None of them had much of a chance of going in, ultimately resulting in a 46-42 loss in points in the paint. Four of Sabonis’s 12 shots were outside of the three point arc. Sabonis finished the night with 16 points, 25 rebounds, and 10 assists, but wasn’t enough of a focus within the offense. From there, Holiday’s three somehow popped out and the rest went how it went, resulting in a two-point loss, dropping Indiana to 3-10 on the road.
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McConnell drew technical fouls of their own, giving the Wolves another free point as they marched towards their nine point lead.Īt that point, the Pacers methodically dipped into the lead, taking advantage of some curious plays from Karl-Anthony Towns hunting fouls to eventually make it a three point game. Somewhere after all of this, both Rick Carlisle and T.J. Minnesota made both of their free throws and hit another bucket to push their lead to five. After a third such play, Duarte had some words for the officials, getting T’d up before kindly showing the officials where he felt he had been fouled, prompting the second technical and ejection. In the meantime, Chris Duarte was especially miffed heading into the fourth after getting the rookie treatment on a pair of plays at the end of the quarter. Malcolm Brogdon’s ability to get to the line allowed the Pacers to stay afloat despite some terrible shooting and offensive execution, but a late three-point lead turned into a two-point deficit thanks to some big plays to end the quarter by Anthony Edwards, scoring five with a steal to give the Timberwolves a 78-76 lead. A fourth foul on Sabonis halfway through the quarter was all Minnesota needed to flip the script, outscoring Indiana 11-5 to take their first lead of the half. Sabonis led the way for the Pacers with Myles Turner missing action with a non-COVID illness, pulling in 15 rebounds, completing an and-one to open the third quarter, putting Indiana ahead 60-48. Indiana used a 12-0 run midway through the first quarter to take the lead, even making it through some rough bench minutes in the second to close the half on a 20-8 run to lead by nine. It’s really a shame about everything after halftime when the Pacers consistently set themselves up for success in the first half, tonight included. That number swells to 10 when including games that were well within reach late before careening out of sight by the final buzzer.
As Tony East shared, the Pacers have lost seven games already by four points or less (and overtime). It was the kind of finish the Pacers have had all year and yet never seem to get any better at not having happen. A poorly executed isolation play to respond sent Minnesota the other way to ultimately seal the game at the line. Late fouls for the Wolves would eventually allow Domantas Sabonis to tie up the game at 94-94 with just over a minute to go, but Indiana would fail to recover a missed three from Josh Okogie, setting up Malik Beasley for the go-ahead triple in the corner. The Pacers used a 6-0 run to cut the lead to three with four minutes remaining, but missed shots (including a Justin Holiday three that was so far down into the cylinder before hopping out, it should have counted out of pity) gave Minnesota just enough breathing room to come up with a response. The Pacers were outscored 30-19 in the third quarter, eventually getting outscored 42-24 in the half, falling behind by nine before getting it together enough to make it a game late. Yet another avoidable loss was on tap for the Indiana Pacers tonight, losing to the Minnesota Timberwolves on the road thanks as always to insufferable second half execution.
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