Malcolm Brogdon saw an opening and took it Tuesday night. Brogdon drove past Dwight Howard with 36.4 seconds left, scoring the tiebreaking basket on a nifty reverse layup to help the Indiana Pacers protect their home court with a 105-102 victory over the NBA's best road team. ''We knew when we threw a punch, they would punch back,'' Domantas Sabonis said.