Unlike their last meeting, the Indiana Pacers couldn’t look at injuries as a reason for losing to the Golden State Warriors. They could look at being on the second night of a back-to-back, but the Pacers couldn’t get enough rest to combat a Warriors team that featured Klay Thompson going nuclear.
The Pacers trailed all night, but played close early. That went away very quickly behind a trio of Thompson threes as he part of a 40-point first half. Things didn’t get better for anyone but Thompson from there, with him dropping another 20 in the third to score a career high 60 points, all in 29 minutes.