The Pacers started well, and finished the first half shooting 58% from the field and 50% from deep en route to a narrow 1 point lead. However, when the shooting cooled off, the Pacers couldn’t compensate.
Without Oladipo, the Pacers seemed to have no option in the half court, especially in the 2nd half. Myles Turner was unable to capitalize on the Mavs switching smalls on him, and no one was able to really provide a consistent scoring option once Dallas had a set defense.
While 48% from the field and 40% from 3 are both reasonable numbers, the Pacers finished with 16 turnovers to the Mavericks’ 9.