Indiana Pacers at Dallas Mavericks
· National Basketball AssociationMyles Turner has 30 points and 11 rebounds, the Pacers beat the Mavericks 134-127
Dallas cut a 10-point deficit to five with 1:47 left before Haliburton hit a pull-up 17-footer with 50 seconds left. Pascal Siakam added 23 points for Indiana.
Luka Doncic had 34 points and 15 assists for the Mavericks, who split a home back-to-back. Kyrie Irving scored 27 points and Naji Marshall matched a career high with 20 points off the bench, 16 more than he was averaging going into play.
The Pacers played their first game without power forward Isaiah Jackson, who sustained a torn right Achilles tendon Friday night and is out for the season.
Dallas' Dereck Lively II was out with a sprained shoulder. Maxi Kleber missed his fifth consecutive game because of a hamstring injury.
Mavericks: Doncic was 4 of 10 from downtown and is shooting 32.3% behind the arc after hitting a career-best 38.2% last season.
Regular Season Series
IND leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 134 - 127 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 134 - 127 | |
4th 9.0 | Kyrie Irving makes 1-foot two point shot | 134 - 127 | |
4th 16.1 | Bennedict Mathurin makes 1-foot two point shot (Andrew Nembhard assists) | 134 - 125 | |
4th 35.0 | Tyrese Haliburton defensive rebound | 132 - 125 |
Statistics
IND | DAL | |
---|---|---|
54-95 | FG | 46-89 |
56.8 | Field Goal % | 51.7 |
13-32 | 3PT | 15-36 |
40.6 | Three Point % | 41.7 |
13-20 | FT | 20-25 |
65.0 | Free Throw % | 80.0 |
46 | Rebounds | 38 |
7 | Offensive Rebounds | 5 |
39 | Defensive Rebounds | 33 |
30 | Assists | 29 |
5 | Steals | 4 |
3 | Blocks | 3 |
9 | Turnovers | 8 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
10 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
9 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 9 |
26 | Fast Break Points | 15 |
76 | Points in Paint | 58 |
16 | Fouls | 18 |
13 | Largest Lead | 2 |
Game Information
Location: Dallas, TX
Attendance: 19,613 · Capacity:
2024-25 Southwest Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Houston | 20 | 9 | .690 | - | W3 |
Memphis | 20 | 10 | .667 | 0.5 | L1 |
Dallas | 19 | 10 | .655 | 1 | W2 |
San Antonio | 15 | 14 | .517 | 5 | L1 |
New Orleans | 5 | 25 | .167 | 15.5 | L7 |
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