Indiana wrapped up their two on-road match series by surrendering two last-minute threes to Charlotte. Pacers’ Domantas Sabonis added 22 points during the night. Pacers defense lacked edge during the night and it was quite evident during the end with Terry Rozier and Devonte’ Graham. Pacers had a 103-102 lead while 90 seconds were left on the clock. Their three-point defense was ranked 29th earlier and is now even worse.
Indiana opened the match with three-pointers but finished with 8-32 while Hornets were 16-37. Later Hornets took over and kept their lead in double figures with the score once being 92-82 early in the fourth, Indiana forced a comeback cutting the lead to just one point but could not overthrow Charlotte despite their best efforts.