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Miami Heat beat Indiana Pacers 145-125 as Giannis Antetokounmpo posts 31, 17 and 10 and Klay Thompson hits 7 threes
Giannis Antetokounmpo had a 31-point triple-double, Bam Adebayo scored 27 and Klay Thompson made seven threes as Miami erased an early deficit with a 16-0 run in both teams' NBA Cup group opener.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo had 31 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers 145-125 at Kaseya Center on Friday, October 30, in both teams’ opener in Emirates NBA Cup group play. Antetokounmpo made 13 of 18 shots for his triple-double. Both teams are 2-4.
Bam Adebayo scored 27 points on 11-of-14 shooting with 9 rebounds, and Klay Thompson had 25 points, making 7 of 12 threes, 15 of those points coming in the third quarter. Miami shot 54 of 92 from the field and had 38 assists.
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How it turned
Indiana scored 42 points in the first quarter and led 42-36 after one. The Pacers were still up 54-46 after Quenton Jackson’s three with 7:21 left in the second quarter.
Miami then scored 16 straight points. Antetokounmpo had 8 of them, Andrew Wiggins hit a three and a two-pointer, and Davion Mitchell added a three to make it 62-54. The Heat went to halftime ahead 68-61.
Thompson took over in the third quarter, and Miami won it 35-27 to lead 103-88. The Heat opened the fourth by pushing the lead to 25, 118-93, on Mitchell’s three off an Antetokounmpo pass with 9:24 left, and they were never threatened after that.
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The numbers
Mitchell had 15 points and 11 assists, Pelle Larsson scored 18 off the bench on 5-of-5 shooting and 7-of-8 free throws, and Wiggins scored 12. Miami scored 64 points in the paint, made 18 of 40 threes and went 19 of 23 at the line.
Indiana’s side
Jackson led the Pacers with 24 points off the bench on 9-of-13 shooting. Andrew Nembhard had 22 points and 9 assists and made 5 of 8 threes, Jarace Walker scored 14, and Jay Huff had 13 on 5-of-6 shooting. Pascal Siakam scored 13 but made 5 of 17 shots. Indiana shot 17 of 37 from three and was without Obi Toppin, T.J. McConnell, Johnny Furphy, Ivica Zubac and Ben Sheppard.
What’s next
The Pacers host the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday, November 1, at 5 p.m. ET (midnight Cairo time). The Heat visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday, November 2, at 10 p.m. ET (5 a.m. Tuesday Cairo time).
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