Pacers outlast short-handed Warriors for 5th straight win

Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam combined for 50 points while missing just six shots and the Indiana Pacers held off the short-handed Golden State Warriors for a 108-96 victory Friday night in Indianapolis.Haliburton and Siakam shared game-high scoring honors with 25 points apiece for the Pacers, who won a fifth straight game and completed a two-game season-series sweep of the Warriors. Haliburton shot 8-for-10 while padding his point total with a 7-for-7 effort at the free throw line, while Siakam went 12-for-16 from the floor.Both found time to complete double-doubles. Haliburton had a game-high 10 assists to go with three steals, while Siakam snatched a team-high 10 rebounds.Bennedict Mathurin paired 21 points with 10 rebounds for Indiana, which outshot Golden State 52.4 percent to 41.3 percent. Myles Turner (11 points, seven rebounds, three blocks) and T.J. McConnell (10 points, six assists) rounded out the Pacers’ five double-digit scorers.Pat Spencer had a career-high 17 points for the Warriors, who were playing the second night of a back-to-back without six regulars, including Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins and Jonathan Kuminga.Buddy Hield also had 17 points for Golden State but missed 9 of his 12 3-point attempts. In the absence of Curry, who was resting sore knees, the Warriors shot just 10-for-38 from beyond the arc.