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D. Sabonis scored 22 points (9/14 doubles, 4/6 penalty) for the winners in 38 minutes, bounced 12 balls, made 4 assists and blocked an opponent’s shot. It is true that a Lithuanian made a mistake five times and committed an offense four times.
VIDEO: Episodes of the game Domanto Sabonis against the Rockets
It was already the eighth consecutive double-double for D. Sabonis this season. By this indicator, only one player equals a Lithuanian in the entire NBA league: Cleveland Cavaliers rook Andre Drummond.
It is true that this time the powerful performance of D. Sabonis was mostly decorated not by deposits or transfers of jewels, but by a tight blocking to the opponent in the first half, when the Lithuanian with his right hand extinguished the attempt of DeMarcus Cousins of the Rockets to get it in the basket.
It was the block by D. Sabonis that started the Pacers, who were 10 points behind in the first half.
The Lithuanian starter scored 8 points in the first leg of the game, and the Indiana team was already leading 35:30 after 12 minutes of play.
The Pacers held the upper hand for most of the rest of the game, but “missiles” with James Harden leading the way nearly ruined the hosts’ night in Indianapolis.
In the fourth quarter, with less than three minutes remaining after J. Harden’s two-point Rockets led 107: 106, but luckily for D. Sabonis’s team, he didn’t win any points in time remaining.
Malcolm Brogdon had already hit a triple in another attack, D. Sabonis, who took the ball in attack, scored two points, and the point in this game was helped by the impressive double block of the Pacers towers D. Sabonis and Myles Turner to David Nwaba.
The latter was recorded in M. Turner’s statistical protocol, resulting in his repeated record: D. Sabonis’s partner blocked up to 8 opponents’ shots in the penalty area for the third time.
Malcolm Brogdon, another Pacers player, had a historic evening. He scored up to 35 points (9/19 two, 4/6 trit, 5/5 penalty) and improved his career performance record.
Interestingly, the previous player’s record was broken for just four days: Last Saturday, Brogdon scored 33 points in the New York Knicks basket.
By winning for the sixth time in eight games, the Pacers are taking powerful steps to the top of the Eastern Conference. Based on victories, only the Orlando Magic (6-2) and the conference’s sole leader, the Philadelphia 76ers basketball players, match the Indiana team.
“Markers”: Malcolmas Brogdonas 35 (9/19 dvit., 4/6 trit., 7 rez. Lost), Domantas Sabonis 22 (9/14 dvit., 12 atk. Kam.), Justinas Holiday 20, Victoras Oladipo 18 (5 / 13 dvit., 1/7 trit., 9 atk. Kam.).
“Rockets”: John Wall 28 (12/17 diat.), Eric Gordon 20 (5/5 dvit., 2/10 trit.), James Harden (5/14 pitches, 12 res.) And David Nwaba after 15, PJ Tucker 10 , DeMarcus Cousins 9 (2/9 pitches, 14 reb.).
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