"We're going to throw everything we got at him just try do what we can go get a win," said Turner. "They are a tightknit group. They are guys who grind and hustle, so you know, we have to kind of match that intensity and supersede that.

Indiana Pacers forward Myles Turner channels a Victor Wembanyama-like performance against the Detroit Pistons.

A meeting with the Indiana Pacers in Paris on Thursday afternoon in the NBA might just end up feeling like a home game for the San Antonio Spurs. Plenty of fans at Accor Arena will be rooting for Frenchman Victor Wembanyama,

Plenty of fans at Accor Arena will be rooting for Frenchman Victor Wembanyama, the Spurs' star centre. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Indiana Pacers sit at 24-19 which is good for No. 5 in the Eastern Conference. Saturday's 115-102 win saw a lot of bright spots against the injury-riddled P

The Pacers are in Paris because someone has to be the opponent to French phenom Victor Wembanyama, but they're getting everything out of the trip.

Haliburton and the Pacers are currently in France for a two-game series. They will be taking on the San Antonio Spurs in Paris. Both games will be the only games that either team will play this week due to the travel. The first game is on Thursday and the second game is on Saturday.

Spurs: Mitch Johnson (acting). Pacers: Rick Carlisle. Spurs: Points, Wembanyama (24.4 per game). Rebounds, Wembanyama (10.8). Assists, Paul (8.2). Steals, Paul (1.3). Blocks, Wembanyama (4.0). Pacers: Points, Siakam (20.1 per game). Rebounds, Siakam (7.3). Assists, Haliburton (8.8). Steals, Haliburton (1.3). Blocks, Turner (2.0).

The teams arrived in Paris on Monday, with practices and other events scheduled throughout the week and then the games toward the end. The Spurs were coming straight from the airport to a light workout in Nanterre — the place where Wembanyama started his pro career in the French league as a 15-year-old.

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Officially, Indiana will be the home team on the scoreboard when it plays San Antonio in Paris ... good stuff,” Pacers center Myles Turner said in a video released ...

San Antonio Spurs (19-22, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Indiana Pacers (24-19, fifth in the Eastern Conference) Paris; Thursday, 2 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pacers -2.5; over/under is 230 BOTTOM LINE: The Indiana Pacers square off against the San Antonio Spurs in Paris.

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