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Siakam's 36 leads Raptors over Pacers 132-131

Scottie Barnes drove for the go-ahead dunk with 27 seconds left, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Indiana Pacers 132-131 on Wednesday night.

INDIANAPOLIS — Pascal Siakam scored 36 points, Scottie Barnes drove for the go-ahead dunk with 27 seconds left, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Indiana Pacers 132-131 on Wednesday night.

Barnes had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and his slam put Toronto ahead 130-129 for the last of five lead changes in the final 1:22. Dennis Schroder scored 26 points for the Raptors.

Buddy Hield missed a potential game-winning 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds left for the Pacers. He finished with 31 points and made 7 of 12 3s. Tyrese Haliburton had 33 points and 16 assists for Indiana.

The Pacers led 101-100 after three quarters, and the teams traded the lead for much of the fourth. Haliburton's 3 gave the Pacers a 123-116 lead with 4 minutes left.

O.G. Anunoby put Toronto back on top with a 3-pointer with 1:22 left. The Pacers retook the lead two more times before Barnes gave Toronto the lead for good.

The Pacers shot 55% for the game and the Raptors shot 53%. Toronto shot nearly 63% in the first half, but Indiana kept it close by making 11 of 20 3s.

The Pacers had set a franchise scoring record a night earlier when they beat Atlanta 157-152.

Indiana guard Andrew Nembhard missed his third consecutive game with a sore lower back. The Pacers also were without forward Aaron Nesmith, who missed his first game of the season with a sprained right wrist.

Raptors forward Precious Achiuwa was sidelined with a sore right knee.

UP NEXT

Raptors: Host Chicago on Friday.

Pacers: Host Detroit on Friday.

BOX SCORE

TORONTO (132)
Barnes 7-17 4-5 20, Siakam 13-24 9-11 36, Poeltl 3-4 0-0 6, Anunoby 5-12 2-2 13, Schroder 10-16 4-4 26, Boucher 1-3 4-4 6, Porter Jr. 1-1 0-0 3, Flynn 6-8 0-0 14, Trent Jr. 2-5 2-4 8. Totals 48-90 25-30 132.

INDIANA (131)
Hield 12-17 0-0 31, Toppin 6-9 2-2 16, Turner 7-11 1-2 17, B.Brown 5-9 3-3 14, Haliburton 12-22 4-5 33, Nwora 0-5 0-0 0, Smith 3-5 2-2 8, Mathurin 2-7 1-2 5, McConnell 3-6 0-0 7. Totals 50-91 13-16 131.

Toronto    27    41    32    32    —    132

Indiana    35    30    36    30    —    131

3-Point Goals: Toronto 11-27 (Flynn 2-3, Trent Jr. 2-4, Schroder 2-5, Barnes 2-6, Porter Jr. 1-1, Siakam 1-3, Anunoby 1-4, Boucher 0-1), Indiana 18-39 (Hield 7-12, Haliburton 5-10, Turner 2-3, Toppin 2-5, McConnell 1-1, B.Brown 1-4, Mathurin 0-1, Smith 0-1, Nwora 0-2). 

Fouled Out: None. 

Rebounds: Toronto 46 (Barnes 12), Indiana 31 (Turner 8). 

Assists: Toronto 26 (Poeltl 6), Indiana 33 (Haliburton 16). 

Total Fouls: Toronto 15, Indiana 24. 

Attendance: 17,091 (20,000)

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