The Philadelphia 76ers dispatched a balanced Indiana Pacers team Thursday, after posting a ‘modest’ 149 points against Minnesota Tuesday. Against his former team, Jimmy Butler illustrated his three-level scoring ability, making 3s, swishing a fadeaway baseline jumper, and dunking an alley-oop feed from Ben Simmons, among other made shots. Conversely, against Indiana, Butler punished the Pacers primarily via dribble penetration and looks at the rim.
In the Pacers game, Butler finished with 27 points and only took two 3-point attempts. Butler doled out most of his damage within the 3-point arc, and Indiana’s non-existent answer to Butler’s scoring barrage played a part in the Sixers’ statement road win.