Insider: Aaron Holiday’s value to Pacers tied to unflappable demeanor and 3-point shot
An injury to Malcolm Brogdon has led to Aaron Holiday getting back into the rotation, and he has scored 42 points in Indiana’s past 2 games.
An injury to Malcolm Brogdon has led to Aaron Holiday getting back into the rotation, and he has scored 42 points in Indiana’s past 2 games.
Indiana’s top 2 scorers, Aaron Holiday and Doug McDermott, combined to score 39 points in Friday’s 111-106 victory in Orlando.
Even before Myles Turner left midway through the third quarter, the outlook was bleak for Indiana, which entered without Domantas Sabonis inside.
The Pacers have won their last 4 games in which Myles Turner has played, and he still leads the league in shot blocks at 3.5 per game.
It helped that the Pacers didn’t have to face Luka Doncic, but they also made 13 of their 20 3s in the first half and key ones in the fourth.
The Pacers are 3 games under .500 but they didn’t find it necessary to shake up the roster with Caris LeVert starting to emerge.
Myles Turner, who began OT on the bench, changed the outcome without even scoring as the Pacers won consecutive games for the first time in a month.
The Pacers fought back from a 20-point deficit and led entering the 4th, but they had repeated turnovers and couldn’t score when they needed it most.
Seven turnovers in the final quarter erased what had been a solid performance from Indiana in their 1st game after the All-Star break.
After winning their first meeting, the Pacers lost the next 2 including 118-112 Friday as Kemba Walker scored a season-high 32 for the Celtics.