On February 23, Beijing time, after the 2024 NBA All-Star Game ended, Yincheng continued to embark on the journey of the regular season. In this game, the Indiana Pacers stayed on their home court to face the visiting Detroit Pistons. The Pacers currently have a 31-25 record and sit in sixth place in the East. The Pistons, on the other hand, are an absolute belly team, and the current schedule has reached the sprint stage, with only 8 wins, and they are firmly nailed to the bottom of the East. Therefore, judging from the record and strength of the two teams, this is a scoring question.
Sure enough, in the first quarter, the Pacers blossomed inside and out, hitting 7 3-pointers! The interior shot only 3 balls and scored 42 points in a single quarter! Haliburton continued the 3-point feel of the All-Star Game, hitting 3 consecutive 3-pointers in the first quarter, and also sent 5 assists, ferocious firepower, sharp tandem, leading the Pacers to quickly establish a lead; Sika scored 5 points on 2-of-3 shooting, and his performance was very efficient; The Pistons only hit 1 3-pointer on the outside, and the inside line was not dominant, falling behind by 17 points in the first quarter!
In the second quarter, the Pistons collapsed, and the Pacers quickly knocked the game away! In this section, the Pacers' outside feel has declined significantly, shooting 3 of 7, and the inside score basically relies on impacting the basket, frequently succeeding, and scoring 30 points in a single quarter! The Pistons, on the other hand, were comprehensively blocked, playing iron crazily, and only scored 18 points in a single quarter, trailing by 31 points at most! At halftime, the Pacers led by 29 points, 72-43; If the Pistons can't close the gap in the third quarter, the game will basically go into garbage time;
Yibian fought again, and the Pistons fought hard to chase the points in the third quarter, and the difference narrowed to 22 points after a wave of small climaxes, but the Pacers returned a wave of small climaxes, and the difference was opened again; After that, the Pistons made another effort and also played a wave of small climaxes, after Cunningham hit a 3-point shot, the difference narrowed to 15 points, and the suspense seemed to be coming again! The Pistons recovered 15 points in this quarter, and the score came to 88-102, narrowing the gap to 14 points!
At the beginning of the last quarter, Wiseman made 2 fouls and made 1 free throw, and Milton threw and continued to fire, and the point difference continued to narrow! McConnell broke through the backhand layup and scored, and then leaned back to continue 2 points, Fournier scored 3 points again, Jackson scored an empty dunk to make it 2+1, the two sides went back and forth, and the difference returned to 15 points again; After that, the Pacers continued to change the main force, Haliburton assisted Mathurin to hit a 3-pointer, and the difference continued to widen, and the suspense gradually lost after that. The final score was set at 129-115, and the Pacers won two in a row.
Statistics: Haliburton started with a good 3-point shot in this game, but then only 1 of 7 shots, 25 points, 2 boards, 13 assists and 2 steals, Sika 20 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Mathurin 15 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Turner 13 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist, Nembhard 8 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Jackson 13 points, McConnell 16 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Toppin 9 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists;
On the Pistons' side, Cunningham had 30 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Fontecchio had 14 points, Thompson had 11 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks, Duren had 15 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists, Ivey had 14 points and 3 assists, Wiseman had 6 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Fournier had 10 points and 4 boards, and Suser had 9 points and 2 assists. A new season of sports