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Rookie Bennedict Mathurin scored a career-high 32 points as the visiting Indiana Pacers hit a team record 23 3-pointers and pulled away for a 125-116 victory over the struggling Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night in New York.
Playing on the second night of a back-to-back, the Pacers tied their previous team record for 3-pointers, 22 set twice in May 2021, when Chris Duarte connected from deep for a 111-101 advantage with 6:14 remaining.
Indiana hit its 23rd 3-pointer when Mathurin connected from the corner with 2:33 left to put Indiana ahead 121-109.
Mathurin made 8 of 16 shots and hit six 3-pointers off the bench as Indiana’s reserves totaled 47 points.
