Pacers avoid play-in tournament with rout of Hawks

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Myles Turner had 31 points and Pascal Siakam scored 28 as the Indiana Pacers beat the Atlanta Hawks 157-115 on Sunday and avoided falling into the play-in tournament.

Indiana secured at least the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference with a dominant regular-season finale. The Pacers shot 65% and made 19 of 36 3-pointers.

The 157 points matched the Pacers’ highest-scoring game since they joined the NBA in 1976. The record was set earlier this season in their 157-152 win in the In-Season Tournament on Nov. 21.scored 32 points for the Hawks, who finished the regular season 10th in the East at 36-46 and visit the ninth-placed18 for the Hawks, who trailed 125-93 at the end of the third quarter and never threatened in the fourth.The Pacers last advanced into the playoffs in 2020.

Indiana went into intermission leading 86-72. That tied the Pacers’ highest-scoring half. They also scored 86 points in a first half on Nov. 6 against San Antonio and on Jan. 15, 1990, against Golden State. Turner, who added 12 rebounds and four blocked shots, helped the Pacers set the tone from the start. They raced out to an 8-0 lead, with six points from Turner, and held the Hawks scoreless on their first five possessions.

 

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