INDIANAPOLIS -- — Indiana Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon spent Sunday night searching for answers.
By Monday night, he had found them.
The Pacers defeated the Raptors, 129-114, splitting the two-game back-to-back series. Malcolm Brogdon led the way for the Pacers with a career-high 36 points, along with seven rebounds and nine assists, while Fred VanVleet tallied 25 points, four rebounds and six assists for the Raptors in the losing effort. The Pacers improve to 10-7 on the season, while the Raptors fall to 7-10. Norman Powell scored 24 points as the Raptors rallied from a 70-60 halftime deficit to finally reclaim a 102-100 lead on Kyle Lowry's go-ahead dunk with 9:46 left in the game. It didn't last long.
Warren, Turner lead Pacers to overtime home win over Raptors. Warren and Myles Turner scored 24 points apiece, Aaron Holiday sank two 3-pointers late and the host Indiana Pacers outlasted the Toronto Raptors 120-115 in overtime on Monday night. . The Pacers' defensive rating of 109.2 ranks 14th in the league while the Raptors' defensive rating of 108.5 ranks 10th. Through 13 games, Pacers centre Myles Turner is averaging a league-leading 4.1 blocks per game. VanVleet hits go-ahead 3-pointer, Raptors beat Pacers 99-96. Fred VanVleet hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 25 seconds left and the Toronto Raptors rallied from a 17-point deficit to beat the Indiana.
A little more than 24 hours after playing his poorest game of the season, Brogdon scored a career-high 36 points, flirted with a triple-double and accounted for the final seven points as the Pacers pulled away from Toronto 129-114.
”I was on the phone with coach (Nate Bjorkgren) late last night, trying to figure out how to make adjustments. I was really angry after last night's game,” Brogdon said. “I was incredibly locked in today. We both love the game, we both think about the game all the time and we both hate losing. It drove me crazy until we were able to get back on the court tonight.'
The difference showed.
Brogdon didn't just score, he found open teammates, played defense and helped spur the decisive fourth-quarter flurry. He finished with nine assists and seven rebounds, Jeremy Lamb matched his season high with 22 points and Myles Turner scored 11 of his 21 points over the final 8 1/2 minutes when the Pacers finally put it away.
And they did all that despite missing All-Star forward Domantas Sabonis for the final three quarters. He left with a bruised knee in the first half. Sabonis didn’t return.
But with Brogdon leading the charge, Sabonis' absence didn't matter.
“I thought he came out with a focus,' Bjorkgren said. “He was in attack mode the entire evening.”
Toronto was led by Fred VanVleet's 25 points and six rebounds. Norman Powell scored 24 points as the Raptors rallied from a 70-60 halftime deficit to finally reclaim a 102-100 lead on Kyle Lowry's go-ahead dunk with 9:46 left in the game.
It didn't last long.
Goga Bitadze tied the score, Turner broke the tie by making 1 of 2 free throws and then fueled the decisive 12-4 run with his late scoring flurry. Indiana went 14 of 17 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter and wound up with its highest free-throw attempt total (45) in nearly a decade.
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“It was hard to play anything (defensively),' Toronto coach Nick Nurse said. “All we did was a parade to the free-throw line. You can’t play defense when every time they touch the ball it’s a foul.'
TIP-INS
Raptors: Lowry scored 12 points. He needs two more to join DeMar DeRozan and Chris Bosh as the only players in franchise history to score 10,000. ... VanVleet made three more 3-pointers to extend his franchise-record to 49 consecutive games with a 3. .... OG Anunoby had 10 points and reached double figures for a career-best ninth consecutive game. ... All-Star Pascal Siakam missed his second straight game with swelling in his left knee. Nurse said he would be examined when the team returns home Tuesday.
Pacers: Turner also had 10 rebounds and three blocks despite playing with a fractured right hand. ... Bitadze and Aaron Holiday each scored 10 points. ... Lamb added seven rebounds. ... Bjorkgren, who spent the previous two years on Nurse's staff, got his first NBA win against his former mentor. Bjorkgren's head-to-head record against Nurse is 4-5 including seven matchups in the G League.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Sabonis' franchise-record streak of 16 consecutive double-doubles to open the season ended unceremoniously after he had 11 points, three rebounds and two assists in the first 11 minutes. The All-Star is one of just six players since the ABA-NBA merger to start the season with 15 straight double-doubles.
Bjorkgren said the injury occurred when Sabonis and Lowry banged knees and that Sabonis would be examined again Tuesday.
QUICK EXIT
When Lowry was called for a technical foul and subsequently ejected with 47 seconds left to play, he didn't stick around long. Lowry continued to talk to the refs as he strolled toward the opposite end of the court, then took his jersey off as he walked through the tunnel to the locker room.
UP NEXT
Raptors: Begin a three-game homestand Wednesday against Milwaukee.
Pacers: Play the first of two games in Charlotte on Wednesday.
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