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Pacers beat Grizzlies 107-103 as Andrew Nembhard scores 22 and Aaron Nesmith hits the late three
Andrew Nembhard scored 22 and Pascal Siakam had 20 as Indiana beat Memphis 107-103 behind an 8-0 fourth-quarter run and an Aaron Nesmith three with 14.6 seconds left in a game with 16 lead changes.
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Andrew Nembhard scored 22 points, Pascal Siakam added 20 and the Indiana Pacers beat the Memphis Grizzlies 107-103 at FedExForum on Wednesday, November 4, on a Nesmith three with 14.6 seconds left. The game had 16 lead changes. Cedric Coward and Ty Jerome each scored 23 for Memphis, which fell to 6-2 after a 5-0 start. Indiana improved to 3-6.
Indiana’s first-quarter surge
Memphis led 22-18 after a Jerami Grant three off a Coward pass with 3:47 left in the first quarter, and then Indiana scored 16 of the next 19 points to lead 34-25 early in the second, with Quenton Jackson hitting a 26-foot step-back three and Siakam a 24-footer off a Braden Smith pass with 2.7 seconds left to make it 32-24 after one. Indiana’s largest lead was nine, and Nesmith’s running dunk with 11:10 left in the second quarter made it 34-25.
Memphis answered with a 12-3 run in which Jerome scored seven points, including a technical free throw and a 26-foot running jumper off a Cameron Boozer pass that tied it at 37-37 with 7:14 left. Indiana led 54-52 at halftime on a Nesmith 23-foot running jumper with 53.4 seconds left.
Memphis builds an eight-point lead
Coward hit a three off a Jaylen Wells pass with 10:49 left in the third quarter to put Memphis up 57-56, and the Grizzlies went on a 12-2 run, with Jerome scoring seven straight Memphis points on a 25-foot pullup, a floater and a layup, to lead 66-58, their largest lead. Nembhard scored 12 points in the third quarter to get Indiana back in it. Toppin hit a three off a Jalen Slawson pass to give Indiana a 72-70 lead, and Cam Spencer’s three off a Coward pass and a running jumper from Grant off an Olivier-Maxence Prosper pass put Memphis up 82-76 with 1:25 left. Nembhard’s fadeaway at the buzzer made it 82-80 Memphis after three.
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Indiana closes the game
Nesmith’s layup tied it at 82 early in the fourth, and Memphis went up 91-86 on a Coward step-back three off a Spencer pass with 6:17 left. Indiana answered with an 8-0 run: Jackson hit a pullup, Toppin made two free throws and then dunked twice, once off a Jackson pass and once off a Jarace Walker pass, to make it 94-91 with 4:26 left. Edey cut it to 94-93 with a dunk, but Jackson hit a 28-foot three off a Nembhard pass and Siakam added a 17-footer and a 12-foot pullup with a free throw to make it 104-98 with 1:04 left.
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Boozer hit a 25-foot three off a Jerome pass to cut it to 104-101 with 46 seconds left, and Jerome’s floater off an Edey pass made it 104-103 with 28.2 seconds left. Nesmith hit a 23-foot three off a Siakam pass with 14.6 seconds left for the final margin. Memphis did not score again.
The numbers
Indiana shot 40 of 88 (45%), made 12 of 37 threes and 15 of 17 free throws, had 23 assists and 16 turnovers, and won the fast break 19-14 with 10 steals and 7 blocks. Memphis shot 41 of 91 (45%), made 12 of 44 threes (27%) and 9 of 15 free throws, had 28 assists and 20 turnovers, won the paint 54-46 and outrebounded Indiana 48-43, with 13 offensive rebounds to Indiana’s 8.
Nembhard shot 8 of 15 with 5 assists in 38 minutes, and Siakam shot 8 of 13 in 30 minutes with 2 steals. Nesmith had 16 points on 7-of-16 shooting and 3 steals, Jackson scored 13 with 3 threes in 22 minutes, Toppin had 11 points off the bench with 5 rebounds, and Smith had 10 points and 5 assists. Ivica Zubac played 19 minutes and scored 1 point, and Walker had 8 rebounds.
Memphis’s side
Coward shot 8 of 19, made 4 of 12 threes and had 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals in 33 minutes. Jerome shot 10 of 20 with 3 assists and 4 turnovers. Zach Edey had 11 points and 13 rebounds, Boozer scored 10 on 4-of-14 shooting with 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 turnovers, and Grant scored 11. Spencer had 9 assists and 6 rebounds in 24 minutes.
What’s next
The Grizzlies host the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday, November 6, at 8:00 p.m. ET (3:00 a.m. Saturday Cairo time). The Pacers host the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, November 7, at 5:00 p.m. ET (12:00 a.m. Sunday Cairo time).
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