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INDIANAPOLIS -- About 90 minutes before Monday nights game, Pacers coach Nate McMillan wasnt sure if Paul George was going to suit up.Magic coach Frank Vogel knew better.Im expecting him to play, Vogel said with a grin.George scored 13 points in his return from a sprained ankle, and the Pacers spoiled Vogels return to Indiana with an 88-69 victory Monday night.Vogel coached the Pacers for 5 1/2 seasons before he was let go in May. He was quickly scooped up by Orlando, and it looks as if he has plenty of work to do with the Magic.He remains popular in Indiana, and he was cheered when he was introduced before the game.I love Frank, said Pacers reserve C.J. Miles, who made four 3-pointers and scored 16 points. Franks one of the reasons Im here. He believed in me and Ill never forget that.Orlando shot 32 percent from the field and committed 16 turnovers, resulting in 20 points for Indiana. Evan Fournier led the Magic with 14 points on 4-of-15 shooting, and Aaron Gordon had 11.George also had six rebounds and five assists for the Pacers, who pulled away in the second half. Monta Ellis also scored 13 points, and Jeff Teague finished with 11.Indiana led by as many as 21 points during the fourth quarter.George and Vogel exchanged text messages in recent weeks specifically talking about this game, but the coach was focused on his team after its fourth loss in its last five games.Were going to figure it out, Vogel said. Im very disappointed in the inability to build momentum. We struggled on both ends. We need to go in and get back to work.TIP-INSMagic: Orlando has lost 12 of its last 14 meetings with the Pacers, dating to the 2012-13 season.Pacers: After scoring in double digits in each of the last four games, Al Jefferson was shut out.UP NEXTMagic: Host New Orleans on Wednesday.Pacers: Host Cleveland on Wednesday. Anthony Bass Blue Jays Jersey . 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We just talked about how we felt and the state that America is in, but more importantly, what I wanted to talk about is the state of community.I believe in order for us to ultimately be as great as we can be as a nation that all of us have to go back into our communities and lend our hand. It starts brick by brick. It starts person by person. Family by family. Kid by kid.James took the stage during the finishing notes of a live performance of The Man by pop musician Aloe Blacc. James introduction was preceded by a video showing other luminaries who have ventured to northeast Ohio because of the Cleveland Cavaliers star, including Michelle Obama and Skylar Grey.Just using our resources, using our strength, using everything that weve been able to do to just build up these communities, James continued. Thats why Im excited to be up here right now, because with the help of my foundation and with the help of everyone that gives us so much leeway to do what we want to do, were able to do that and give back to these young kids because we all know that theyre our future. We have to understand that.James foundation hosted more than 5,000 of its students and families at the event, an annual get-together it refers to as the We Are Family Reunion. All of the participants at the event wore bright orange T-shirts with We Are Family printed across the front in big white block letters.His fouundation, now in its sixth year, teamed with the University of Akron last summer to pledge 2,300 four-year college scholarships, at a cost of more than $80 million, to students who enroll in and complete an education program.ddddddddddddOn Tuesday, James welcomed the newest members of his I Promise campaign.The biggest shoutout: I got our new third-graders coming into our program next year, James said.In addition to Blaccs surprise appearance and James speech, the families were treated to a day full of rides at the park, including food and transportation. Selected members of the program were invited on stage to represent the foundations view of a proper support-system hierarchy, starting at child and building to parent, family, neighborhood, school, school system, university, Akron community, northeast Ohio, state, country and the world.If you can change one child, one college degree and one future at a time, you can change the world, said a narrator in the video accompanying the presentation.James, who signed a three-year, $100 million extension with the Cavaliers last week, joked that he would try out some of the parks rides because, I signed my contract, so Im actually OK to do that now.He also used the occasion to remind the crowd of the Cavs epic comeback from a 3-1 deficit to win the NBA Finals over the Golden State Warriors in June.This is always the greatest night for myself, James said of the annual event. I mean, another great night was in Golden State. Game 7. Yeah, that night wasnt too bad. That was a pretty good night too, but this night right here trumps it all. ' ' '