The NBA regular season competition continues, and the Green Army goes to the away road to challenge the Pacers, and after the Green Army forms a Big 4 this season, the team is still one of the favorites to compete for the championship, ranking first in the league before the game. On the other hand, the Pacers have become a big dark horse this season, reaching the midseason championship finals under the leadership of Haliburton, and rising to fourth in the East after winning six consecutive games before the game.
The Pacers didn't start the game with a poor offensive run against the Green Army's defense, scoring just 17 points in the quarter, which allowed the Green to build a double-digit lead at 29-17 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Pacers were in a better state and the two teams started an offensive battle, with the Pacers closing the margin to single digits with outside three-point shooting, and the Pacers closing the margin to nine points at 49-58 at halftime.
The two teams continued to fight against each other, the Pacers continued to chase points, and the Green Army continued to play an offensive climax in the final quarter, once again stretching the difference to double digits, and finally the Green Army defeated the Pacers 118-101 to end the latter's six-game winning streak.
Tatum completed his self-proof strongly, playing 38 minutes, shooting 14-of-23, 8-of-13 three-pointers, and scoring 38 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists, with a plus/minus of +19.
In the final quarter, Tatum used the ball to speak, scoring 15 points and 6 rebounds on 5-of-8 shooting in a single quarter, proving with his actions that his key ball ability has improved.
Brown, another of the twin stars, also performed well, playing 35 minutes in the game, shooting 13-of-20, scoring 31 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, with a plus/minus of +7.
Led by the two, the Green not only scored 118 points on the offensive end, but also limited the Pacers, who are averaging the most points per game this season, to 101.
That's a new record for the Pacers this season, with a previous record of 103 points, and it's worth mentioning that the Pacers lost 104-155 to the Green Army, the most points conceded and lost in that game.
Under the restrictions of the Green Army, the Pacers were dumb as a team, shooting only 8 of 42 three-pointers from the outside, a shooting rate as low as 19%.
Among them, Nesmith was 0-of-7 from three-point range, Turner was 0-of-5, Mathurin was 0-of-3 from the field, Smith was 1-of-4, Hield was 3-of-10, and Haliburton was 2-of-9.
In addition to poor three-point shooting, Haliburton's tandem ability was also limited, with only 5 of 17 shots in the game, 17 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals, while also having as many as 4 turnovers, with a low plus/minus of -14.