Tyrese Haliburton scored 26 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), and the Indiana Pacers beat the Brooklyn Nets 125-116.
Buddy Hield’s 30-foot 3-pointer put the Pacers ahead for good with 5:49 left in the third quarter.
The Nets got within 98-95 on Kyrie Irving’s three-point play with 9:55 to play, but Isaiah Jackson answered with a cutting layup, and the Nets got no closer.
Bennedict Mathurin scored a career-high 32 points (13 in the second quarter) with 6 3-pointers off the bench.
For the Nets, Irving had 35 points and 6 assists, and Kevin Durant added 26 points, 3 steals and 4 blocks.
The Pacers grabbed 17 offensive rebounds to the Nets’ 6 and outscored them 47-27 off the bench. The Pacers made 23 3-pointers, 6 of them by Haliburton and 6 by Mathurin. The Pacers outscored the Nets 67-49 in 19 minutes with Hield, Haliburton, Smith, Jackson and Mathurin on the floor together.