The Los Angeles Lakers entered Friday night’s game as one of the hottest teams in the league. But a poor shooting night from everyone resulted in a brutal blowout loss (109-90) to the Indiana Pacers.
Pascal Siakam scored 22 points with 11 rebounds, Tyrese Haliburton added 21 points with eight rebounds and eight assists and the Indiana Pacers flashed some improved defense Friday while earning a 109-90 victory to end the Los Angeles Lakers' season-best five-game winning streak.
Five days after the Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana Pacers delivered nearly 300 points in a regulation game, there is expected to be offense aplenty once again when the rematch goes down Friday in Indianapolis.
As they fight to avoid the play-in tournament, the Indiana Pacers need scoring and victories by whatever means possible. Pascal Siakam's steady hand has fueled Indiana lately.
According to Joe Vardon and Sam Amick of The Athletic, Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton‘s contract is worth approximately $245 million if he makes one of the league’s three All-NBA teams this season.
While everyone expected the cross-conference duel between the Indiana Pacers and Los Angeles Clippers to be entertaining, nobody expected the visiting Pacers to dominate the home team, 133-116.
NBA referees have been under the microscope a lot during the 2023-24 regular season. There have been some egregious calls that have determined the outcome of games, while missed calls have caused the same level of frustration.
Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton was more than the typical breakout star midway through 2023-24, he was an early-season MVP candidate. 32 games into the season, Haliburton averaged 24.2 points, 12.7 assists, and 1.9 stocks per game, shooting 49.6 percent from the field and 40.4 percent from 3.
Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner has long been one of the best shot blockers in the NBA. Now, he can say that he is the best in Pacers team history. On Friday, the Pacers defeated the Golden State Warriors by the score of 123-111.
After dropping 12 points in 25 minutes on Friday night, Chris Paul was promptly ejected from the game in a series of events that nobody could understand.
Nik Stauskas most recently played in the NBA during the 2021-22 season when he was a member of the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat. He averaged 2.3 points
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton is currently in the midst of the worst slump of his NBA career. He has addressed it numerous times already, but it's been crushing for both Haliburton and the Pacers.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers are in a tight seeding battle in the Eastern Conference. Four games separate seeds four through eight, and the third and ninth-seeded teams are still within roughly five games of the Pacers with 13 outings to go.
The Bulls may be the ninth-place team in the East. But in crunch time, they’re elite.
Yesterday was a typical Monday, a 1-3 record with a net loss. It just seems that we build momentum as the week goes on.
Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder, sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
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