The game between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons will take place at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday, April 7 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The Indiana Pacers will welcome the Detroit Pistons to the Gainbridge Fieldhouse for an NBA game on Friday. The Indiana Pacers lost 129-138 in their last game over the Knicks. Jalen Smith scored 19 points for Indiana, T.J. McConnell had 18 and Bennedict Mathurin 17. McConnell had 12 assists. The Knicks shot nearly 52% to take a 70-67 lead at halftime. Toppin scored 19 of his points in the first half. Indiana shot 50% in the first half.
After the Pacers took a 7-4 lead, the Knicks reeled off 17 unanswered point to grab control. The Pacers tied it twice late in the second quarter. “We were down 14 points after five minutes,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “The second unit did a good job getting us back into the game. This is a great experience for the young guys that started. We got to learn from it as a group.”
\McConnnell’s play coming off the bench helped the Pacers to get back in the game. “I run out of adjectives to describe his competitive excellence,” Carlisle said. The Pacers and Knicks close the regular season in New York on Sunday. The Knicks have won the first three meetings between the two teams. “We have to look to New Orleans now,” Thibodeau said of Friday night game. “We want to play our best going into the postseason.”
The Detroit Pistons on the other hand lost 108-123 against the Nets in their last game. R.J. Hampton had a career-high 27 points for Detroit, which has lost 22 of its last 23 games. Jaden Ivey had 23 points and 10 assists. The Pistons trailed by as many as 19 points, but Hampton had 18 points in the third quarter to help them pull within 96-90.
Detroit finished the season with a 9-32 record at Little Caesars Arena, the only NBA team to win fewer than 10 games at home. Charlotte and San Antonio are next with 13 wins. … The Pistons were down to six healthy players when Ivey limped off late in the third, but he returned from the locker room for the fourth.
Indiana Pacers: Aaron Nesmith, Jordan Nwora, Jalen Smith, Bennedict Mathurin, Andrew Nembhard
Detroit Pistons: Jalen Duren, Eugene Omoruyi, James Wiseman, Jaden Ivey, Killian Hayes
Indiana Pacers: Chris Duarte, Tyrese Haliburton, Myles Turner, Kendall Brown
Detroit Pistons: Eugene Omoruyi, Isaiah Livers, Marvin Bagley III, Bojan Bogdanovic, Alec Burks, Rodney McGruder, Isaiah Stewart, Hamidou Diallo, Cade Cunningham
The game between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons will take place at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday, April 7 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons will be telecast live on Bally Sports Indiana, Fox Sports Indiana, Bally Sports Detroit, Fox Sports Detroit.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Indiana, Fox Sports Indiana, Bally Sports Detroit, Fox Sports Detroit. | April 7 (7:00 PM ET) |
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