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Cooper Flagg had 43 points (16 of 25), 10 rebounds and 3 steals, and Kyrie Irving scored 35 with 7 of 10 threes on the second night of a back-to-back as Dallas rallied past Indiana 125-122. On the final play, Caleb Martin got a hand on Andrew Nembhard's long inbound pass to Pascal Siakam and collided with him; no foul was called and Walter Clayton Jr. picked up the loose ball as time expired. Pacers coach Rick Carlisle called it a 'football-caliber collision'. Siakam had 29 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists. Dallas are 7-4, Indiana 3-8. Irving also called the trade rumours around him 'just distractions'.
"It's a football-caliber collision. It's clearly a foul. And we would have been shooting two free throws with three and a half seconds left." — Rick Carlisle
"Some of the trade rumors that continue to circle around our team or circle me, just distractions." — Kyrie Irving
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