Indianpolis (AP) – Myles Turner collected 26 factors, seven rebounds and 6 blocked pictures, and the Indiana Pacers beat Utah Jazz 140-112 Friday night for his or her third consecutive victory.
Pascal Siakam scored 22 factors and Benédict Mathurin had 20, going 12 for 16 from the Frank of Launchers.
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Collin Sexton had 27 factors and Johnny Juzang had 17 for Utah.
Turner had 4 blocks within the third decisive quarter. Siakam had a file of 4 seasonal blocks and Indiana recorded a file for season 17 – two lower than the franchise file set in 1979 in Washington.
Take -out
Jazz: The worst League staff supplied a glow of hope by beating the Pacers to their very own recreation – for half. They had been quicker, made 10 3s and even caught 11 offensive rebounds within the first two quarters. However the quick -term listing lastly lacked gasoline.
Pacers: Indiana overcome a poor first half by digging and discovering a solution to win. The Pacers must be cleaner and simpler within the playoffs, however they’re near the benefit of dwelling at dwelling within the first spherical for the primary time since 2014.
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Key
Indiana has scored 9 consecutive video games to rework a deficit of 87-83 into an advance of 92-87 on the finish of the third quarter, six after the technical fault of Keyonte George at 3:07. The Pacers not dragged.
Key statistics
The Pacers compensated for a nasty frank launching night (26 out of 38) by making 67.4% within the subject and scoring 83 factors within the second interval.
The following
Utah closes the a part of the jap convention of its calendar on Sunday in Atlanta. The Indiana visits Denver on Sunday, its second common season recreation.
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