10/24/17
from Target Center
Indiana (3-1) 135
Minnesota 102
Victor Oladipo had another 40 point game while Bojan Bogdanovic and Lance Stephenson had 23 apiece as the Pacers took advantage of the absence of Jimmy Butler, steamrolling past the T-Wolves 135-102 last night. For Oladipo, that was his 3rd 40 point game, raising his average to 38.8 ppg. Bogdanovic has taken his game to the next level, with 17.8 ppg and Stephenson has proved that he is a top NBA reserve, scoring 15.5 a game. Philip Fitzpatrick only attempted three shots, making two for two from behind the arc, but to go along with his 6 points, he had a career high 9 rebounds. Indiana soundly defeated Minnesota on the glass 44-33 tonight, as they held Karl Anthony Towns to just 3 boards last evening. Towns did led his team with 21 points, followed by Jeff Teague with 19 and Andrew Wiggins with 17. The real reason this game was out of reach was Indy's 61% shooting and 14-of-24 from long distance.
Pacers statistics
Fitzpatrick 6/9/3, Bogdanovic 23/6/2, Collison 10/5/6, Oladipo 40/3/8, T. Young 8/6/4, Jefferson 8/4/3, Stephenson 23/5/3, Joseph 8/2/2, J. Young 3/2/0, Leaf 6/2/0
Wolves statistics
Gibson 6/9/3, Crawford 11/2/5, Teague 19/3/7, Wiggins 17/3/0, Towns 21/3/0, Bjelica 5/7/0, Rose 12/2/3, Jones 2/1/8, Georges-Hunt 0/0/0, Dieng 9/3/0.
The Blue and Gold can sweep this road trip if they defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder at Chesapeake Energy Arena on Wednesday, October 25.
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