Postgame in Paris: Spurs surge past Pacers with 45-point third quarter

Wemby showed out and the Pacers did not. After winning eight of their last nine games, they were blown out by 30 points by the Spurs in France.

PARIS — After having four days between games, the Pacers (24-20) returned to action Thursday evening ... in Paris. That's right, part of the NBA Global Games. It was the first of two in a row against the San Antonio Spurs, who had a home-like crowd due to France native Victor Wembanyama.

He had a complete game: 30 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 blocks.

They outscored the Pacers 45-23 in the third quarter — 80 points in the second half — and the Pacers did not respond well in a 140-110 blowout loss.

I am the only Indy reporter in Paris for the trip — so here's my postgame recap from Accor Arena, where a sold-out crowd of nearly 16,000 saw the Spurs’s three-point halftime lead balloon to 30 when the final buzzer sounded.

“For us, we're going to have to do an awful lot of things better on Saturday,” head coach Rick Carlisle said in his postgame remarks. “And we have a pretty quick turnaround, so we got work to do.”

Much more coverage to come…

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