NBA Notes: Pacers, Pascal Siakam, Rockets, Heat, Norman Powell

Pacers

Indiana finally logged its first win.

Pascal Siakam scored 27 points and buried the go-ahead three with 37 seconds left as the Pacers beat the Warriors 114-109 on Saturday in Indianapolis. That put Indiana at 1-5. Golden State dropped to 4-3.

Aaron Nesmith scored 31. Quenton Jackson had a career-high 25 points and 10 assists. Jackson scored 12 of those points in the fourth quarter and hit the three that put Indiana up 109-107 with 1:09 left, then iced it with a pull-up with 5.2 seconds remaining.

Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 24. Jimmy Butler scored 20 and Jonathan Kuminga added 17.

Indiana trailed by 11 in the fourth. Then Siakam and Jackson closed it.

Rockets

Houston (3-2) delivered its best defensive performance of the young season in a 128-101 win at Boston, per Ben DuBose of Rockets Wire.

The Rockets entered ranked No. 1 in offense and No. 19 in defense. They looked more like the group that was top-five defensively last year. They held the Celtics to just 72 points through three quarters. Jabari Smith Jr. blocked four shots in those opening three periods.

Boston leads the NBA in threes per game and hit 21 in its blowout over Cleveland. Houston held the Celtics to 10-of-30 from deep during the competitive portion of Saturday’s game. Josh Okogie, Amen Thompson and Tari Eason led the perimeter work. Smith and Alperen Sengun anchored the back line.

Kevin Durant scored 26. Houston made 19-of-29 threes. They are No. 1 in the NBA at 45.4 percent from deep.

“When we’re clicking on all cylinders like that, we’re tough to stop,” Durant told reporters.

The Rockets host Dallas on Monday.

Heat

Norman Powell is only weeks into his Miami stay and he is already thinking long-term.

“I love it here,” Powell said, via Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald. “It fits who I am. I like the culture. I like the mentality. I like being around people that have high aspirations. So I want to be here.”

The Heat feel like a stylistic match. Powell said they were on his list years ago.