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Pacers Topple Cavs

Caris LaVert's seventh Pacers start was his best yet with 28 points in a 116-111 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.

 

LeVert's fourth 3-pointer with 4.7 seconds remaining enabled the Pacers to snap a six-game home losing streak.

 

The Pacers (20-23) ended their worst winless stretch at home since losing six in a row in 1985. The Pistons (12-31) have the Eastern Conference's worst record.

 

Edmond Sumner scored 18 points off the bench and Malcolm Brogden scored 16 for the Pacers.

 

Jerami Grant led the Pistons with 29 points. Saddiq Bey and Wayne Ellington each scored 16.

 

Levert accounted for the Pacers' last eight points of the first half for a 57-51 lead. The guard scored 15 of 17 first-half points in the second quarter.

 

The Pistons committed nine of their 15 turnovers in the second quarter to continue a seasonal trend of erratic ballhandling. That meant playing catch-up in the second half.

 

The Pistons rallied to cut the deficit to 78-76 with 2:15 remaining in the third, but the Pacers bench responded as reserves George Bitadze and Jeremy Lamb sank 3-pointers. The Pacers finished the quarter with an 86-79 lead.

 

The Pistons tied the game at 92 on an Ellington jumper with 8:23 remaining.

 

Detroit had a chance to tie or go ahead in the final minute, but Delon Wright committed a turnover.

The Pacers visit Dallas on Friday.

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