April 26th NBA Game Boxscore Breakdowns

The Indiana Pacers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in overtime, 121-118, in Game 3 of the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs on Friday. The Pacers and Bucks decided 48 minutes wasn’t enough to find a winner in Game 3 of their series. The Pacers dominated early on, but they failed to close things out, allowing the Bucks to force overtime. There, Tyrese Haliburton drained the game-winning shot to lift Indiana to victory and the series lead. Tyrese Haliburton led the Pacers with 18 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds. Myles Turner recorded 29 points and nine rebounds. Pascal Siakam added 17 points, nine boards and four assists. Damian Lillard had 28 points and eight assists for Milwaukee. Khris Middleton notched 26 points and six rebounds. Bobby Portis finished with 17 points and 18 rebounds.

After incurring an early five-point deficit, the Mavericks outscored the Clippers by a 36-18 margin on the way to a double-digit victory. Both teams shot just over 45.0 percent, and although Los Angeles was better from three-point range (34.5 percent to 26.5 percent) and won the rebounding battle, 41-36, it also committed 19 turnovers while only forcing nine. James Harden and Norman Powell co-led the Clippers with 21 points while recording five assists and six rebounds, respectively. Harden added two assists, two steals and one block. Ivica Zubac furnished 19 points, eight rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block. Leonard logged 25 minutes and provided nine points, nine rebounds and two assists. Luka Doncic paced the Mavericks with 22 points, complementing them with 10 rebounds, nine assists and two steals. Kyrie Irving delivered 21 points, six assists, four rebounds and two steals. Dereck Lively totaled 13 points, two rebounds and two blocks. Derrick Jones registered 11 points, three boards and one block. Washington managed 10 points, five rebounds, one assist, three steals and one block.

The Timberwolves took a 22-point lead into the fourth and cruised to the, 3-0, series lead. Anthony Edwards led the Timberwolves with 36 points on 12-for-23 shooting, nine rebounds, five assists and two steals, in 43 minutes. Rudy Gobert followed up with 19 points, 14 rebounds and a steal. Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 18 points, 13 rebounds and two assists, while Nickeil Alexander-Walker chipped in 16 points, two rebounds and five assists. The Timberwolves shot 49.4 percent from the field, including 13-for-34 from deep. Meanwhile, Bradley Beal led the Suns with 28 points on 10-for-19 shooting, four rebounds and four assists, in 43 minutes. Kevin Durant followed up with 25 points, four rebounds and five assists. Devin Booker totaled 23 points, three rebounds, eight assists and two steals, while Eric Gordon added 11 points, two rebounds, three assists, three steals and a block.