Mathurin, Haliburton power Indiana Pacers to 132-121 win over New York Knicks
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Bennedict Mathurin scored a career-high 38 points, including a career-best seven 3-pointers, and Tyrese Haliburton added 35 points and 14 assists to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 132-121 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday.
Myles Turner finished with 26 points for the Pacers, who drained a season-high 21 3-pointers and outscored New York 63-21 from beyond the arc. Indiana went 8 of 13 on 3s in the fourth quarter, while the Knicks suffered through a 7 of 25 effort for the game.
Jalen Brunson had 33 points, 10 assists and six rebounds for the Knicks while Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 30 points and nine boards. New York led 61-58 at halftime and 94-92 entering the fourth quarter.
Knicks: The Pacers’ 3-point barrage was enough to make the Knicks forget about the 25-point pounding they put on Indiana in the teams’ first meeting of the season.
Pacers: Just before the start of the game, the Pacers announced they will be without their starting wings for an extended period. Aaron Nesmith has a sprained left ankle and isn’t slated to return until December. Andrew Nembhard will miss at least two weeks because of soreness in his left knee.
Things were still going fairly well for the Knicks near the midpoint of the fourth quarter when Towns drove through two defenders and completed a three-point play to cut New York’s deficit to two points with 7:11 left. But Indiana scored on its next four possessions, to take a 114-107 lead with 4:52 remaining.
Perhaps just as critical as Indiana’s 3-point attack was the Knicks’ inability to force turnovers. Despite playing at a fast pace, the Pacers took care of the ball and had 10 turnovers for the game.
The Pacers visit Orlando on Wednesday. The Knicks play at Philadelphia on Tuesday.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 |  | Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Myles Turner (Josh Hart gains possession) | ||
| 11:48 |  | OG Anunoby misses three point jump shot | ||
| 11:46 | | Pacers defensive rebound | ||
| 11:29 | | Myles Turner misses three point jump shot | ||
| 11:26 | | Mikal Bridges defensive rebound | ||
| 11:15 | | +2 | Josh Hart makes two point driving reverse layup (Jalen Brunson assists) | 2-0 |
| 11:12 | | Knicks delay of game violation | ||
| 10:56 | | +2 | Myles Turner makes two point jump shot (Ben Sheppard assists) | 2-2 |
| 10:35 | | Myles Turner blocks OG Anunoby's two point driving layup | ||
| 10:35 | | Pacers defensive rebound | ||
| 10:30 | | +3 | Pascal Siakam makes three point jump shot (Tyrese Haliburton assists) | 2-5 |
| 10:04 | | +3 | OG Anunoby makes three point jump shot (Josh Hart assists) | 5-5 |
| 9:53 | | +2 | Myles Turner makes two point driving finger roll layup (Tyrese Haliburton assists) | 5-7 |
| 9:42 | | +2 | Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point driving finger roll layup (OG Anunoby assists) | 7-7 |
| 9:37 | | Bennedict Mathurin misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:33 | | Mikal Bridges defensive rebound | ||
| 9:30 | | +2 | Mikal Bridges makes two point running pullup jump shot | 9-7 |
| 9:08 | | Pascal Siakam misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:05 | | Josh Hart defensive rebound | ||
| 8:59 | | Tyrese Haliburton shooting foul (Josh Hart draws the foul) | ||
| 8:59 | | +1 | Josh Hart makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 10-7 |
| 8:59 | | Josh Hart misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | ||
| 8:58 | | Bennedict Mathurin defensive rebound | ||
| 8:41 | | +2 | Bennedict Mathurin makes two point pullup jump shot (Myles Turner assists) | 10-9 |
| 8:29 | | +2 | Jalen Brunson makes two point driving layup | 12-9 |
| 8:29 | | Ben Sheppard shooting foul (Jalen Brunson draws the foul) | ||
| 8:29 | | +1 | Jalen Brunson makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 13-9 |
| 8:18 | | +2 | Pascal Siakam makes two point pullup jump shot (Bennedict Mathurin assists) | 13-11 |
| 8:02 | | Jalen Brunson misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 7:59 | | Pascal Siakam defensive rebound | ||
| 7:51 | | Pascal Siakam misses three point jump shot | ||
| 7:49 | | Mikal Bridges defensive rebound | ||
| 7:41 | | +2 | OG Anunoby makes two point driving layup (Mikal Bridges assists) | 15-11 |
| 7:41 | | Pacers 60 second timeout | ||
| 7:29 | | +2 | Myles Turner makes two point dunk (Tyrese Haliburton assists) | 15-13 |
| 7:08 | | Josh Hart misses two point cutting layup | ||
| 7:06 | | Bennedict Mathurin defensive rebound | ||
| 7:03 | | +3 | Bennedict Mathurin makes three point running jump shot (Tyrese Haliburton assists) | 15-16 |
| 6:39 | | Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point driving layup | ||
| 6:37 | | Pascal Siakam defensive rebound | ||
| 6:32 | | Ben Sheppard misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:29 | | OG Anunoby defensive rebound | ||
| 6:24 | | Mikal Bridges misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:20 | | Bennedict Mathurin defensive rebound | ||
| 6:15 | | +3 | Tyrese Haliburton makes three point pullup jump shot (Pascal Siakam assists) | 15-19 |
| 5:52 | | +2 | Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point driving reverse layup | 17-19 |
| 5:38 | | Mikal Bridges blocks Pascal Siakam's two point layup | ||
| 5:35 | | Pascal Siakam offensive rebound | ||
| 5:35 | | Pascal Siakam misses two point putback layup | ||
| 5:35 | | Josh Hart defensive rebound | ||
| 5:28 | | Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point layup | ||
| 5:25 | | Myles Turner defensive rebound | ||
| 5:21 | | +3 | Bennedict Mathurin makes three point running jump shot (Tyrese Haliburton assists) | 17-22 |
| 5:11 | | Knicks 60 second timeout | ||
| 5:01 | | +2 | Miles McBride makes two point driving layup (Jalen Brunson assists) | 19-22 |
| 4:53 | | Bennedict Mathurin turnover (lost ball) (OG Anunoby steals) | ||
| 4:49 | | OG Anunoby misses two point running dunk | ||
| 4:47 | | Jarace Walker defensive rebound | ||
| 4:43 | | Ben Sheppard misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 4:40 | | Bennedict Mathurin offensive rebound | ||
| 4:39 | | Tyrese Haliburton misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 4:35 | | Jericho Sims defensive rebound | ||
| 4:27 | | +2 | OG Anunoby makes two point cutting finger roll layup (Miles McBride assists) | 21-22 |
| 4:07 | | Tyrese Haliburton misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 4:04 | | Jalen Brunson defensive rebound | ||
| 3:59 | | +2 | Jalen Brunson makes two point running finger roll layup | 23-22 |
| 3:57 | | Pacers 60 second timeout | ||
| 3:43 | | +2 | Tyrese Haliburton makes two point driving floating jump shot (Enrique Freeman assists) | 23-24 |
| 3:21 | | +2 | Josh Hart makes two point turnaround jump shot | 25-24 |
| 3:07 | | Enrique Freeman misses two point cutting layup | ||
| 3:06 | | Josh Hart defensive rebound | ||
| 2:50 | | Enrique Freeman personal foul (Jalen Brunson draws the foul) | ||
| 2:47 | | Jericho Sims offensive foul (T.J. McConnell draws the foul) | ||
| 2:47 | | Jericho Sims turnover (offensive foul) | ||
| 2:30 | | +3 | Bennedict Mathurin makes three point pullup jump shot | 25-27 |
| 2:23 | | Enrique Freeman personal foul (Miles McBride draws the foul) | ||
| 2:03 | | Mikal Bridges turnover (bad pass) (T.J. McConnell steals) | ||
| 2:01 | | Josh Hart blocks T.J. McConnell's two point running layup | ||
| 2:00 | | Pacers offensive rebound | ||
| 2:00 | | T.J. McConnell technical foul | ||
| 2:00 | | +1 | Jalen Brunson makes technical free throw 1 of 1 | 26-27 |
| 1:54 | | Jarace Walker misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 1:48 | | Pacers offensive rebound | ||
| 1:40 | | Myles Turner misses two point hook shot | ||
| 1:37 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | ||
| 1:26 | | Miles McBride misses three point jump shot | ||
| 1:22 | | Johnny Furphy defensive rebound | ||
| 1:02 | | Bennedict Mathurin misses two point fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 1:01 | | Pacers offensive rebound | ||
| 1:00 | | Pacers turnover (shot clock violation) | ||
| 0:40 | | Karl-Anthony Towns misses three point jump shot | ||
| 0:39 | | Jarace Walker defensive rebound | ||
| 0:32 | | +2 | T.J. McConnell makes two point pullup jump shot | 26-29 |
| 0:13 | | Mikal Bridges turnover (out of bounds step) | ||
| 0:07 | | Mikal Bridges personal foul (Take) (Tyrese Haliburton draws the foul) | ||
| 0:00 | | End of period |