Indiana Pacers He had a little revenge last night against Los Angeles Lakersa rival who had defeated him a few days ago by scoring 150 points and who had also defeated him in the final of the NBA In-Season Tournament last December.
Both teams came into this match needing a win, Indiana to hold on to sixth place that today is giving direct passage to the Eastern Conference Playoffs and the Lakers to consolidate in the Play-In and why not, dream of something more thanks to the streak of victories that he had even without LeBron James in some games.
The truth is that the Pacers prevailed at all times and took the victory by 109-90. And to fully enjoy this little revenge when the game had not yet ended but the difference on the scoreboard was already irrecoverable in the last quarter, from the screens of the Bankers Life Fieldhouse they started to make fun of Lakers fans by applying a Snapchat filter that showed them sad and crying in the stands.
The Pacers mocked the Lakers fans who were in the stadium.
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Los Indiana Pacers They took revenge this Friday on the Lakers and they left those of LeBron James with his lowest score of the season and also They broke the streak of five straight wins of Californians.
That 150-145 Last Sunday was the Lakers’ highest score since 1987, so the Pacers were very clear that for this game in Indiana they must improve on defense.
It is not something that is in their DNA since Indiana is an ultra-offensive team and the one that scores the most points per game this season.
Tyrese Haliburton, great figure of the Indiana Pacers.
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But Rick Carlisle’s defensive plan worked: The Lakers scored their lowest score of the campaign and were a ridiculous 5 of 30 in triples (16.7%). Additionally, the Pacers forced 16 turnovers from the visitors (5 from LeBron, 5 from Austin Reaves and 3 from Anthony Davis).
Pascal I’m sorry (22 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists) and Tyrese Haliburton (21 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists) led six Indiana players in double-digit scoring.
In the Lakers, Davis (24 points and 15 rebounds), LeBron (16 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists) and Reaves (16 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists) were the most outstanding.
LeBron James didn’t weigh in and the Lakers suffered against the Pacers.
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Those of Darwin Ham they suffered the poor performance by D’Angelo Russellnot at all inspired with a 3 of 14 in field goals including 0 of 6 in triples.
The Lakers still have three more away games left before returning to Los Angeles although all of them, a priori, are against very affordable rivals: Brooklyn Nets, Toronto Raptors y Washington Wizards.
The Lakers remain ninth in the West (41-33) but tonight they lost ground against the Golden State Warriorswho are tenth (39-34) and who beat the Charlotte Hornets 97-115.
For their part, the Pacers (42-33, sixth in the East) gave Carlisle the win number 938 of his careerwhich helped him tie with the legendary Red Auerbach as the twelfth coach with the most wins in NBA history.
2024-03-30 11:57:52
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