Indiana
VIDEO RECAP: Indiana Pacers topple Detroit Pistons to open season 1-0
DETROIT — The Indiana Pacers kicked off their 2024-25 campaign on Wednesday night with a battle against the Pistons in Detroit. It wasn’t pretty, and the Pacers struggled for much of the first 30 or so minutes of play. But they found enough stretches of success to give themselves a chance late, and they slammed the door shut with a strong finish.
“Very physical, very emotional and typical opening night game. Very difficult,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said. “[We were] down by nine at half time. They had momentum, and then we were able to throw a 19-point defensive quarter at them. At one point we got six or seven stops in a row, and that really keyed our momentum change.”
The Pacers defense came alive in the final quarter. They were more physical on the glass and in general were more effective forcing the Pistons to react to the way they were playing. Detroit missed some good looks, but Indiana was able to punish them in a way that they weren’t earlier in the game.
The hosts scored just 19 points in that fourth quarter, and young guard Bennedict Mathurin took over offensively for the Pacers to pull his team to a win. Mathurin scored 14 of his 19 points in the final quarter.
Myles Turner shined early in the second half while Pascal Siakam was quietly dominant all night. Despite a slow start and clunkier play on offense, the Pacers did enough to win. They’re 1-0 and battle the New York Knicks on Friday.
More on the game can be found in the video below.
“Good teams figure out a way to win. The rest of the things don’t matter. I think we just had to find a way to win, and we were able to do that,” Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton said after the outing.
RIPLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for two young children in Indiana.
Police in Ripley County, southeast of Indianapolis, are looing for the children who may be siblings.
The first child is 3-year-old Aaliyah Buckingham.
She was last seen wearing a pink cat shirt and tie-dye shorts.
The younger child is 1-year-old Shane Buckingham, last seen in a red shirt and diaper.
Police think both are with 45-year-old Timothy Buckingham, who was last seen driving a brown GMC truck.
Timothy is described as a 6′ 3″ white man weighing 225 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
Photo of Timothy Buckingham provided by Indiana State Police
Police have not confirmed the relationship of the three, or why the children are believed to be in danger.
Anyone who sees the three are asked to contact the nearest police department.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A firefighter for the Indianapolis Fire Department was sent to the hospital Wednesday after battling a fire at a vacant house.
According to a Facebook post made by IFD, the fire happened around 10:15 a.m. at a house on Bluff Rd. IFD says that there were several complications, including limited access to fire hydrants and “interior hoarder conditions” that IFD says was due to squatters.
The injured firefighter received “slight injury,” the Facebook post said.
It took over an hour and a half to get the fire under control, according to IFD, and another hour to put out all the remaining hot spots in the building.
According to IFD, the cause of the fire is currently unknown. Their Fire Investigations Unit is working on figuring out what caused the fire.
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