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Indiana Pacers beat Washington Wizards 114-101 for their first home win as Pascal Siakam scores 28
Andrew Nembhard and Pascal Siakam keyed a 14-0 run to open the fourth quarter, and Indiana won at Gainbridge Fieldhouse for the first time this season.
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Pascal Siakam scored 28 points, Andrew Nembhard and Ivica Zubac added double-doubles, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Washington Wizards 114-101 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Wednesday, November 11. Indiana broke a 77-77 tie with the first 14 points of the fourth quarter. The Pacers improved to 4-8 and won at home for the first time this season after losing their first four games in Indianapolis. Washington lost its fifth straight game and fell to 4-8.
Siakam made 7 of 17 shots and all 12 of his free throws, with eight rebounds and five assists in 32 minutes. Nembhard had 17 points and 10 assists, 11 of the points in the fourth quarter, and Zubac had 20 points and 12 rebounds on 9-of-15 shooting.
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Three even quarters
Washington led by as many as eight in the second quarter, when Kyshawn George‘s dunk and AJ Dybantsa‘s pull-up jumper made it 41-33 with 6:05 left before halftime. Nembhard’s free throws tied it at 47 with 2:03 left, and Kelly Oubre Jr. dunked twice in the final 1:42 of the half to give the Pacers a 55-50 lead at the break.
Siakam’s three with 6:24 left in the third quarter put Indiana up 69-59. Anthony Davis then scored nine points in less than three minutes, including a technical free throw, and Trae Young‘s three with 1:22 left gave the Wizards a 77-76 lead. Quenton Jackson made a free throw with 36.3 seconds left, and the game was tied at 77 after three quarters.
Indiana’s 14-0 run
Nembhard opened the fourth with a 27-foot three off a Siakam pass. Siakam made four free throws, Larry Nance Jr. hit a three, Jalen Slawson dunked, and Nembhard’s pull-up jumper made it 91-77 with 9:01 left. Washington never got closer than 11 points the rest of the way. Nembhard’s 29-foot three with 4:07 left made it 105-91, Obi Toppin added a three, and Indiana won the fourth quarter 37-24.
Around the box
George led Washington with 25 points, nine rebounds and 5 of 8 threes. Davis had 21 points and 13 rebounds but shot 7-of-20, Young and Tre Johnson scored 15 each, with three steals for Johnson, and rookie Dybantsa had 13 points on 6-of-15 shooting. The Wizards won the rebounding battle 48-45, but Indiana outscored them 60-44 in the paint and had 29 assists to Washington’s 12.
Oubre had 14 points and four steals for Indiana, and T.J. McConnell had seven points and seven assists in 14 minutes. The Pacers made 21 of 24 free throws to Washington’s 16 of 22. Indiana played without Tyrese Haliburton (left hamstring strain), Ben Sheppard and Johnny Furphy, and Washington was without Reece Beekman, Justin Champagnie, Tristan Vukcevic and Jamir Watkins. Attendance was 16,679.
What’s next
The Wizards host the Detroit Pistons on Thursday, November 12, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Friday Cairo time), the second night of a back-to-back. The Pacers host the New York Knicks in an Emirates NBA Cup group game on Friday, November 13, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Saturday Cairo time).
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