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The game in Minneapolis became a complete triumph for the 24-year-old Sabonis. A Lithuanian who played unstoppable for 46 minutes. On the floor he reached the so-called double trio (double digit) and did so for the third time this season.
The midfielder scored 36 points (12/19 double, 1/2 trit., Sept. 11 penalty), bounced 17 balls and had 10 assists. He also took 3 balls, blocked 1 pitch, and made 3 mistakes.
36 points – Domantas’ most productive game in the NBA league.
At the end of the fourth quarter, the Pacers couldn’t seem to get away. 1 minute left to play. 21 sec. the hosts increased their lead to 5 points (119: 114). However, the Pacers then responded with several successful attacks in a row, with 11.1 seconds left to play. It was D. Sabonis who tied the score with free throws and took the game into extra time.
During it, the guests led by D. Sabonis and Malcomas Brogdon managed to demonstrate their advantage: at the end of the match, the Lithuanian realized the penalties that had finally established victory.
It should be noted that after this performance, Domantas became the record holder of the Pacers club. It was the seventh Lithuanian triple-double to represent the Indianapolis team. So far, Sabonis has shared first place in this stat with another Pacers legend, Detlef Schrempf (6 3s), but is now the sole leader in the stat category.
D. Sabonis was assisted very successfully in this match by the aforementioned M. Brogdon. 28-year-old defense in 41 minutes. he added 32 points, bounced 9 balls and made 7 assists.
Jeremy Lambo score – 18, Aaron Holiday – 11 points.
Malik Beasley scored 31 points, Karl-Anthony Towns 30 and Ricky Rubio scored 30 points (13 assists).
The Indianapolis club climbed to fourth place in the NBA Eastern Conference tournament table. The next game will be played by the Pacers on February 21 with the Houston Rockets.
D. Sabonis is averaging 21 points per game this season, bouncing 11.4 balls and making 5.6 assists.
During 25 of the 28 games played this season, the Lithuanian scored double-doubles.
You can read what Lithuanians think about this NBA season in the recently published exclusive Delphi interview.
We remind you that the all-time performance record of the Lithuanian NBA belongs to Linas Kleizas, who scored 41 points during the match.
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