PACERS | The Pacers opened the season Wednesday night with a 114-107 loss to the Washington Wizards. Rookie Bennedict Mathurin scored 19 in his debut.
Beal, a three-time All-Star, scored 23 points, Kyle Kuzma added 20 and Kristaps Porzingis had 15 points and 10 rebounds as the Washington Wizards led wire to wire to beat the rebuilding Indiana Pacers 114-107 Wednesday night.“We know teams are going to heat him up, using him as a facilitator,” Unseld said. “I thought he did a pretty good job, It was pretty good balance tonight."
The young Pacers looked jittery from the opening tip and never quite got into rhythm, and the vastly more experienced Wizards took full advantage behind All-Stars Porzingis and Beal, who played in his first regular-season game since signing a five-year, max contract extension. The Pacers never got closer than five points in the second half — until Mathurin's basket with 31.2 seconds left made it 110-107. But he missed the ensuing free throw and Washington closed it out at the line.
Pacers: Buddy Hield finished with 16 points and had four 3-pointers after finishing second in the NBA with 262 3s. ... Jalen Smith had 16 points and eight rebounds. ... Haliburton had seven assists. ... Indiana's overall losing streak reached 11 and the Pacers have now lost 10 straight to Eastern Conference foes. ... Aaron Nesmith and Jalen Smith played despite being listed as questionable.Pacers fans got their first real look at Mathurin, and he made quite an impression.
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