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Pacers Score Most Points in Regulation NBA Game Since 2008, Demolish Wizards

Tyrese Haliburton drives during the Pacers' blowout win Thursday. | Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images

If their record didn't indicate a full surrender, the Washington Wizards' performance Thursday certainly did.

Hosting the Indiana Pacers Thursday, the Wizards scored a highly respectable 109 points. The only problem was their opponent scored 162. Washington lost every quarter by at least eight points in its most embarrassing loss of a miserable season.

After the game, Pacers radio announcer Pat Boylan posted to social media a spate of impressive statistics from the game. Most notably, Indiana's total was the highest in any regulation NBA game since 2008.

The 162 points scored by the Pacers was a franchise record—no small feat for a team that began life in the offensive crucible of the ABA.

Indiana added a franchise-record 27 threes and 50 assists, and the margin of victory was the franchise's third-largest.

The Wizards—now 16–57—are scheduled to host the Brooklyn Nets Saturday. There's nowhere to go but up from here.


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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Pacers Score Most Points in Regulation NBA Game Since 2008, Demolish Wizards.

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