WASHINGTON — Tyrese Haliburton scored 29 points, one of nine Indiana players in double figures, as the Pacers set a franchise record for points in a game in a 162-109 rout of the Washington Wizards on Thursday night.
The final score could have been even more lopsided, but Indiana began taking shot clock violations with well over a minute remaining, drawing boos from the crowd in Washington. Indiana’s previous record in an NBA game was 157 points, set most recently last season.
It was also the most points allowed in franchise history for Washington and the most points scored in an NBA game this season.
The Pacers’ 162 points were the most by any team in regulation since March 16, 2008, when the Denver Nuggets scored 168 points against the Seattle SuperSonics, according to ESPN Research.
The 53-point loss was the largest in Wizards’ history. Washington hadn’t lost by 50 since Jan. 10, 1971, in a 52-point defeat to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson’s eventual NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks.
Myles Turner added 17 points for the Pacers, who bounced back after losing a night earlier to the Los Angeles Lakers on a buzzer-beating tip-in by LeBron James.
That loss snapped a five-game winning streak for the Pacers, but this matchup with the cellar-dwelling Wizards gave Indiana a good chance to start a new streak. Indiana led 83-61 at the half. It was 125-88 after three, with Indiana shooting 22-of-34 from 3-point range at that point and 66% overall.
Rookie Alex Sarr led Washington with 22 points.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
