Pascal Siakam scores 21 points to lead the surging Pacers past the short-handed 76ers 115-102
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Pascal Siakam scored 10 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter, and Myles Turner added 18 points and 11 rebounds to help the Indiana Pacers beat the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers 115-102 on Saturday night.
Indiana has won two straight and eight of nine and is fifth in the Eastern Conference standings.
Tyrese Maxey led the Sixers with 28 points on a night Philadelphia was missing five key players - including Joel Embiid, Paul George and Kyle Lowry - because of injuries,
The bench got even shorter when Justin Edwards fouled out early in the fourth. Ricky Council IV had a career-high 18 points and Kelly Oubre Jr. added 18. Philadelphia has lost five straight and eight of 10.
Still, the Sixers managed to make it competitive. They trailed 61-59 at halftime and moved within 79-76 with 3:06 left in the third, but Indiana closed out the quarter on a 10-4 run.
76ers: Coach Nick Nurse has struggled to find consistency with so many injuries. Andre Drummond played for the third time since Jan. 1 and while he was sharp at times, Drummond and his teammates didn't have enough at the end.
Pacers: Getting healthy has made a huge difference for coach Rick Carlisle's team. Indiana has rounded into playoff form and seems to be getting deeper by the day. The bigger question moving forward is how the Pacers will use swingmen Bennedict Mathurin and Aaron Nesmith.
Indiana held Philadelphia without a basket over the final 3:10 as it extended a six-point lead to 13.
Forcing 17 turnovers certainly helped the 76ers. Getting outrebounded 50-32 against a team still improving on the glass did not.
76ers: At Milwaukee on Sunday.
Pacers: Travel to Paris for two games against San Antonio, the first on Thursday.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 |  | Â | Andre Drummond vs. Myles Turner (Tyrese Maxey gains possession) | Â |
| 11:44 |  | +3 | Kelly Oubre Jr. makes three point jump shot (Eric Gordon assists) | 3-0 |
| 11:22 | | Â | Tyrese Haliburton misses two point driving finger roll layup | Â |
| 11:21 | | Â | Pacers offensive rebound | Â |
| 11:19 | | Â | Pascal Siakam misses two point driving finger roll layup | Â |
| 11:17 | | Â | Tyrese Haliburton offensive rebound | Â |
| 11:15 | | Â | Myles Turner misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 11:11 | | Â | Andre Drummond defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:54 | | Â | Andre Drummond misses two point turnaround hook shot | Â |
| 10:52 | | Â | Myles Turner defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:48 | | Â | Kelly Oubre Jr. shooting foul (Pascal Siakam draws the foul) | Â |
| 10:48 | | Â | Pascal Siakam misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 10:48 | | Â | Pacers offensive rebound | Â |
| 10:48 | | +1 | Pascal Siakam makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 3-1 |
| 10:30 | | Â | Eric Gordon turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | Â |
| 10:25 | | Â | Tyrese Haliburton turnover (bad pass) (Ricky Council IV steals) | Â |
| 10:22 | | +2 | Ricky Council IV makes two point driving layup | 5-1 |
| 10:16 | | Â | Tyrese Haliburton turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | Â |
| 9:54 | | +3 | Eric Gordon makes three point jump shot (Tyrese Maxey assists) | 8-1 |
| 9:50 | | Â | Pacers 60 second timeout | Â |
| 9:32 | | +2 | Bennedict Mathurin makes two point reverse layup (Tyrese Haliburton assists) | 8-3 |
| 9:07 | | Â | Kelly Oubre Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 9:05 | | Â | Tyrese Haliburton defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:56 | | Â | Myles Turner misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 8:53 | | Â | Ricky Council IV defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:50 | | Â | Pascal Siakam shooting foul (Ricky Council IV draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:50 | | Â | Ricky Council IV misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 8:50 | | Â | 76ers offensive rebound | Â |
| 8:50 | | +1 | Ricky Council IV makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 9-3 |
| 8:31 | | Â | Bennedict Mathurin turnover (bad pass) (Kelly Oubre Jr. steals) | Â |
| 8:21 | | Â | Bennedict Mathurin shooting foul (Eric Gordon draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:21 | | Â | Eric Gordon misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 8:21 | | Â | 76ers offensive rebound | Â |
| 8:21 | | +1 | Eric Gordon makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 10-3 |
| 8:03 | | +2 | Myles Turner makes two point cutting finger roll layup (Tyrese Haliburton assists) | 10-5 |
| 7:47 | | Â | Tyrese Maxey misses three point pullup jump shot | Â |
| 7:45 | | Â | Tyrese Haliburton defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:37 | | Â | Bennedict Mathurin misses three point stepback jump shot | Â |
| 7:33 | | Â | Myles Turner offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:31 | | +2 | Andrew Nembhard makes two point layup (Myles Turner assists) | 10-7 |
| 7:14 | | Â | Myles Turner blocks Eric Gordon's two point driving reverse layup | Â |
| 7:14 | | Â | Pacers defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:06 | | +2 | Tyrese Haliburton makes two point driving floating bank jump shot (Myles Turner assists) | 10-9 |
| 6:43 | | Â | Ricky Council IV turnover (discontinue dribble) | Â |
| 6:22 | | Â | Tyrese Haliburton misses three point stepback jump shot | Â |
| 6:18 | | Â | Ricky Council IV defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:15 | | Â | Kelly Oubre Jr. misses two point running pullup jump shot | Â |
| 6:11 | | Â | Myles Turner defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:05 | | Â | Tyrese Haliburton turnover (out of bounds lost ball) | Â |
| 5:52 | | Â | Kelly Oubre Jr. misses two point driving layup | Â |
| 5:49 | | Â | Myles Turner defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:46 | | +2 | Bennedict Mathurin makes two point running alley-oop dunk (Tyrese Haliburton assists) | 10-11 |
| 5:27 | | +2 | Andre Drummond makes two point driving layup | 12-11 |
| 5:27 | | Â | Myles Turner shooting foul (Andre Drummond draws the foul) | Â |
| 5:27 | | Â | Andre Drummond misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 5:26 | | Â | Obi Toppin defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:16 | | Â | Tyrese Haliburton misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 5:13 | | Â | Myles Turner offensive rebound | Â |
| 5:07 | | Â | Tyrese Haliburton misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 5:03 | | Â | Kelly Oubre Jr. defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:47 | | Â | Ricky Council IV misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 4:42 | | Â | Tyrese Haliburton defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:37 | | +3 | Aaron Nesmith makes three point running pullup jump shot (Tyrese Haliburton assists) | 12-14 |
| 4:17 | | Â | Kelly Oubre Jr. misses two point turnaround jump shot | Â |
| 4:14 | | Â | Aaron Nesmith defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:01 | | +2 | Myles Turner makes two point driving dunk (Obi Toppin assists) | 12-16 |
| 3:51 | | Â | 76ers 60 second timeout | Â |
| 3:37 | | Â | Ricky Council IV misses two point driving floating jump shot | Â |
| 3:34 | | Â | Adem Bona offensive rebound | Â |
| 3:33 | | +2 | Adem Bona makes two point turnaround jump shot | 14-16 |
| 3:12 | | Â | Tyrese Maxey shooting foul (Aaron Nesmith draws the foul) | Â |
| 3:12 | | +1 | Aaron Nesmith makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 14-17 |
| 3:12 | | +1 | Aaron Nesmith makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 14-18 |
| 2:57 | | +2 | Adem Bona makes two point driving dunk (Jeff Dowtin Jr. assists) | 16-18 |
| 2:44 | | +2 | T.J. McConnell makes two point driving finger roll layup | 16-20 |
| 2:34 | | +2 | Jeff Dowtin Jr. makes two point pullup jump shot | 18-20 |
| 2:21 | | +2 | Obi Toppin makes two point driving layup (Tyrese Haliburton assists) | 18-22 |
| 2:01 | | +2 | Tyrese Maxey makes two point driving finger roll layup (Jeff Dowtin Jr. assists) | 20-22 |
| 1:54 | | Â | Justin Edwards personal foul (Obi Toppin draws the foul) | Â |
| 1:40 | | Â | Obi Toppin misses two point turnaround jump shot | Â |
| 1:33 | | Â | Tyrese Maxey defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:26 | | +2 | Tyrese Maxey makes two point driving finger roll layup | 22-22 |
| 1:26 | | Â | Obi Toppin shooting foul (Tyrese Maxey draws the foul) | Â |
| 1:26 | | +1 | Tyrese Maxey makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 23-22 |
| 1:11 | | +2 | Aaron Nesmith makes two point driving layup (Obi Toppin assists) | 23-24 |
| 0:58 | | Â | Tyrese Maxey misses two point driving finger roll layup | Â |
| 0:57 | | Â | Thomas Bryant defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:39 | | Â | Aaron Nesmith misses three point pullup jump shot | Â |
| 0:35 | | Â | Thomas Bryant offensive rebound | Â |
| 0:28 | | +2 | Aaron Nesmith makes two point layup | 23-26 |
| 0:09 | | Â | Jeff Dowtin Jr. misses three point stepback jump shot | Â |
| 0:06 | | Â | T.J. McConnell defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:04 | | +2 | Obi Toppin makes two point running dunk (T.J. McConnell assists) | 23-28 |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |