It was even more evident when the Indiana Pacers took a twenty-seven point third quarter lead, and it seemed as if the game was all but over.
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Through a stretch in which the Pacers have won six of seven games, George has been the leader for Indiana.
Ian Mahinmi meanwhile was clearly distracted by the tragedy in Paris this evening, but you wouldn’t know it from his play.
Andrew Wiggins went for 26 points (10-19 FG, 1-4 3Pt, 5-6 FT), two rebounds, and two assists in 42 minutes during the Wolves’ 107-103 loss versus the Pacers.
“We fought hard against a really good team on the road”, Wiggins said.
Paul George continued his hot stretch as well, with 29 points and nine rebounds.
Ian Mahinmi added 12 points and nine rebounds for IN and Glenn Robinson III scored 11 points and had five rebounds off the bench.
That was evident in the second and third quarters, where the Timberwolves were outscored by a combined twenty points over the two frames. Ellis wasn’t done, however, following up the shot with the stop of the night, blocking Andre Miller at the rim with 24 seconds left, getting IN to the line where C.J. “We’ll learn from it and get better”.
IN came into the game with the fourth-best defense in allowing 95.3 points per game. Entering Friday’s game against Minnesota, he was fourth in the league with 22 made from behind the arc.
The Indiana Pacers (5-4) are coming from a 102-91 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday.
Pacers star Paul George helped make sure of that with a 29-point, nine-rebound, four-assist night.
Head to head, the Wolves are 1-5 ATS in the last six meetings in IN and the over is 6-2 ATS in the last eight.
The Indiana Pacers host the Minnesota Timberwolves in one of the National Basketball Association games on Friday, November 13 start time at 7:00 PM ET, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. He has missed action this year with a mild left hamstring strain.
IN held an opponent to fewer than 100 points for the seventh time this season.
PG started off the season shooting 34.9% from the field and a miserable 15.4% from beyond the arc with 17 points a game.
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IN plays at Chicago on Monday night.
