Malcolm Brogdon had 21 points and a career-high 13 assists, and the Indiana Pacers went on a 13-3 run in the third quarter to beat the Brooklyn Nets 118-108.
It was tied at 77 when T.J. Warren’s 17-foot floater put the Pacers ahead for good with 5:37 left in the third quarter. He scored 6 points as they pulled away to a 90-80 lead with 2:12 left in the quarter, and they led by as many as 16 in the fourth quarter.
The Nets got within 90-88 on DeAndre Jordan’s dunk with 10:54 to play, but Jeremy Lamb answered with a 19-foot pull-up jumper, and the Nets got no closer.
Domantas Sabonis had 29 points (18 in the paint) and 8 rebounds. Lamb added 25 points, and Warren had 20 points and 3 steals. The Pacers had 4 20-point scorers. Brogdon assisted on 6 of Sabonis’ 11 baskets, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Nets, Kyrie Irving had 28 points (16 in the paint) and 6 assists, and Spencer Dinwiddie added 20 points and 7 assists off the bench.
The Nets committed 20 turnovers to the Pacers’ 9 and outscored them 36-16 off the bench.