A late game push by the Indiana Pacers bench fell short, wrapping up an 0-3 preseason in a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. The Pacers’ starters, particularly that of Domantas Sabonis, Victor Oladipo, and Malcolm Brogdon, carried the scoring load for a Pacers team that struggled at times to get buckets, scoring 67 of Indiana’s 107 points.
The Pacers and Sixers went back and forth all night, a pair of lengthy Indiana runs giving them as much as a 17-point advantage in the third. Struggles to carry over the offensive success to the second unit allowed Philadelphia to turn the game back in their favor quite effortlessly, given overall struggles on the defensive end.