Megas Samponis, beat jazz with 42 points

The Pacers didn’t have Caris Levert, Malcolm Brogdon, TJ McConnell and Chris Warren for another night. Rudy Gomber didn’t have jazz. The absence of the latter proved crucial as the Pacers played good basketball and prevailed with 125-113.

Domantas Samponis completely dominated in the absence of the Frenchman and finished the game with 42 points (career record) with 15/18 two points, 3/4 three points, 3/4 shots, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 cut in 38 minutes of participation, taking the Pacers by the hand. Closely followed by the reborn Lance Stevenson with 16 points and 14 assists (career record), Dwayne Washington added 16 points.

For Jazz, Donovan Mitchell had 36 points and 9 assists, Bojan Bogdanovic 21 points and Jordan Clarkson 18 points.

THE TWELVE MINUTES: 33-27, 61-52, 90-86, 125-113

PAISERS: Samponis 42 (18/22 shots, 3/4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds), Holiday 15 (4), Turner 8 (6 rebounds), Washington 16 (3 3-pointers, 5 assists), Sikes 7 (1 3 -Point, 5 rebounds), Britann 7 (1 three points, 5 rebounds), Lamp 5, Duarte 9 (1), Stevenson 16 (1 three points, 6 rebounds, 14 assists)

JAZZ: O’Neill 8 (2 threes, 6 rebounds), Bogdanovic 21 (3/9 threes, 6 rebounds), Whiteside 8 (8 rebounds), Conley 9 (1 threesome, 5 rebounds, 7 assists), Mitchell 36 (6 threesomes ), 9 assists), Pell 4, Pascal 2, Gay 7 (1 3, 5 rebounds), House, Clarkson 18 (2)