San Antonio Spurs vs Indiana Pacers Match Player Stats On Oct 29, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Oct 29, 2017

INDIANAPOLIS -- Victor Oladipo scored 23 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer, to lift the Indiana Pacers to a 97-94 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday.

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 26 points lead San Antonio, which lost its second game in a row.

Oladipo sank a 3-pointer with 10.3 seconds to go to give Indiana a 95-94 advantage. LaMarcus Aldridge missed a jumper with 5.1 seconds to go, and Indiana's Cory Joseph was fouled with 3.4 seconds left and hit both free throws to push the lead to 97-94.

San Antonio's Patty Mills missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer just before the buzzer.

Domantas Sabonis added 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Pacers (3-3).

Pau Gasol chipped in with a season-high 17 points for San Antonio (4-2).

Trailing by four points after three quarters, San Antonio scored the first nine points of the fourth quarter to grab a 73-68 lead. The Spurs, who hadn't led they were up by two in the first quarter, were on top for the next six-plus minutes. Rudy Gay's two free throws gave the Spurs a 69-68 lead with 10:56 left in the fourth quarter.

Trailing 82-73, the Pacers turned in 16-3 spurt to take an 89-85 lead.

With the score tied at 89, Oladipo converted a three-point play to put the Pacers up 92-89 with 1:53 to go. Danny Green's 3-pointer tied it with 1:23 left. Green's reverse layup gave San Antonio a 94-92 lead with 1:02 to go, and that set the stage for the Pacers to score the last five points.

The Pacers sank 20 of 39 shots (51.3 percent) en route to a 53-48 halftime lead. San Antonio was 19 of 49 (38.8 percent) in the opening half and shot 40 percent for the game.

The Pacers, who shot 46.8 percent for the game, made just 6 of 17 shots in the third quarter but the Spurs were 6 of 21.

Bojan Bogdanovic scored 13 of his 15 points in the first half for the Pacers with 13 points. Aldridge scored 16 before halftime.

The Pacers led by as many as 11 before the Spurs rallied to cut the deficit to 26-24 at the end of the first quarter.

NOTES: Pacers C Myles Turner missed his fifth consecutive game due to a concussion. ... The Pacers honored George McGinnis at halftime. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September. McGinnis, from Indianapolis Washington High School and Indiana University, played for two ABA championship teams (1972, 1973) with Indiana. ... Spurs G/F Kyle Anderson, who had eight points, has scored in double figures in three of six games after scoring in double digits just four of 72 games he played last season. Anderson is starting in place of All-Star F Kawhi Leonard, who has been out with a right quadriceps injury. ... Spurs PG Tony Parker, sidelined after having left quadriceps tendon surgery, was assigned to the Austin Spurs of G League last week as he rehabs.