Myles Turner has 30 points and 11 rebounds, the Pacers beat the Mavericks 134-127

Myles Turner scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in what were his season highs while also surpassing 8000 career points and Tyrese Haliburton scored a season-high 25 points and dished out 12 assists and the Indiana Pacers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 134-127 on Monday night.

Dallas was able to lessen the gap to five when only 1:47 was remaining, but Haliburton stepped up and went on to make a 17-foot pull-up jumper with 50 seconds left on the clock. For Indiana, Pascal Siakam put in 23 points.

For the Mavericks, Luka Doncic had 34 points and contributed 15 assists, winning one, and losing one, in a home back-to-back. Kyrie Irving added 27 points while Naji Marshall, off the bench, recorded 20 points which equaled his career high, 16 more than his average.

Mavericks: Myles Turner

In this contest, the Pacers were at a disadvantage as their power forward, Isaiah Jackson, was forced to miss the game after he tore his right Achilles tendon the night before and is now out for the rest of the season.

Dallas‘ Dereck Lively II was sidelined nursing a sprained shoulder. Maxi Kleber remains out for the fifth consecutive time because of a hamstring strain.

Takeaways

Pacers: Indiana had entered play hitting 11.5 of 33.0 Treys. The Pacers were able to convert 7 of 9 three-point attempts in the first quarter to open a 13-point lead and went on to finish the match by making 13 of 32 shots from the outside range.

Mavericks: Luka Doncic made 4 of 10 attempts from three-point range and is currently making 32.3% of shots made behind the arc, this is a drop-off as the player ended last season with 38.2 percent successful attempts.

Key moment

It was a tie offense with 5:37 seconds remaining in the game as Andrew Nembhard put Indiana back ahead with a finger roll basket. Dallas’ next four possessions were Klay Thompson’s and Doncic’s three-pointer attempts, Irving’s jumper, and a 24-second shot clock violation.

Key stat

Rick Carlisle has a record of 5 wins and 2 losses against the Mavericks, the team he led to victory in 2011, after taking up the position of Indiana’s head coach in 2021.