DALLAS — Myles Turner hit season highs with 30 points and 11 rebounds and surpassed 8,000 career points; Tyrese Haliburton had a season-best 25 points and 12 assists as the Indiana Pacers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 134-127 on Monday night.

Dallas cut a 10-point lead to five with 1:47 left, before Haliburton hit a 17-foot field goal with 50 seconds left. Pascal Siakam scored 23 points for Indiana.

Luka Doncic played with 34 points and 15 assists for the Mavericks, who played two consecutive games. Kyrie Irving scored 27 points and Naji Marshall came off the bench to score a career-high 20 points; This was 16 points more than his average on the field.

The Pacers played their first game Friday night without power forward Isaiah Jackson, who suffered a ruptured right Achilles tendon and is out for the season.

Dallas’ Dereck Lively II is out with a shoulder sprain. Maxi Kleber missed his fifth consecutive game due to a hamstring injury.

takeaway

Pacers: Indiana entered the game averaging 11.5 3-pointers out of 33.0. Pacers finished the first period ahead by 13 points, shooting 9/7, and finished the match with a score of 32/32.

Mavericks: Doncic was 4 of 10 from downtown and shot 32.3% from three after hitting a career-best 38.2% last season.

key moment

The score was 116-116 and with 5:37 left in the game, Andrew Nembhard put Indiana ahead again with a finger-roll basket, while Dallas’ next four possessions were three-pointers by Klay Thompson and Doncic, which Irving missed. 24 seconds violation.

Key statistics

Since becoming Indiana’s coach in 2021, Rick Carlisle is 5-2 against the Mavericks team he coached to the 2011 NBA championship.

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The Pacers will host Orlando on Wednesday night. The Mavericks will host Chicago on Wednesday night in the fourth game of the five-game series.