Malcolm Brogdon scored a season-high 30 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers held off the Indiana Pacers 118-115.
Brogdon’s driving layup put the Trail Blazers ahead for good with 5:25 left in the third quarter. They led 104-91 with 6:52 left, and the Pacers cut it to 3 in the final seconds. Jerami Grant went 1 for 2 at the line with the Trail Blazers up 3 and 10.7 seconds left, Jabari Walker went 1 for 2 at the line with the Trail Blazers up 4 and 4.7 seconds left, and Myles Turner’s 21-foot jumper made it 118-115 at the buzzer.
During clutch time, the Trail Blazers outscored the Pacers 6-2.
Grant scored 37 points (22 in the paint). The Trail Blazers had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Pacers, Turner had a season-high 29 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), 12 rebounds and 5 blocks, and Tyrese Haliburton added 21 points and 17 assists. Pascal Siakam scored 21 points on 9 for 14 shooting in his first game with the Pacers. The Pacers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Trail Blazers went 30 for 35 at the line to the Pacers’ 17 for 25 and outscored them 66-26 in the paint. The Pacers made 20 3-pointers, 6 of them by Turner and 6 by Buddy Hield. They got 6 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Pacers’ starters outscored the Trail Blazers 64-42 in 19 minutes together. Aaron Nesmith fouled out.