The Indiana Pacers and Minnesota Timberwolves battled in summer league action on Sunday. Here's what went down in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS — The Indiana Pacers played their second 2024 summer league game on Sunday afternoon as they took on the Minnesota Timberwolves. Indiana was hoping to bounce back after anRookie wing Johnny Furphy opened the scoring for the Pacers with a nice drive from the left corner, and Quenton Jackson followed it up with a three. Those two having better nights, should they be sustained, would go a long way for the blue and gold to build off of their first game result.
The score remained close, with the Pacers trailing by just two points with two minutes left in the opening period. Their reserves, including good play from Enrique Freeman and Tristen Newton, were keeping up. The second quarter score reached 15-2 in favor of the Wolves before some points from Kendall Brown and Ben Sheppard, but the blue and gold had much more work to do to keep up. They needed to string together some stops and create advantages on offense.
A few threes from Dakota Mathias as well as more energy from Freeman had Indiana ahead 71-70 with about one minute to go in the third period. But they did a poor job closing the frame, and the Wolves were up 78-71 heading into the fourth. Furphy's 16 still led his team. The deficit hovered near three for a few minutes as both teams failed to score. With four minutes to go, it was 88-85. But Walker changed that with a three that tied the game soon after. The closing stretch would decide the result.
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