Frenchman Victor Wembanyama could not prevent the San Antonio Spurs from losing 136-98 to the Indiana Pacers in Paris.
Beaten 140-110 by the Spurs on Thursday in the first of two regular-season NBA games in the French capital, the Pacers ran out comfortable winners at Accor Arena.
Tyrese Haliburton scored 28 points and Pascal Siakam 23 for the Pacers.
Wembanyama, who played for Paris-based Metropolitans 92 before being selected by the Spurs as the number one pick in the 2023 NBA draft, had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Teammate Harrison Barnes scored 25 points.
This is the fourth year that the NBA has hosted regular season games in Paris.
“It was really fun to be here,” Haliburton said. “It helps develop the game.
“We just wanted to leave town on a good note. It was a really good performance from us tonight and [we] I just want to carry this momentum into the future. “
Wembanyama, who was part of the French team defeated by the United States in the Olympic final last summer, scored 30 points in Thursday’s victory over the Pacers.
The Pacers are fifth in the Eastern Conference and fourth bottom of the West in the Spurs.
Celtics beat Mavericks in final rematch
The defending champion Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks 122-107 in a repeat of last season’s NBA Finals.
Jayson Tatum scored 24 points, Derrick White 23 and Jaylen Brown 22 in Dallas as the Celtics bounced back from their 21-point loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday.
The Houston Rockets won 135-131 at the Eastern Conference leaders, the Cleveland Cavaliers, despite blowing a 17-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Cleveland drew level with one minute 51 seconds remaining before Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson scored for Houston.
The Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors 118-108 in San Francisco thanks to 36 points and 13 rebounds from Anthony Davis.
