After not playing well defensively for the past three games, Sunday's game showed modest improvement as Indiana allowed just 16 fourth-quarter points.
INDIANAPOLIS — Pascal Siakam scored 22 points, Tyrese Haliburton had 21 points and nine assists, and the Indiana Pacers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 115-103 victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday.Rookie Alexandre Sarr and Bilal Coulibaly each had 17 for the Wizards, who have now lost 11 in a row and have the NBA's worst record at 2-13. Sarr also had a game-high 14 rebounds.Bennedict Mathurin had 16 points, Moses Brown 15 and T.J. McConnell 12 for the Pacers.
Pacers: After not playing well defensively for the past three games, allowing 129.6 points per conest, the finish qualified as modest improvement as Indiana allowed just 16 fourth-quarter points. Now 5-3 at home, the team needs to figure out how to win on the road, where it is 2-8.Indiana went on a 7-2 run in a span of about four minutes to build a 105-98 lead with 4:53 remaining. Washington missed six shots during the stretch and was unable to close the gap in the final minutes.
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