Myles Turner, Tyrese Haliburton help Pacers beat Magic 121-108

ORLANDO, Fla.(AP) — Myles Turner scored 24 points, Tyrese Haliburton had 15points and 14 assists and the Indiana Pacers ran away from theOrlando Magic in the second half for a 121-108 victory on Saturdaynight.

Indiana shot59% in the second half and won for only the fourth time in 21games.

“That was oneof the better games we’ve played in a while, on the road,” coachRick Carlisle said. “We’ve played some good home games, but it’sbeen a while (more than two months) since we’ve won on theroad.”

BennedictMathurin scored 19 points and Jordan Nwora had 18 for the Pacers,while Jalen Smith added seven rebounds and five blocks.

“Jalen Smithand Nwora really were exceptional off the bench,” Carlislesaid.

Franz Wagnerled Orlando with 21 points. Paolo Banchero scored 19 points andMarkelle Fultz 18. The Magic struggled with their shooting, going 6for 29 from 3-point range and finished the game at 38.9%overall.

Both teamsshot below 40% in the first half, while the Pacers blocked nineshots, including four by Smith.

AndrewNembhard, Buddy Hield and Haliburton hit 3-pointers in a 17-2 runto open the second half that put Indiana up by 68-54.

“We knew wewere due for a big quarter there,” Haliburton said. “I don’t knowif the first half was as much them doing a good job on usdefensively or us not playing our brand of basketball. But we wereable to do that in the third and that was big for us.”

Mathurin,Nwora and T.J. Connell sparked another rally that stretched thelead to 19 points with 7:51 left in the game, and a 3-pointer byMathurn pushed the Pacers’ lead to 21, their largest of thegame.

“Our secondunit really helped us today,” Haliburton said. “They have beenstruggling of late, just getting comfortable playing with eachother. I thought they were really good today.”

The Magic,who are just behind the Pacers in the conference playoff race,never recovered from the start of the second half.

“I thinksomething happened that we can’t let happen,” Wagner said. “After acouple of shots being missed or us not getting what we wanted, welet it affect how we played on the other end. That’s when they madethat run.”

TIP-INS

Pacers:Indiana’s last road win was Dec. 23 at Miami. . . . The Pacers had34 assists on 48 field goals. . . . Turner, who tied his careerhigh with 40 points against Boston on Thursday night, had only twopoints until hitting a 10-footer with 3:24 left in the first half.... Nwora finished the game with a plus-minus of 17.

Magic: FJonathan Isaac, who played a season-high 16 1/2 minutes Thursdaynight, was held out of the game due to “injury recoverymanagement.” ... Newly acquired C Goga Bitadze had six points andfour rebounds in his first minutes with Orlando after WendellCarter Jr. left the game with three fouls in the first quarter. . .. Carter shot 1 for 11 while taking down a game-high 11 rebounds in18 minutes. . . . Gary Harris opened the game’s scoring with a3-pointer, but never made another shot in eight filed goalattempts.

UPNEXT

Pacers: AtDallas on Tuesday.

Magic: At NewOrleans on Monday.