 90-88 lead. A
last-second basket by David Anderson tied it at 90 going into
the final quarter.

"It was just a poor defensive effort on our part," Houston coach
Rick Adelman said. "It's not about shots. I don't care about
that. We scored 115 points and had 28 assists and we didn't give
ourselves a chance. We aren't going to do anything if we don't
have more of a defensive habit toward the defensive end of the
floor."

Ford hit three straight baskets in the late third-quarter
charge.

"The guys I had out on the court did a terrific job," Pacers
coach Jim O'Brien said. "We were calling T.J.'s number and
Houston was having a difficult job guarding our spread offense.
When we can space the court and defense the ball at a high
level, then we are obviously a tough team to beat."

Houston had a 108-105 lead with 5:12 to play, but Ford hit a
3-point basket and added two more 2-point baskets for a 112-108
lead the Pacers never lost.

"It was a bad defensive night for us," Rockets forward Shane
Battier said. "I'm still trying to figure out how they scored 71
points in the second half. We just didn't make a stand at all in
the second half and you're not going to win games that way."

The Rockets played their first game since acquiring Kevin Martin
and Hilton Armstrong from Sacramento and Jordan Hill and Jared
Jeffries from New York in a three-team trade that sent Tracy
McGrady to the Knicks and Carl Landry and Joey Dorsey to the
Kings.

Martin, the centerpiece of the trade for the Rockets, entered
the game with 5:50 to play in the first quarter. His first
basket as a Rocket was a turnaround 16-foot jumper with 2:43 to
go in the first quarter. He finished with 14 points, six
rebounds and five assists.

"The one good thing about that night is that it is over," Martin
said. "It was fun to get back out on the court again with
everything that happened over the last couple of days but we
didn't come out with a win so I'm kind of disappointed in that
aspect."

NOTES: The Rockets are 44-15 after the All-Star break in the
past two seasons. ... Scola has played in 218 consecutive games,
fourth longest streak in Rockets history. Calvin Murphy is third
with 220 straight games, and Elvin Hayes' tops the list with
442. ... Pacers reserves Jeff Foster (sore lower back) and Tyler
Hansbrough (inner ear infection) sat out the game. ... Martin
was the only newcomer to play for the Rockets.