{"id":867856,"date":"2026-10-26T01:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T01:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/867856\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T01:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T01:06:16","slug":"haliburton-has-24-points-and-10-assists-as-the-pacers-beat-the-winless-nets-136-109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/867856\/","title":{"rendered":"Haliburton has 24 points and 10 assists as the Pacers beat the winless Nets 136-109"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Tyrese Haliburton had 24 points, 10 assists and an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pacers\/status\/2114503800782291259?s=20\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\">All-Star Game-worthy dunk<\/a> as the Indiana Pacers hammered the Brooklyn Nets 136-109 on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Pacers shot 58% (49 for 85) from the field, including 49% (21 for 43) from 3-point distance.<\/p>\n<p>Haliburton shot 8 for 13 from the field, Pascal Siakam added 21 points and Obi Toppin chipped in 16 off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Reserve guard Nolan Traore had 17 points for Brooklyn, which has lost its first three games of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana trailed by two points at the end of the first quarter before outscoring the Nets 41-30 in the second period to take a 65-56 lead at the break. The Pacers shot 58% from the field and 42% beyond the 3-point line in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>The Pacers continued their good rhythm in the third quarter by blitzing the Nets 37-24 for a 98-74 advantage heading into the final period.<\/p>\n<p>Haliburton, who missed last season while recovering from a torn right Achilles tendon, provided the highlight of the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>With 7:17 remaining, Julius Randle lost control of the ball at the top of the arc and Aaron Nesmith dove for it before Siakam picked it up and found a wide-open Haliburton, who bounced the ball to himself in front of the free throw line and threw down two-handed dunk that drew the approval of his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>Ivica Zubac was removed from the game after he sprained his left ankle with 4:57 left in the first quarter after he stepped on Kelly Oubre\u2019s foot while chasing down a rebound.<\/p>\n<p>Pacers: Visit the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Nets: Visit the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>See AP\u2019s full NBA coverage here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Tyrese Haliburton had 24 points, 10 assists and an All-Star Game-worthy dunk as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3774],"tags":[280,7,113,126,3866,532,376,3147,6,8624,114,79988,29499,29496,279,29494,62644,29498,73631,87702,43294,43295,278],"class_list":["post-867856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indiana-pacers","tag-aaron-nesmith","tag-basketball","tag-indiana","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-indianapacers","tag-ivica-zubac","tag-julius-randle","tag-kelly-oubre","tag-nba","tag-obadiah-toppin","tag-pacers","tag-pacers-nets-score","tag-package-100024-ap-online","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-pascal-siakam","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-32547-ap-online-basketball-game-stories","tag-product-32562-ap-online-other-sports-news","tag-product-40785-ap-indiana-sports-only","tag-product-40800-ap-new-jersey-sports-only","tag-product-40802-ap-new-york-city-sports-only","tag-product-40803-ap-new-york-state-sports-only","tag-tyrese-haliburton"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}