News about Bennedict Mathurin

The NBA's inaugural in-season tournament was won by LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night, potentially the start of a tradition or merely a doomed PR stunt. Even if the NBA Finals are still six months away, the Lakers put on a championship-worthy showing, defeating the upstarting Indiana Pacers, 123-109.

Victor Wembanyama, France's top export, is poised to replace wine as France's top export, a 7-foot-4 basketball sensation. He's athletic, skilled, vast, and yet only 19, so the winning team will undoubtedly be considered very lucky as the league selects its first pick on Tuesday night in New York. It's either way or not Wembanyama will feel the same way. The 14 teams in Tuesday's lottery aren't all positive, and that's by design. The lottery is supposed to enhance the league's bottom feeders by (slightly) deterring them from tanking their seasons in an attempt to land a top talent in the draft, such as Wembanyama. Mail Online's preview of Wembanyama's 14 future teams, how he'd fit, and what these clubs need to do to attract the NBA's most coveted prospect in a generation.

Paolo Banchero, a member of the Orlando Magic, was a unanimous pick for the 2022-23 NBA All-Rookie first team announced Monday. Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler, Indiana Pacers forward Bennedict Mathurin, Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray, and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams were among the year's rookies to be on the first team. The No. 82 is the most popular in the world. The Magic's 1 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft was impressed, with 20.0 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 3.7 assists.

Bennedict Mathurin's rookie year was capped off in a bizarre fashion on Sunday as the 20-year-old returned home to a brutal prank. Mathurin and the Pacers won their last game of the regular season at 141-136, with the rookie scoring 26 points to lead his team in scoring. Mathurin's victory over the win was reflected in plastic as his car was returned home after the game.

Luka Doncic had 25 points, seven rebounds, and six assists only hours after the NBA's most recent technical foul and one-game suspension were canceled Monday by the NBA and led the Dallas Mavericks past the Indiana Pacers 127-104. The Mavericks snapped a four-game losing streak and remained in contention in the Western Conference's race for one of the last two play-in positions. For Dallas, Kyrie Irving had 16 points and six assists. On a night when the Pacers were missing three starters and a key backup, Indiana was led by Bennedict Mathurin, who scored 22 points, and Andrew Nembhard, who had 17 points, five rebounds, and five assists. As they get closer to securing a lottery pick, the Pacers have lost three straight and six of eight out of eight.

Tyrese Haliburton had 22 points and 11 assists, Myles Turner had 20 points and ten rebounds as the Indiana Pacers defeated Charlotte 125-113, with Hornets All-Star guard LaMelo Ball re-injuring his left ankle after stepping on a fan's foot. When the Pacers defeated for the sixth time in eight games, Bennedict Mathurin had 20 points off the bench, including Indiana's first ten points of the fourth quarter. Buddy Hield added 19 points. Ball scored 26 points for the Hornets but left with 1:34 left after he re-injured his left ankle, the same one that kept him out of the first 13 games of the season.