Pacers Outpaced in Salt Lake City Showdown Against Jazz

The Indiana Pacers, with a 23-17 record, faced off against the Utah Jazz, standing at 22-20. The final score read 132-105 in favor of the home team.

In a challenging encounter at the Delta Center, the Pacers struggled to contain a high-scoring Jazz offense. Despite putting up 105 points themselves, defensive lapses allowed their opponents to surge ahead with an impressive 132 points. The Pacers' effort was evident in their offensive output as they distributed well with 27 assists and fought hard on the boards grabbing a total of 49 rebounds.

Indiana's scoring was consistent across all four quarters, posting tallies of 26 in both the first and fourth periods and peaking with 29 points in the third. However, this steady production was overshadowed by Utah's explosive third quarter where they racked up an imposing 41 points. The Pacers' bench contributed significantly to their point total with a commendable effort resulting in 42 bench points.

On defense, Indiana managed to block four shots and came away with nine steals but still found themselves trailing throughout the game without ever taking the lead. They also drew fouls effectively leading to them attempting free throws on which they capitalized by making an efficient rate of them at an eighty percent clip.

Offensively for Indiana, field goal shooting proved challenging as they only made thirty-eight out of ninety-five attempts resulting in a forty percent field goal percentage. From beyond the arc, their three-point shooting hovered around twenty-nine percent as they made nine from thirty-one attempts.

The next game for Indiana will be another road challenge as they visit Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center on January 18th at10:00 PM Eastern Time. Fans can catch this matchup live on NBCS-CA channel number six hundred ninety-eight or BSIN channel number six hundred seventy-one dash four for those following from afar.