The game between the Toronto Raptors and Indiana Pacers will take place at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday, March 22 at 7:30 PM ET.
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The Toronto Raptors will welcome the Indiana Pacers to Scotiabank Arena for an NBA game on Wednesday. The Toronto Raptors lost 118-111 in their last game over the Bucks. A dunk by Jakob Poeltl brought Toronto within 110-107, but Lopez scored underneath and Jrue Holiday hit two free throws to make it 114-107 with 1:29 remaining. Fred VanVleet had 23 points and O.G. Anunoby added 22 for the Raptors, who had won their three previous games. Toronto missed a chance to move into eighth in the East Conference ahead of Atlanta, which lost to San Antonio 126-118.
“All these games are important to us, that’s for sure,” said Toronto coach Nick Nurse, whose team plays their next four at home. “I like, kind of, how we’re playing. I think we’re very well for long stretches of games. Hopefully, we can just keep building on that.” Anunoby and Gary Trent Jr. hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put the Raptors up 83-76 with just under 4 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter. Toronto led 95-89 entering the final period.
“There was just two little probably bad stretches,” Nurse said. “In those stretches, they kind of got a couple of at the rim … a couple of and-ones. We just kind of lost our rim protection, and then kicked out and made a couple 3s after we kind of got that fixed. Give them credit, they made a couple big ones down the stretch when they needed them.”
The Indiana Pacers on the other hand lost 115-109 against the Hornets in their last game. Myles Turner and Buddy Hield each had 20 points for the Pacers, who fell 2 1/2 games behind the Chicago Bulls for the 10th spot in the Eastern Conference standings. The Bulls defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 109-105 in double overtime on Monday night. “Believe me, an opportunity lost for sure,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said.
The Pacers turned the ball over 21 times resulting in 35 Charlotte points. “At that point, you’re just giving it away,” Carlisle said. The Pacers (32-40) looked like they might blow out the Hornets early, bolting to a 40-22 lead behind Turner, who had 15 points in the first quarter on 9 of 9 shooting from the foul line. The lead got as big as 21 in the second quarter, but the Hornets (23-50) battled back to take the lead in the third quarter when JT Thor buried a 3-pointer from the wing off an assist from Hayward.
Toronto Raptors: Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby, Jakob Poeltl, Fred VanVleet, Scottie Barnes
Indiana Pacers: Bennedict Mathurin, Aaron Nesmith, Myles Turner, Buddy Hield, Andrew Nembhard
Toronto Raptors: Dalano Banton, Scottie Barnes, Otto Porter Jr.
Indiana Pacers: Chris Duarte, Tyrese Haliburton, Kendall Brown
The game between the Toronto Raptors and Indiana Pacers will take place at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday, March 22 at 7:30 PM ET.
The match between the Toronto Raptors and Indiana Pacers will be telecast live on Bally Sports Indiana, Fox Sports Indiana.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Indiana, Fox Sports Indiana. | March 22 (7:30 PM ET) |
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