Pacers final score: Hawks soar past Pacers 129-117

Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty ImagesOnce again, late game execution doomed the Indiana Pacers, dropping them against the Atlanta Hawks. The Pacers, trailing all night, worked their way back into the game on multiple occasions, but their inability to stop runs allowed the Hawks to build their lead back to three possessions or more in an instant.

That happened for the fourth and final time heading into Winning Time. The Pacers managed to tie the game up at 107-107, fueled by some excellent offensive patience from Domantas Sabonis. Just over a minute later, the Pacers had ended up on the wrong side of a 10-2 run, empty possessions on back-to-back turnovers and a failure to rebound…