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(Indianapolis, Indiana) – indiana pacers (33-25) 3rd straight win with an overwhelming 133-111 victory. dallas mavericks (33-24). With this win, Indiana ended the Mavericks' winning streak at seven games.
1. First quarter
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on thursday night Luka Doncic Against the Phoenix Suns, he gave up 41 points on 52% shooting. He started today's match picking up where he left off. He scored his first five points for Dallas, giving them the advantage. Indiana tied the game three times in the quarter, but never took the lead in the first quarter. The biggest score Indiana was behind in the quarter was his 2nd and he had 6 points. The second time he started from number 3 tim hardaway jr.the score was 22-16. Benedict Mathurin He hit two triples in a row to cut the next possession in half. The Pacers tied the game at 30 points and then hung around until tied again at 32 points. TJ McConnell He hit a floater in the final seconds.Doncic led all scorers with 10 points in the first quarter; kyrie irving, Pascal SiakamMathurin with 6 points.
2. Second quarter
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Indiana's offense was at its most efficient in the second quarter, but the only issue in the quarter was ball security. In the end, they scored 35 points with a shooting percentage of 61.9%, but they were robbed of the ball six times in the quarter. Doncic and Irving combined for 28 points and 21 points for Dallas. McConnell put Indiana ahead for the second score with another floater on Pacer's first possession. Obi Toppin In the end, he made a 3-point shot with 9 minutes and 38 seconds left in the first half to take a 5-point lead. After falling behind 47-46, Indiana State was able to cut the lead back to six points in the next play. Miles Turner 3 balls. The Pacers' largest lead in the quarter was eight points. Tyrese Haliburton He made a layup to make it 63-55 with 3:18 left. At halftime, the Pacers led 67-60. Doncic led all scorers with 25 points, followed by Turner with 10 points with 15 points. Indiana and Dallas each made six threes in the first half, but the Pacers shot 56.2 percent compared to 47.7 percent.
3. Third quarter
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Indiana did a good job coming out of the locker room to start the second half, extending their lead to double digits for the first time on Turner's triple. The Indiana center made two free throws a little more than a minute later to push the lead back to 11 points. For most of the game, Luka and Kyrie were the only sources of Dallas' offense. The third person starts guarding, jaylen greenhe hit a three with an assist from Doncic to make it 82-78. Benedict Mathurin He was quiet for most of the game, until he hit eight straight to put his team back up to 11 points with three minutes left. After 36 minutes, the Pacers led 100-91. Turner was once again a monster for Indiana. He scored 15 points in the quarter and led Indiana in scoring with 30 points. Doncic led all scorers with 33 points.
4. Fourth quarter
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An argument could be made that Dallas has the best one-two punch in the NBA with Luka and Kyrie. Kyrie was unconscious at the start of the fourth quarter. He scored nine points in the first 3:04. He was the reason Dallas fell behind the Mavericks 104-100. Indiana went on a 20-4 run over the next four minutes to end the game. ben shepherd He then knocked down a three, which led to the goal being conceded. rick carlyle It's called a timeout. Toppin made a three on the Pacers' next possession. Daniel Gafford Dunk. Shepard then knocked down his fourth three in an attempt to restore the Pacers' lead to 113-102. Dallas took a timeout but trailed 11-2, falling behind 124-104 on Haliburton's layup. Indiana could start tomorrow night in a back-to-back game against Toronto with 2:57 left. The largest lead the Pacers had was 22 points after an alley-oop dunk by an opponent. isiah jackson On a no-look pass from Toppin. Indiana won 133-111.
5. Top performer
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Myles Turner (33p, 8r), Tyrese Haliburton (17p, 10a, 4s), Andrew Nembhard (15p), Benedict Mathurin (14p, 11r, 5a, 3s), Pascal Siakam (12p, 9r, 2s), Ben Shepherd (15p), 5 threes, 4a, 2s), and TJ McConnell (12p, 7a). Dallas has Luka Doncic (33p, 6r, 6a) and Kyrie Irving (29p, 6r). Click here for tonight's full box score.
6. Precautions
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The Pacers improved their record to 16-7 this season with Andrew Nembhard joining the starting lineup. Tyrese Haliburton extended his double-double streak to five games, a career-high 33 games this season. Myles Turner scored a season-high 33 points, marking his 10th career game with 30 or more points. Benedict Mathurin recorded his second season and career double-double, as well as a career-high three steals. Ben Shepherd set career highs in points (15), threes made (5) and assists (4) in a game. Jalen Smith returned from a five-game absence and played 15 minutes. Luka Doncic scored 30 or more points in his 37th game of the season, the second-most in the NBA.
7. Next is next
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The third game of the four-game homestand continues tomorrow night when the Pacers take on the Toronto Raptors. Mark Boyle and Eddie Gill will provide play-by-play starting at 7 p.m. Pat Boylan will kick it all off with the Kroger Pregame Show on 93.5/107.5 The Fan at 6:30 p.m.
