The Indiana Pacers are finding different ways to score and bounced back from a loss by leaning on the bench. The Pacers will try to coax another stellar performance from Domantas Sabonis and company and sweep the two-game road trip when they visit the New York Knicks on Friday.
Indiana shot 54.2 percent from the floor in Wednesday's 107-101 win at the New York Knicks, led by Sabonis' 30 points on 12-of-12 shooting in 21 minutes. "I thought (Sabonis) was really good the time he was out there tonight," Pacers coach Nate McMillan told reporters. "He got into foul trouble, and only played seven minutes in first half. In second half, he continued to be aggressive and make plays for us." Sabonis could have his hands full at the other end of the floor on Friday with Bulls rookie power forward Wendell Carter Jr., who scored a season-high 25 points and doubled his career 3-pointer total with two in a 108-107 overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday. "We're eight games in now," Chicago guard Zach LaVine told reporters of Carter. "I want to see what he looks like at 80. It's going to be nice."
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ABOUT THE PACERS (5-3): Indiana star Victor Oladipo knocked down a pair of 3-pointers late to spark the team to victory on Wednesday and is making opposing coaches shake their heads. "That's what All-Stars do," Knicks coach David Fizdale told reporters of Oladipo. "We couldn't get to him for whatever reason. On our traps we couldn't get him trapped. Once a guy like that hits a couple he is going to get it going." Oladipo ended up 10-of-18 from the floor while playing through an illness, bouncing back from a 9-of-24 performance in a home loss to Portland on Monday.
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