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NBA: Oshae Brissett, Pacers too strong for reeling Blazers

/ 08:03 AM March 21, 2022

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Oshae Brissett #12 of the Indiana Pacers dunks an offensive rebound against the Atlanta Hawks during the first half at State Farm Arena on March 13, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images/AFP

Oshae Brissett collected 24 points and nine rebounds as the host Indiana Pacers recorded a 129-98 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday.

Justin Anderson scored a season-high 18 points in his first start of the season for the Pacers, who finished with seven players scoring in double figures.

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Terry Taylor made all seven of his shots to match Jalen Smith with 17 points for Indiana, which enjoyed a 56-31 advantage in points from its reserves.

Buddy Hield, the lone Pacers starter to not score in double-figures with nine points, still managed to hit a pair of 3-pointers.

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Goga Bitadze chipped in 12 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the floor, while Brissett’s blistering 8-of-10 effort paced Indiana to a robust 57.1 percent average for the game.

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The Pacers led wire-to-wire to send Portland to its fourth straight loss and 10th in the last 11 games. The Blazers are winless on their current, five-game road swing, which concludes Monday in Detroit.

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Portland, meanwhile, shot 46.9 percent from the floor and just 27.3 from beyond the arc. Josh Hart went 3-of-5 from long range and finished with a game-high 26 points.

Rookie Trendon Watford added 17 points to score in double figures for the eighth straight game. He also had eight rebound and three assists.

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Kris Dunn collected 11 points and nine assists and Drew Eubanks went for 12 points and eight rebounds for the Trail Blazers.

The Pacers led 69-48 at halftime before the Trail Blazers began to chip away in the third quarter. Undaunted, Indiana put the game away by outscoring Portland 35-16 in the fourth quarter.

Malcolm Brogdon (rest) and Chris Duarte (toe) sat out for Indiana, which recorded its first back-to-back victories since Jan. 19-20.

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