DALLAS — Myles Turner scored 20 points, Tyrese Haliburton had 19 points and 11 assists, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Dallas Mavericks 137-120 on Tuesday night despite Luka Doncic’s fourth consecutive NBA game with a 30-point triple-double.
Doncic had 39 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Russell Westbrook is the lone player in NBA history with five straight 30-point triple-doubles, and Oscar Robertson is the only other player with four.
Nine players scored in double figures for the Pacers, including five reserves as Indiana’s bench outscored Dallas’ 69-32.
Bennedict Mathurin had 19 points off the bench for the Pacers. Pascal Siakam added 13 points and 14 rebounds.
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Kyrie Irving scored 23 for the Mavericks. P.J. Washington had 20 points, and Daniel Gafford added 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Indiana built on a 74-70 halftime lead by scoring 20 of the first 26 points in the third period to go ahead 94-76 with 5 1/2 minutes left in the quarter. The Pacers led by double digits the rest of the way. They outscored the Mavericks 32-18 in the third, holding Dallas to 26.1% shooting with Doncic going 2 of 9 from the floor and missing his four 3-point attempts.
The Mavericks lost for the fifth time in six games following a season-best seven-game winning streak. Their skid began with a 133-111 loss at Indiana on Feb. 25, when Turner scored a season-high 33 points.
Indiana’s NBA-best scoring offense averaging 123.3 points per game was in peak form in the first half. The Pacers shot 60%, including 8 of 17 on 3-pointers. Turner was 7-of-10 shooting, missing only from downtown.
Mathurin scored 14 off the bench, all in the second period — the main contributor to Indiana’s 36-10 advantage in first-half bench scoring.
Doncic had 19 points in the second quarter and 28 for the half, going 4 of 8 on 3-pointers with three rebounds and six assists. Washington scored 15.
Doncic hit four of his first five shots to send Dallas to an early 17-11 lead. But Turner’s 14 first-quarter points allowed the Pacers to lead 35-32 after one.
NEXT SCHEDULE
Pacers: Will host Minnesota on Thursday.
Mavericks: Will face Miami on Thursday to close a three-game homestand.