One game to go: Pacers fall to 76ers, match franchise record for losses
Tyrese Maxey scores 32 points to send Pacers to 62nd loss, tie franchise record for a single season.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Tyrese Maxey scored 32 points and posted eight rebounds and five assists to lead the 76ers to a 105-94 win over the Pacers on Friday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, which helped the 76ers playoff seeding but also guaranteed that the Pacers will have the best possible odds in the NBA Draft lottery in May. The Pacers fell to 19-62, the second-worst record in the NBA, with one game left in the regular season. The teams in the bottom three in the standings all get the same NBA Draft lottery odds and the Kings and Jazz each have 21 wins for the fourth worst record, so the Pacers can finish no better than third-worst in the league.
With 62 losses, they matched a franchise record in a single season. The Sixers improved to 44-37 which puts them eighth in the wide open Eastern Conference standings with one game to play. Former Pacers star Paul George scored 21 points for the 76ers.
Guard V. J. Edgecombe had 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists.
Forward Kelly Oubre had 15 points and seven rebounds. Forward Jarace Walker led the Pacers with 17 points. Guards Quenton Jackson and Ethan Thompson had 16 and 15 points respectively and center Micah Potter had 13 points and 10 rebounds.