Golden State’s B team has arrived and the Pacers thank you

The Warriors showed up without Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins in Indianapolis the day after the Detroit win, and the Pacers won their fifth straight. It all seems so easy, but it’s not like that: the benches of the Warriors are looking for colors to show. Like former player Hield and the unlikely Pat Spencer, an undrafted player playing the game of his life. Or like the improbable Quinten Post at the start of the final quarter, with a pick-and-pop triple after a pass between the legs of Dennis Schroder (80-76). Haliburton and Siakam understood that the attack had to hurry to avoid a sprint with uncertain results, they raised the tone of the defense to give themselves quick transition points. An 8-0 in which Indiana was in control (94-81), then Mathurin took care of avoiding the return of the Californians.
Indiana – Golden State 108-96. Boxscore: 25p+10as Haliburton, 25p+10r Siakam, 21p+10r Mathurin, 11 Turner, 10 McConnell per Pacers; 17 Hield and Spencer, 12 Schroder, 11 Santos, 9p+10r Jackson-Davis per Warriors.