MIAMI (AP) — Bruce Brown scored 30 points, Obi Toppin included 22 and the Indiana Pacers shook off the absence of foremost scorer Tyrese Haliburton to beat the Miami Heat 144-129 on Saturday evening.
The Pacers shot 66%, the next-best charge in franchise history. They shot 67% in opposition to Minnesota on Oct. 24, 2017. And it was the greatest share ever shot in opposition to a Heat team the Los Angeles Lakers shot 64% in opposition to Miami on Nov. 23, 1988.
T.J. McConnell shot 10 for 11 and completed with 20 points and 11 helps off the bench for Indiana, and Aaron Nesmith also had 20 factors for the Pacers.
Jimmy Butler scored 33 factors for Miami, which bought 18 from Caleb Martin. The 273 points in the two game titles in opposition to the Pacers — Miami gained 142-132 on Thursday — have been the most at any time by Miami in a two-recreation span.
The Warmth went 1-1 in those people game titles, even with the Pacers taking part in without having Haliburton — who had 44 details in Thursday’s video game.
Haliburton was working with proper knee soreness and what the crew reported was an higher respiratory an infection. Pacers coach Rick Carlisle reported it was the non-COVID illness, not the knee, that stored Haliburton out on Saturday.
Miami dropped starting up forward Haywood Highsmith soon after just a few minutes mainly because of back spasms — Martin began the 2nd half in his location — and the Warmth were being yet again without the need of All-Star heart Bam Adebayo simply because of a bruised remaining hip.
Adebayo missed the second 50 percent of Thursday’s get mainly because of the hip issue, which has bothered him for a few weeks, and already has been dominated out of Miami’s following video game Wednesday at Toronto. The earliest he could engage in all over again is Friday when the Heat engage in host to Cleveland.
“We just want to consider care of it prior to it does choose a change for a thing else,” Heat mentor Erik Spoelstra mentioned. “He seems to continue to get hit in that specific exact same spot, which is almost not possible. But we’ll choose treatment of it.”
Adebayo was evidently missed on the defensive close. The Pacers built 23 of 28 pictures in the paint more than the center two quarters, fueling a extend where by they outscored Miami 81-67 about individuals 24 minutes.
UP Following
Pacers: Host Boston in an In-Time Tournament quarterfinal game Monday.
Heat: Pay a visit to Toronto on Wednesday.
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