Pacers upset Raptors: Barnes crowned team all-time triple-double king Haliburton 2-of-11
On February 27, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Pacers played at home against the Raptors, of which the Pacers were the second game in a back-to-back, and Siakam played against his old master again. The Pacers began to fight back when they were up to 12 points behind, and the Raptors' starting center Poeltl retired early, and the Pacers once overtook the score in the final quarter, but the Raptors regained an 11-point lead with a 15-3 offensive wave. The Pacers continued to fight back and failed to turn the tables, and in the end, the Pacers lost to the Raptors 122-130 to end a three-game winning streak, and the Raptors won three in a row.
Raptors: Barnes 21 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists, his fourth triple-double this season, surpassing James 3 times to rank 5th in the league, 5th career triple-double, 4 triple-doubles in a single season and being crowned the team's all-time single-season triple-double king. Barrett had 24 points, Poeltl had 15 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, Quickley had 19 points, Dick had 18 points, and all seven players on the team scored double-doubles.
Pacers: Mathurin tied his career record with 34 points, Siakam with 27 points, Turner with 16 points and 11 rebounds, Haliburton with nine points and seven assists.
The first two meetings of the season have resulted in one win for each side. In the first meeting, the Pacers lost 131-132 to the Raptors at home, Haliburton 33 points and 16 assists and Hield 31 points missed the final three-pointer, the Pacers scored 15+ points with 4 players, Siakam scored 36 points and 10 rebounds, Barnes 20 points and 12 rebounds and Schroder 26 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, and the Raptors scored 5 double-doubles. In the second meeting, the Pacers narrowly won 127-125 away, Barnes 29 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, leading the Raptors to score 6 double-doubles, Haliburton 21 points and 12 assists and Siakam 23 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, leading the Pacers 7 to score double-doubles.
The two sides ushered in the third meeting of the season, the Raptors are without Nowell, and the Pacers are without Nesmith. Siakam faced the Raptors for the second time after being traded, and the two sides battled the score in the first quarter, and the Pacers opened the game with more points to take an 11-7 lead, and then continued to maintain an 18-14 lead. The Raptors scored consecutive points to tie the score, the two sides continued to alternate lead and struggle, both teams were unable to open the difference, the first quarter of the game ended with the Pacers 28-30 by the Raptors 2 points, the first quarter of both sides were no player to score a double.
Entering the second quarter of the game, the two teams continued to maintain the offensive mode and tightly bite the score, and the Raptors suppressed the Pacers in a single quarter for two consecutive quarters with 30+. The Pacers trailed by four points at 28-32 at the start of the second quarter, and the two sides battled again with four minutes left in the second quarter, and the Pacers trailed the Raptors by six points at 45-51. The Raptors still maintained a slight advantage, and the Pacers trailed the Raptors 56-61 at the end of the first half. In the first two quarters, the Raptors only scored in double figures, Poeltl scored 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists on 6-of-9 shooting, and Barrett scored 9 points. The Pacers had three players in double figures, Siakam with 13 points, Turner with 11 points and eight rebounds and Mathurin with 10 points and five rebounds, and Haliburton had two points and five assists on 1-of-6 shooting.
Coming back from halftime, Siakam led the team to 66-67 with only one point difference in the first three minutes of the third quarter, and the Raptors called a timeout, and the Raptors then launched an 11-0 offensive wave to extend the 12-point lead. The Pacers responded to Xiaobo's small climax to chase only 4 points, and the two sides fought tightly with the score, and Mathurin scored 5 points in a row with a three-pointer and a layup to chase only 1 point. Barnes hit a layup, and the Pacers won by two points at 31-29 in the first quarter, and the Pacers trailed 87-90 by only three points at the end of the first three quarters.
Entering the final quarter of the game, the Raptors announced that the starting center Poeltl retired early due to injury, and the Pacers took a one-point lead at the beginning of the final quarter at 96-95, and Abbaji and Mathurin scored a three-pointer. The two sides continued to attack the inside to bite the score, and Mathurin continued to score to help the Pacers take a one-point lead at 101-100. The Raptors went on a 15-3 offensive run to overtake by 11 points, and the Pacers stubbornly fought back to chase 113-117 by only four points. Trent hit a mid-range shot and Barrett three-pointer extended the advantage again, Haliburton and Siakam scored two points each, the Raptors scored another three points, Nembhard three-pointer chased the difference by five points, and Barnes made a layup to maintain a seven-point advantage. Quickley was fouled by Toppin for a three-point foul, the Raptors challenged to successfully cancel the foul, Toppin made a layup to chase the score, and Barnes locked up the victory with a key 2+1, and finally the Pacers lost to the Raptors.
(Text/Drunken Sleeping)