Indiana Pacers<\/a> beat the Chicago Bulls 145-126 on Wednesday night to move out of the NBA basement.<\/p>\nComing off a home victory over Miami on Sunday, the injury-ravaged Pacers had their highest-scoring game of the season. They improved to 18-58 to move a game ahead of last-place Washington.<\/p>\n
Ethan Thompson added 24 points, and Kobe Brown and Jay Huff each had 17.<\/p>\n
Guerschon Yabusele led Chicago with 20 points, and Collin Sexton had 18. The Bulls have lost five straight \u2014 the first four on the road \u2014 to fall to 29-47.<\/p>\n
\nUp next <\/p>\n
Pacers: At Charlotte on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Bulls: At New York on Friday night.<\/p>\n
\nBox score <\/p>\n
Brown 8-10 0-0 17, Siakam 11-16 2-2 25, Huff 6-8 0-0 17, Jackson 3-6 2-2 8, Thompson 8-15 3-4 24, Slawson 3-8 0-0 8, Toppin 3-6 0-0 6, Potter 2-3 2-2 8, K.Jones 4-8 0-0 9, Peter 4-11 0-0 10, Sheppard 6-11 0-0 13. Totals 58-102 9-10 145.<\/p>\n
Buzelis 5-11 4-4 17, Okoro 4-5 3-4 14, Yabusele 6-12 6-8 20, Sexton 8-14 1-1 18, T.Jones 7-11 0-0 15, Miller 4-9 2-4 11, Williams 0-4 0-2 0, Olbrich 4-8 0-0 8, Dillingham 6-14 1-1 15, Kawamura 0-3 0-0 0, McClung 3-6 2-2 8. Totals 47-97 19-26 126.<\/p>\n
Indiana \u00a0 \u00a039 \u00a0 \u00a044 \u00a0 \u00a034 \u00a0 \u00a028 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2014 \u00a0 \u00a0145
Chicago \u00a0 \u00a033 \u00a0 \u00a033 \u00a0 \u00a026 \u00a0 \u00a034 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2014 \u00a0 \u00a0126<\/p>\n
3-Point Goals: Indiana 20-48 (Huff 5-7, Thompson 5-8, Potter 2-3, Slawson 2-4, Peter 2-7, Brown 1-3, K.Jones 1-4, Siakam 1-4, Sheppard 1-5, Toppin 0-1, Jackson 0-2), Chicago 13-39 (Okoro 3-4, Buzelis 3-7, Dillingham 2-4, Yabusele 2-7, T.Jones 1-1, Miller 1-3, Sexton 1-5, Kawamura 0-1, McClung 0-1, Olbrich 0-2, Williams 0-4).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebounds: Indiana 41 (Brown, Slawson 8), Chicago 46 (Buzelis 9).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Assists: Indiana 49 (K.Jones 7), Chicago 22 (Buzelis 6).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Total Fouls: Indiana 22, Chicago 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Attendance: 21,312 (20,917)<\/p>\n
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