The Pacers headed to halftime on Thursday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse trailing the Brooklyn Nets, 66-52.
Caris LeVert carried Indiana's offense early against his former team. LeVert knocked his first three 3-point attempts and scored 12 of the Pacers' first 20 points on Thursday.
But the Nets had plenty of offense on the other end, as Jeff Green scored 12 points in the opening frame, while Kevin Durant and former Pacer Alize Johnson added eight points apiece. Brooklyn took a 35-28 lead into the second quarter.
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After a JaKarr Sampson dunk on the first possession of the second quarter, the Nets reeled off 11 unanswered points to push their lead to 16.