In the heart of “garbage time”, Jarace Walker was unable to dunk on Bruno Fernando, but still found a way to finish at the circle to conclude the Pacers' great evening against the Hawks. TJ McConnell had just served him from the baseline and thus generated… the 50th assist of the evening for the Indianapolis players.
This is quite simply a franchise record for an Indiana team which crushed (150-116) the band of a super clumsy Trae Young (13 points on 4/18 on shots).
“ The number of assists is enormous and an NBA/ABA franchise record is clearly very strong, it speaks to the selflessness of the team. This is something to celebrate. But in this league, celebration times are short. So we have to go to bed tonight and rest for Boston (the next night) “, salute Rick Carlisle so already thinking about what comes next.
Having the best passer in the league, Tyrese Haliburton, in his ranks, it helps to set this kind of record. This night, the team's playmaker distributed 18 more balls, while only shooting… six times, to score 10 points.
A crazy series for Tyrese Haliburton
Author of two games in a row with 20 or more assists, the All-Star is a real vending machine at the moment: 11 games in a row with 10 or more offerings, the longest series of its kind in the history of the Pacers, and the longest for an active player since Russell Westbrook in 2019. He also signed his 10th game of the year with at least 15 assists, again a franchise record.
To justify his evening performance, Tyrese Haliburton highlights his complicity in the game with Myles Turner, 27 points last night. “ I feel like we're one of the best pick-and-roll duos in the league and we can continue to improve. “, judges the leader, where his interior has the feeling that the Pacers benefit from a ” different energy ” and a ” environment that facilitates evenings like this “.
In addition to Tyrese Haliburton, his replacement TJ McConnell distributed 10 balls, while 11 other players generated at least one pass. Remember that the Pacers are the most altruistic team in the league with more than 31 assists per evening! The record in this area, in a match, is still held by the Bucks with 53 offerings one evening in November 1978.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Tyrese Haliburton | 30 | 34.3 | 50.1 | 40.8 | 86.3 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 12.7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 24.9 |
| Myles Turner | 32 | 27.6 | 52.8 | 35.7 | 81.4 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 17.5 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 33 | 25.3 | 46.2 | 37.9 | 84.1 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 14.1 |
| Buddy Hield | 33 | 26.0 | 43.6 | 38.1 | 84.0 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 12.7 |
| Bruce Brown, Jr. | 28 | 30.6 | 46.4 | 29.3 | 81.4 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 11.7 |
| Obi Toppin | 33 | 24.0 | 57.9 | 37.8 | 75.5 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 11.6 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 31 | 25.4 | 52.2 | 47.5 | 70.0 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 11.6 |
| Jalen Smith | 21 | 16.1 | 66.4 | 53.3 | 67.5 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 10.3 |
| Andrew Nembhard | 23 | 20.0 | 48.4 | 30.6 | 72.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 7.7 |
| Tj Mcconnell | 25 | 15.2 | 51.9 | 8.3 | 74.3 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 7.6 |
| Isaiah Jackson | 25 | 14.5 | 67.3 | 0.0 | 73.1 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 7.4 |
| Jordan Nwora | 12 | 10.1 | 48.2 | 33.3 | 85.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 5.7 |
| Oscar Tshiebwe | 3 | 5.8 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| Jarace Walker | 10 | 8.7 | 42.9 | 27.3 | 85.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
| Ben Sheppard | 14 | 6.6 | 42.9 | 31.8 | 66.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| Daniel Theis | 1 | 8.4 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| James Johnson | 3 | 5.2 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
