Pacers Defeat Kings For First Win In Sacramento Since 2018

ACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Caris LeVert scored 22 points and the Indiana Pacers held connected aft blowing a 15-point lead, beating the Sacramento Kings 94-91 connected Sunday night.

Domontas Sabonis had 17 points and 10 rebounds to assistance Indiana to its archetypal triumph successful Sacramento since 2018. T.J. McConnell added 17 points and Chris Duarte scored 15 successful the Pacers’ archetypal roadworthy triumph of the season.

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“All together, not conscionable down the stretch, we truly followed the crippled plan,” LeVert said. “We benignant of slowed the crippled down a small spot and anchored to our defense. It paid dividends for us.”

Indiana changeable good astir of the crippled and led 69-54 midway done the 3rd quarter, but got lone 1 bucket the remainder of the period, allowing the Kings to creep backmost in.

Sacramento trailed astir of the crippled earlier opening the 4th fourth with an 11-1 tally and taking a three-point lead. Indiana responded with 10 consecutive points.

McConnell’s bucket down debased enactment the Pacers up 93-88 earlier Tyrese Haliburton’s 3-pointer chopped the spread to 2 points with 1:28 remaining.

The teams exchanged aggregate misses, and Haliburton missed the rim connected a heavy 3-point effort precocious earlier McConnell made 1 of 2 escaped throws with 2.5 seconds left.

The Pacers past intercepted the ensuing inbounds walk attempt.

“A precise determined radical of guys that were successful a bend-but-don’t-break mode,” Pacers manager Rick Carlisle said. “The past 2 oregon 3 stops were truly symbolic of who we request to beryllium arsenic a squad defensively. Grit, physical, smart, not fouling and past being capable to travel up with rebounds.”

Harrison Barnes scored 22 points for the Kings. Haliburton, De’Aaron Fox and Buddy Hield scored 17 apiece.

“Tyese with an unfastened 3 for crippled astatine the end, I’ll instrumentality that successful immoderate adjacent game,” Kings manager Luke Walton said. “We cognize we person a agelong mode to spell still. This 1 hurts.”

Two nights aft mounting a franchise grounds with 22 3-pointers, the Kings changeable 10 of 34 beyond the arc.

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Hield ended the archetypal 4th with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from conscionable wrong the midcourt line. Hield stole the shot arsenic Indiana was mounting up for a last shot, past spun astir a defender earlier launching his shot.

The Kings made different precocious changeable earlier halftime, erstwhile Haliburton’s layup with six-tenths of a 2nd remaining chopped the Pacers’ pb to 48-43.

MCCONNELL’S IMPACT

With Malcolm Brogdon missing a 2nd consecutive game, McConnell made his 5th commencement and came up large down the agelong with 5 points successful the last 4 minutes. “He played fearless and that’s 1 of the characteristics that we’re going to person to person arsenic a team,” Carlisle said.

TIP-INS

Pacers: LeVert scored 11 points successful the 3rd quarter. … Sabonis got deed successful the look by an elbow from teammate Goga Bitadze erstwhile some were attempting to artifact a layup attempt. Sabonis was shaken up, but remained successful the game. … Brogdon missed his 2nd consecutive crippled owed to non-COVID illness.

Kings: Sacramento scored 43 points successful the archetypal half, 31 less than it enactment up earlier halftime 2 nights earlier against Charlotte. … Marvin Bagley III, the 2nd wide prime successful 2018, did not play due to the fact that of coach’s determination for the ninth clip this season. … Before the game, the Kings recalled defender Jahmi’us Ramsey from their G League affiliate successful adjacent Stockton.

UP NEXT

Pacers: Play the Nuggets connected Wednesday. Denver has beaten Indianapolis doubly this play and is going for its archetypal play expanse of the Pacers since 2016-17.

Kings: Play the Suns connected Monday astatine Golden 1 Center. Sacramento won the archetypal crippled betwixt the teams earlier this play successful Phoenix.

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