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Victor Oladipo finished with 16 points for the
Pacers, while Myles Turner contributed 15. Indiana completed a
four-game sweep of the Bulls during the regular season and won
for the fifth time in its past six games.
Coby White led the Bulls with 26 points off the bench. Shaquille
Harrison added 25 points on 9-for-14 shooting for Chicago, which
lost for the 12th time in its past 14 games.
Trailing 97-80 four minutes into the fourth quarter, the Bulls
went on a 12-2 run to slice the deficit to 99-92 with 4:54
remaining. Harrison capped the run with a 3-pointer off a feed
from White.
Indiana head coach Nate McMillan called timeout to stop the
Bulls' momentum at that point. The plan worked as the Pacers
came out of the break with four straight points to extend the
lead back to 11 with 1:30 to go.
Chicago never got closer than six points the rest of the way.
The Pacers' lead ballooned to as many as 23 points during the
third quarter. Oladipo dished a pass to Sabonis, who finished
with a layup to put Indiana on top 75-52 with 6:44 remaining in
the session.
Indiana led 62-46 at the half, as Sabonis (14 points), Edmond
Sumner (12) and Oladipo (11) each provided double-digit scoring
for the Pacers before the break.
The Bulls actually grabbed a 10-2 lead to start the game, with
Denzel Valentine and Harrison each draining a 3-pointer and
Tomas Satoransky punctuating the run with a dunk off a steal by
teammate Lauri Markkanen.
Indiana regrouped, however, and led 29-25 after the first
quarter.
The Bulls were outscored 33-21 in the second quarter as Turner
made a jump shot to kick off a 9-0 run late in the quarter that
doubled Indiana's lead from nine points to 18.
Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon did not play because of a sore left
hip that he sustained Wednesday night against the Milwaukee
Bucks.
--Field Level Media
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