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Aaron Nesmith’s career-best game propels Pacers past Cavaliers
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October 29 – Aaron Nesmith poured in a career-best 26 points in 30 minutes off the bench, Tyrese Haliburton and Myles Turner recorded double-doubles and the visiting Indiana Pacers won their second straight game Saturday night, outlasting the Donovan Mitchell-less Cleveland Cavaliers 125-113.
Haliburton notched 21 points and a game-high 13 assists, while Turner had 20 points and a team-high 12 rebounds for the Pacers, who had been off for two days since opening with a 143-120 home romp over the Washington Wizards.
With the Cavaliers electing to rest Mitchell due to a sore hamstring on the second night of a back-to-back, Evan Mobley went for 33 points and Caris LeVert 31 in Cleveland’s second loss in its first three games.
In a game that saw the Cavaliers explode for 37 points in the first quarter and 38 in the third, the balanced Pacers proved to be too much, with Bennedict Mathurin (13), Jalen Smith (13) and Buddy Hield (10) also scoring in double figures.
Down 60-49 at the half, the Cavaliers rallied within 91-87 by third quarter’s end, then closed to 93-92 on a Georges Niang 3-pointer with 10:51 to go.
The hosts were still within two at 109-107 when Mobley dunked with 4:08 to play, but Haliburton bombed in three 3-pointers in a 57-second flurry, the third opening up a 10-point cushion with just 2:46 left.
Nesmith wound up 5-for-9 on threes and Haliburton 4-for-7, helping the Pacers outscore the Cavaliers 45-36 from beyond the arc.
Led by Nesmith, the Indiana bench outscored its counterparts 61-11.
Mobley was both the game’s leading scorer and rebounder with 14, while teammate Max Strus likewise notched a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds.
Meanwhile, LeVert found time for a team-high eight assists to complement his prolific scoring game.
Isaac Okoro added 11 points for the Cavaliers, who were outshot 49 percent to 43.3 percent overall.
–Field Level Media
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Pleasant air moves in
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Many locations in central Indiana picked up beneficial rain with yesterday’s storms. Pleasant air will now move in following this system.
TODAY: Mostly sunny skies. Dew points will drop into the comfortable category by the afternoon. Winds will be sustained out of the north at 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. High temperatures in the mid-70s.
TONIGHT: We will have our coolest morning since June 11. Mostly clear skies remain. Low temperatures in the low to mid-50s.
TOMORROW: Another refreshing day. The first day of July will feature plenty of sunshine with high temperatures in the mid to upper 70s.
8-DAY FORECAST: Our pleasant air is only temporary. Temperatures will build after Monday as a warm front crosses Indiana. This will also drive up our rain chances Wednesday to Friday with the frontal boundary stalling out in the Midwest. Unfortunately, the 4th of July will be included in these rain chances, but we should know more about the timing of rain as we get closer.
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Happy hour is back in Indiana
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — On Monday, happy hour will again be legal in the state of Indiana after nearly 40 years.
Happy hour was first banned in 1985 in an effort to curb drunk driving. The effort has proven to be less than effective, according to several studies, including one done by Suffolk University.
In March, Gov. Holcomb signed House Bill 1086, officially making happy hour legal again in the Hoosier state.
Indianapolis restaurants are welcoming the change. Up until now, if eateries wanted to offer discounted rates, they were required to do so for the entire day.
“Prior to this, you weren’t able to do it for a finite amount of time, you could only do it the entire day, from the time you open the doors to the time you close,” Managing Partner of The Oakmont and Vicino Gus Vazquez said.
The law does have a few stipulations.
Restaurants can offer up to four hours a day as a part of their “happy hour” and a total of 15 hours a week. The hours can never fall between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m.
Vazquez and his team were quick to get to develop a plan for their happy hours at both The Oakmont and Vicino, which will run between 3 and 6 p.m. between Monday and Friday.
“It’s been so long since Indiana has had the chance to have a happy hour,” Vazquez said. “Our plan of action is to offer our guests some items that normally wouldn’t be offered to our guests during that time or some of our favorites at a discounted price.”
The managing partner also spoke on the impact the change has on people visiting the Circle City.
The restaurants often host those visiting Indianapolis for conventions and sporting events.
“Just today we had a couple from out of town come in, and ask if we had a happy hour either today or during the week…so ironically we told them that July first we’d be rolling it out,” Vazquez said. “I feel like a lot of the people that are visiting the city will feel at home even when they’re not at home.”
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Locked On Pacers breaks down possible Indiana Pacers free agency targets at every position
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NBA free agency opens up tomorrow at 6 p.m. Eastern Time, meaning players can agree to sign with new teams. From the day after the NBA Finals until that time, players could only negotiate with their former team — which is how the Pacers were able to agree to terms with forward Pascal Siakam already.
Because of the deal with Siakam and the many contracts Indiana already has in place, they could be a quiet team on the free agent market. They may run it back with largely the same team, sans a small move here and there, which makes sense after an Eastern Conference Finals run. Obi Toppin is the best incumbent Pacer who is entering free agency, and Pacers on SI reported earlier this week that the team made him a restricted free agent via a qualifying offer.
Between the Mid-Level-Exception, minimum contracts, and the draft, the Pacers have and could still add external talent in free agency. On the Locked On Pacers podcast, host Tony East went position-by-position and looked at players the Pacers could add in free agency at each spot if they have a specific need.
Point guards:
Shooting guards:
Small forwards with Alex Golden from Setting The Pace:
Power forwards with Ethan Krieger, formerly from 8 Points, 9 Seconds:
Centers:
Last year, the Pacers were active in free agency and acquired Bruce Brown along with Toppin during the offseason. This season, they will likely be quieter in terms of bringing in external talent. Keeping Siakam was the priority, and it’s done.
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