Wesley Matthews tipped in Bojan Bogdanovic’s missed shot with 1.8 seconds left, and the Indiana Pacers rallied from 19 points down in the third quarter to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-106.
The Pacers trailed 63-50 at halftime and 73-54 with 7:18 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Thunder 54-33 the rest of the way.
The Thunder had the ball in a tie game with 27 seconds left, but Darren Collison stole the ball from Paul George. A basket would have put the Thunder ahead. They had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Russell Westbrook missed a 29-foot pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Pacers outscored the Thunder 12-7. Domantas Sabonis scored 4 of the Pacers’ 12 on 1 for 1 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Sabonis scored 26 points off the bench. Bojan Bogdanovic added 23 points, and Matthews scored 16 points.
For the Thunder, George scored 36 points with 6 3-pointers, and Westbrook added 19 points (10 in the paint), 14 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 steals, his 27th triple-double of the season.
The Thunder turned it over 18 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions. The Pacers outscored the Thunder 58-38 in the paint. The Pacers outscored the Thunder 27-12 in 8 minutes with Collison, Matthews, Bogdanovic, Turner and Sabonis on the floor together.