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76ers/Pacers Best-Worst: Turner, Saric and Sixers' third-quarter blues

INDIANAPOLIS – Here's my look at some of the best and worst performances from the Indiana Pacers' 107-94 victory over the 76ers on Sunday evening at Bankers Life Fieldhouse:

Best performance: Myles Turner gets this award. The Pacers center finished with 17 points, a career-high 16 rebounds, two blocked shots and a steal. He made 7 of 9 shots and 3 of 4 foul shots. He was a handful for the Sixers.

Worst performance: This goes to Dario Saric even though he finished with 10 rebounds. The Sixers power forward struggled to find his groove on offense. He missed 12 of 15 shots en route to finishing with nine points. It marked the first time in 23 games that he failed to score at least 10. Saric also had a game-worst four turnovers.

Best defensive performance:  Turner was part of the reason Saric struggled. The Pacers center helped double-team the Sixer whenever Saric thought about driving the lane. That disrupted the rookie and forced him to pass or settle for a jumper before the double team came.

Best performance by a Sixer: Reserve point guard Sergio Rodriguez finished with a team-high 16 points and made 4 of 6 three-pointers. He also had two steals and two assists. I'm not going to hold his two turnovers against him.

Worst statistic: How can you not give this to the Sixers' three-point shooting? They made 14 shots, but attempted 41. They basically shot themselves out of the game.

Best statistic: This award goes to Shawn Long for his offensive rebounds. The Sixers rookie was solid on the offensive glass, pulling down five boards. That enabled him to score on putbacks. Long finished the game with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Worst of the worst:  This goes to the Sixers' performance at the start of the second half.  That's when the Pacers broke the game open with a 17-4 run, capped by 14 straight points, to take a 68-49 lead. Paul George's three-point play with 6 minutes, 10 seconds left in the quarter was the last key play in that stretch.

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