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The Pacers, who played without Victor Oladip, demonstrated their advantage over Golden State Warriors basketball players (6/5) on the field – 104: 95 (19:28, 31:29, 23:18, 31:20).
D. Sabonis was once again one of the protagonists of the square. The 24-year-old Lithuanian spent 36 minutes on the parquet, during which he collected a normal double for himself and even got close to the triple. Domantas scored 18 points (7/13 doubles, 0/2 trit., 4/5 penalty), bounced 14 balls and had 6 assists.
Domantas Sabonis in a game with the Warriors
In several episodes, Sabonis also confirmed his ability to fend off much shorter basketball players: During one of the Warriors’ major attacks in the fourth quarter, the midfielder stopped rival superstar Stephen Curry.
Sabonis stays with Steph here is awesome pic.twitter.com/iY7uhmMSqd
– CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) January 13, 2021
Another star of the hosts, Draymond Green, had to defend more than once against D. Sabonis. In some cases, he had no chance to stop a taller and more powerful Lithuanian.
Sabonis vs Draymond will go to 10 rounds pic.twitter.com/lmA91RReXA
– BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) January 13, 2021
But after a successful defense episode, D. Green’s reaction was eloquent.
Draymond’s face after stopping Sabonis 😶 pic.twitter.com/YRLVwtY5h2
– NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) January 13, 2021
In a fairly even game, the Pacers only took the lead in the fourth quarter.
There are 3 minutes to play. the result was still the same (90:90), but then in 90 sec. the visitors turned 10: 0 – D. Sabonis increased the lead to a safe double digit (100: 90).
Myles Turner was more productive than D. Sabonis, scoring 22 points (3/5 trit. 11 rebounds). To the victory were added 16 points (12 res.) Aaron Holiday, 13 – Malcolm Brogdon, 12 – Edmon Sumner.
Andrew Wiggins stood out on the Warriors with 22 points. S. Curry scored 20 points (3/8 trit.), Kelly Oubre scored 11 points.
The next game for the Pacers will be on the field again: Indianapolis teams hope to stay with Portland Trail Blazers basketball players in a couple of days.
It should be noted that D. Sabonis doubled in 11 games this season. On average, a Lithuanian earns 22.2 points per game, rebounds after 12.4 balls and makes 5.8 assists.
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