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Myles Turner Drops 30 Points, 16 Rebounds on the Dallas Mavericks

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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Myles Turner had a career night as the Indiana Pacers defeated the Dallas Mavericks in an exciting season opener.

Myles Turner put up the best performance of his career as he scored 30 points while grabbing 16 rebounds and swatting four shots in the Indiana Pacers 130-121 win over the Dallas Mavericks.

Turner showed flashes of this potential last season, but he only scored 30+ points once and 20+ six times, so it isn’t as if this was expected. The same could be said for rebounds as he only had seven games with 10 or more rebounds in his rookie campaign.

Turner had the sort of performance that made Paul George’s 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists an afterthought, despite the fact PG was 4 of 5 from deep and 7 of 14 from the field.

On top of that, the two made sure both Jeff Teague’s 20 points and 8 assists and Monta Ellis’ 19 points and 7 assists went mostly unnoticed.

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There was certainly some ugly play at times in the first game of the season, but there were plenty of bright spots to look at as the team heads forward.

It was only one game, but the 112.1 offensive rating and 105.46 pace were well above last year’s averages. The 16 turnovers as a team weren’t great, but both Teague and Ellis kept their own under control as they combined for 15 assists and 6 turnovers.

If the Pacers are supposed to be a faster and more offensive team this year, then at least on Wednesday that mission was accomplished.

It may only be one game, but the offense wasn’t selfish as they kept their eyes open and found the uncontested shooter 50% of the time according to NBA.com.

The defense can improve but the Pacers played an entertaining and fun version of basketball in their season opener.

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