Cam Thomas scored a career-high 33 points (21 in the fourth quarter), and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Indiana Pacers 136-133.
Yuta Watanabe’s free throw put the Nets ahead for good with 2:40 left in the fourth quarter.
The Pacers got within 135-133 on Buddy Hield’s pull-up 3-pointer with 15 seconds to play, but Edmond Sumner answered with a free throw, and the Pacers got no closer. They had the ball down 3, but Andrew Nembhard missed a pull-up 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Nets outscored the Pacers 18-7. Thomas scored 7 of the Nets’ 18 on 2 for 3 shooting and 3 for 4 at the line.
Patty Mills had 24 points and 6 assists. Sumner added 21 points, and Day'Ron Sharpe had 20 points (16 in the paint) and 12 rebounds. Thomas scored 21 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter. The Nets had 4 20-point scorers.
For the Pacers, Tyrese Haliburton had 35 points, 9 assists and 3 steals on 12 for 15 shooting. The Pacers had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Pacers made 21 3-pointers, 7 of them by Haliburton and 4 by Hield. They gave up 29 offensive rebounds, about 16 more than usual for the shots the Nets missed. The Nets outscored the Pacers 72-42 in the paint. Oshae Brissett fouled out.