The Indiana Pacers showed out in their NBA 2K23 Summer League debut, swatting the Charlotte Hornets. The Summer Pacers were led the entire way by their starting lineup, featuring three rotation players from last season and their top two draft picks this summer. Those starters, led by Bennedict Mathurin, took over the game from the jump, outscoring the Hornets by 14 by the time the bench started rolling in.
Mathurin led the way with eight points in those opening minutes, including the game’s opening basket, an open three courtesy of Andrew Nembhard.
Not surprisingly, the second unit didn’t quite have the same pop as the starters, but Duane Washington Jr.