Indianapolis (AP) – Pascal Siakam scored eight of 26 points in the 3 1/2 final minutes on Saturday and Myles Turner made five three points and finished with 22 points to help the Pacers Indiana to hold the Brooklyn load Clear108-103.
Indiana swept away its two home games against Brooklyn this week. The Pacers won four consecutive games and six of the seven.
Turner also had eight rebounds and three blocks after his sister left the courtyard on a stretcher during pre-match warming up. Stars Tyrese Haliburton returned from an injured back which prevented him from the three previous games of the Indiana and recorded his 10th consecutive double-double with 16 points and 12 assists to go with eight rebounds.
Trendon Watford scored a summit of 26 points to lead the Nets, who lost three consecutive games and 13 out of 15. Cam Johnson Added 20 points, nine rebounds and five assists.
The Pacers closed the third quarter on an 11-0 race to take an advance of 90-70, but allowed Brooklyn to open the fourth quarter on a 13-0 race. Then, after abandoning a dunk, the nets marked eight consecutive to situate themselves in the 92-91 with 4:30 to play.
But Siakam’s late score burst helped seal the victory.
Take -out
Nets: It was a difficult season for Brooklyn and losing the Indiana twice added only to misfortunes while the nets continued their fade at the end of the season.
Pacers: Indiana entered with an advance in a match against Milwaukee for the seeded n ° 4 and three games behind New York for the head of N ° 3. They are trying to win their first home series since 2013-2014-apart from the 2019-20 qualifiers that were played in Florida.
Key
Brooklyn only made three baskets in the last 4 1/2 minutes after closing it at 92-91.
Key statistics
Indiana raised 32 assists on 40 baskets and an advantage of 21-8 in rapid rupture points.
The next
The Nets open a three -game house on Monday against Dallas. Indiana welcomes Minnesota on Monday.
