NBA: Pacers complete comeback, knock off Nets
Buddy Hield scored 26 points for the home team Indiana Pacers, who made it through the fourth quarter to a 128-117 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night.
Tyrese Haliburton provided 21 points and 15 bounces for the Pacers, who failed to take the lead in the second or third quarter before overtaking the Nets 40-23 in the fourth quarter. Myles Turner finished with 23 points and eight rebounds, while Bennedict Mathurin had 20 points.
Jalen Smith and Aaron Nesmith each have 10 points for the Pacers, who have won six out of seven.
Bucket of friends.
26 points
60 FG%
5 3 pm
3 REB
3 AST
3 STL@buddyhield | #BoomBaby pic.twitter.com/JKizR643B3– Indiana Knights (@Pacers) November 26, 2022
Kevin Durant scored 36 points for the Nets, including 20 in the fourth half. He also had 9 rebounds and 8 assists.
Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons each finished with 20 points as the Nets lost for the fourth time in seven games. Seth Curry had 14 points coming on from the bench while Nic Claxton scored 12.
The Nets led 35-23 at the end of the first inning and led the trio by 12 points in the second. The Pacers pulled in the 52-49 round before Brooklyn ended the inning 13-8 to take a 65-57 lead.
The Pacers took possession multiple times in the third inning before the Nets went on to run 11-3 to extend the lead to 94-84 with 51.8 seconds remaining.
Myles Turner continues to ballin’
23 points
82 FG%
8 REB
3 AST
2 BLK
+26 pic.twitter.com/oVlCa9R5eO– Indiana Knights (@Pacers) November 26, 2022
Halliburton scored the last four points of the half to start the comeback for Indiana, opening the fourth game 20-4, in which Mathurin scored eight no-answer points, including a treble that took the team The host took the lead 99-96 to 8:53.
Durant then built his own 9-2 run and converted a four-point play to pull the Nets in 110-107 with 5:34 left.
Hield responded with a 3-pointer on the Pacers’ next trip to start the game that ended 18-10 for Indiana, a 12th lead. Durant scored 20 straight points for the Nets before Irving made it. a technical free throw for the final score of the game with 44.9 seconds remaining.
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