Buddy Hield scored 22 points, Myles Turner had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and the Indiana Pacers used a dominant fourth quarter to beat the Toronto Raptors 118-104 on Saturday night.
Tyrese Haliburton shook off a 3-for-14 shooting night with 15 assists for the Pacers, who outscored the Raptors 36-14 in the final 12 minutes. "The game changed when our fight changed," Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said. "Every distraction you can imagine, we were coming up with some reason to complain about something in the first half.
It was ugly. It's not the culture we are building. The second half looked like us. It's a win that feels good." Jalen Smith finished with 16 points and rookie Bennedict Mathurin had 15 for Indiana. "I thought we got enough stops that we could run," Haliburton said. "Law of averages, they'll fall.
We just stayed with it and played with better aggression in the second half." WATCH | Pacers rally to defeat Raptors: O.G.