Myles Turner made five 3-pointers and scored a season-high 34 points as the Indiana Pacers weathered a fourth-quarter rally by the visiting Miami Heat to win 119-110 on Sunday in Indianapolis.
Pascal Siakam scored 23 points and Bennedict Mathurin added 21 points and 12 rebounds for Indiana, which led by as many as 16 in the third quarter before Miami tied the game at 97 on Duncan Robinson’s 3-pointer with 5:37 remaining.
Tyrese Haliburton answered with consecutive 3-pointers for the Pacers and finished with 16 points and 13 assists. Indiana moved ahead 108-101 on Turner’s trey with 2:58 left.
After Tyler Herro hit his second straight three to cut the lead to 112-108 with 1:15 remaining, Turner drilled another triple to put the Pacers ahead by seven with 52.7 seconds left.
Herro made seven 3-pointers and led the Heat with 28 points. Bam Adebayo scored 24 points, Robinson added 20 and Nikola Jovic had 14.
Miami played without All-Star Jimmy Butler, who missed his fourth straight game with a right ankle sprain. Heat guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. exited in the third quarter with a reported right ankle sprain and did not return.
The teams were meeting for the second time in three days after Miami recorded a 124-111 win on Friday.
Guard Ben Sheppard left in the third quarter with a left oblique strain and did not return for Indiana, which shot 51.8 percent from the field and never trailed in the contest.
Indiana scored the first eight points of the game and held a 28-20 advantage after holding Miami to 7-of-22 (31.8 percent) shooting in the first quarter.
The Pacers led by 10 points with 2:50 left in the second quarter before Miami closed on a 7-0 run to pull within 52-49 at halftime.
Siakam had 14 points in the first half for Indiana, which held Miami to 38.3 percent shooting before halftime.
Indiana used a 16-6 run to move ahead 78-62 with 3:17 left in the third quarter before Miami cut the deficit to 85-75 at the end of the period.
–Field Level Media
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