Tyrese Haliburton had 37 points (26 in the third quarter), 16 assists and 9 3-pointers, and the Indiana Pacers rallied from 20 points down in the second quarter to beat the Atlanta Hawks 157-152.
The Pacers trailed 78-58 with 3:26 left in the second quarter and 86-73 at halftime. They outscored the Hawks 99-74 the rest of the way.
Buddy Hield’s alley oop layup with 0.5 seconds left made it 157-152 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Pacers outscored the Hawks 19-16. Hield scored 13 of the Pacers’ 19 on 5 for 5 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Obi Toppin had 5 of his 6 assists off the bench, all with the game within 5 points.
Hield scored 24 points (18 on 6 3-pointers) on 9 for 11 shooting, and Toppin added 21 points and 6 assists off the bench. The Pacers had 3 20-point scorers and 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Hawks, Trae Young had 38 points, 8 assists and 3 steals on 13 for 17 shooting, and Dejounte Murray added 28 points. Bogdan Bogdanović scored 26 points on 10 for 15 shooting off the bench. Young scored 17 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter. The Hawks had 3 20-point scorers.
The Pacers shot 60.6% from the field and 48.9% from 3 to the Hawks’ 60.0% and 48.4%. The Pacers made 22 3-pointers, 9 of them by Haliburton and 6 by Hield. The Pacers were outscored 20-10 in 5 minutes with McConnell, Brown, Toppin, Smith and Mathurin on the floor together.