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Domantas’ first pitch of the season was the triple at the start of the match, and the Lithuanian laid the groundwork for the most impressive performance of his career in the first half. In him alone, the young Saba scored 13 points, hitting both shots with two points, both shots with three points and 3 of 5 free throws.
Brogdon without looking at Sabonis? pic.twitter.com/sHY3DFns5n
– NBA bleach report (@BR_NBA) Dec 24, 2020
The unstoppable height of the Pacers was a true nightmare for the visiting team’s midfielders. The duo of Mitchell Robinson and Nerlens Noel, considered defense specialists, were powerless against the Lithuanian: Robinson scored the third free kick early in the second quarter, and Noel was still in the first half.
The hosts led by Sabo were still 5 points behind after two halves. Domantas scored 22 points before his long layoff, and teammate Malcolm Brogdon scored 16 points, but the rest of the Pacers team had just 23 points.
Additionally, in the first half of the game, the Knicks received a surprisingly effective input from RJ Barretto (20 points, 8/8 years) and Aleco Burks (19 points, 6/8 years) and scored 66 points in the Indiana basket before of the long rest.
The image on the field changed already in the third part, which was started by Víctor Oladipo in an impressive series. The Pacers’ full back scored 11 straight points, and the hosts, who showed much greater intensity on defense, allowed opponents to score just 16 points from the long break to the middle of the fourth period.
Sabonis, who spent a total of 37 minutes on the court, scored 32 points (9/14 doubles, 2/4 triples, 8/12 penalties), 13 rebounds, 5 assists, one block, four errors and five personal fouls.
The Lithuanian reached the thirty point threshold for the third time in his NBA career. For the first time, Domantas threw 30 points to the Charlotte Hornets basket on the last day of the 2017-18 regular season, and for the second time he managed to do it at the end of October 2018, in a game with the Knicks club, who was also terrified tonight.
Barrett, who represents the New York club, also finished the point with a career record, finishing his performance with 26 points, and the best personal result in the NBA league was repeated by Pacers tall Myles Turner, who blocked. up to 8 Knicks basketball shots.
The guests played without Austin Rivers and Omari Spellman in this game, and the Indiana team couldn’t be helped by offensive defender Jeremy Lambas. It’s true that the Pacers won every preseason game due to the return of TJ Warren, who missed a foot injury. Ignas Brazdeikis was booked for the match, but the pitch did not change.
“Markers”: Domantas Sabonis 32 (Rev 13, Rev 5), Victor Oladipo 22, Malcolm Brogdon 21 (Rev 7, Rev 8), Doug McDermott 13 (0/6 Trit), Myles Turner 10 points (8 rebounds, 8 blacks ).
“Knicks”: RJ Barrett 26 (dichotomy 8/12, 3/3 trit., 8 rev.), Reggie Bullock 11 points.
The next game will be played by the Pacers at night from Saturday to Sunday. Nate Bjorkgren’s students will visit Chicago and fight the local Bulls, and the Knicks, represented by Brazdeikis, will host the Philadelphia 76ers at home that night.
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