Bennedict Mathurin shined during his NBA Summer League debut with the Indiana Pacers, and has developed a tight-knit relationship with fellow Pac-12 Player of the Year Chris Duarte.
Justin Spears LAS VEGAS — There’s a few connections for Bennedict Mathurin on the Indiana Pacers Summer League team.
With just over six minutes left in the third quarter of Mathurin’s debut with the Pacers on Friday at Thomas and Mack Center, Duarte took an outlet pass and had an easy look for a fast-break lay-up, but opted to lob a pass off the backboard for a Mathurin dunk. Duarte remembers the two games Oregon beat Arizona during his last season with the Ducks during the pandemic-influenced 2020-21 season, which was Mathurin’s freshman season at the UA.
Mathurin cited his lone season under Lloyd’s uptempo brand of basketball “really helped” him adapt to the pace of NBA play.
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