Domantas Sabonis to El Comercio: “We have lost games for possession, we are close to our best level”

Indiana Pacers started the season with a mission to qualify for PlayOffs and become a relevant team in the Eastern Conference of the NBA; However, after more than 30 games, the executives of the franchise have decided to start a rebuilding process, so they will change several players on the squad. Domantas Sabonis, one of the best of Pacers, he is not comfortable with this philosophy and has asked to be transferred in the next few months. After the defeat in front of Miami Heat, El Comercio spoke with the Lithuanian center about his present in the NBA.

Miami Heat beat 125-96 at Indiana Pacers in a duel that featured two star players. Duncan Robinson and Tyler Herro gave Erik Spoelstra’s team the victory after converting 26 points each at the FTX Arena.

The home team also tied a franchise record with 22 triples (66 points), the fourth time the team has achieved that number. Max Strus scored 18 points, KZ Okpala had 16 and point guard Kyle Lowry finished with eight points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists. Omer Yurtseven added 13 rebounds for Miami, which had 30 assists.

Stars Chris Duarte and Caris LeVert each scored 17 points for Indiana, which scored 14 points from Oshae Brissett and 12 from Domantas Sabonis.

Indiana he lost Malcolm Brogdon in the first half with pain in his right Achilles tendon, something that has been bothering him. He converted a point and two assists in eight minutes.

After the end of the game, I was able to converse with Domantas Sabonis about the goal of Pacers For this season. The Lithuanian, in perfect Spanish, said the following: “The objective is the same as always: to improve as a team. Things have not gone as planned, but we are very close. We have lost games for one or two possessions, we have to correct details, we are close to our best version ”.

Then he limited: “When you look at the classification and we are 13-19, most think that we have a bad team and it is not like that. These are hard times for us, we have to be united and keep improving ”.

On the next day, Indiana Pacers will face the Houston Rockets (23.12), while Miami Heat will do the same against Detroit Pistons (23.12).