Mavericks 106, Pacers 101 in the Fourth: Dallas Erases a 10-Point Halftime Deficit in Dallas
Indiana's 66-56 halftime lead is gone at the American Airlines Center: Dallas won the third quarter 34-27 and leads the Pacers 106-101 with 6:59 left, in a game Pascal Siakam nearly owned by himself for a half.
DALLAS — The Mavericks have flipped their Monday night in the fourth quarter. Dallas leads Indiana 106-101 with 6:59 left at the American Airlines Center, after a 34-27 third quarter erased a Pacers lead that stood at 10 points at halftime.
The first half belonged to Pascal Siakam, almost alone: 26 points on 8-of-9 shooting, 5-of-6 from three, with six rebounds and four assists, as Indiana shot 60 percent, hit 9 of 16 threes and assisted on 19 of its 24 field goals to lead 66-56 at the break. Dallas stayed in range on its guards — Kyrie Irving scored 19 in 15 first-half minutes on 4-of-6 shooting from three, in his first back-to-back of the season, and Cooper Flagg added 15 by halftime.
The third quarter changed the game's terms: Dallas outscored Indiana 34-27 to take a lead into the fourth, and the Mavericks have held it into the closing minutes against a Pacers team playing without the injured Tyrese Haliburton. The score in this file is the live feed's at staging — no final is claimed. The Sports Desk files the final at the buzzer.
