Haliburton scores 23 points as the Pacers beat the Bulls 132-123

CHICAGO (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton had 23 points and eight assists, and the Indiana Pacers stopped a four-game slide with a 132-123 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night.

Pascal Siakam scored 21 points for Indiana, and Bennedict Mathurin finished with 19. The Pacers shot 56.5% from the field and had six players score in double figures.

Indiana led by 13 at halftime, but Chicago closed to 112-109 on Josh Giddey's layup with 6:53 remaining. Haliburton responded with a 3-pointer, sparking an 8-0 run for the Pacers.

Haliburton made five 3s as Indiana went 18 for 29 from long range.

Zach LaVine scored 32 points for Chicago, which had won two in a row. Coby White had 19 points and nine assists, and Ayo Dosunmu added 15 points.

Pacers: Siakam and Myles Turner each went 3 for 5 from beyond the arc. The Pacers shot a season-high 62.1% from 3.

Bulls: Led by LaVine, Chicago also had a solid night from long range. It just wasn’t as efficient as Indiana. The Bulls shot 21 for 50 from 3.

The Pacers shot a blistering 11 of 13 from the field to begin the second quarter, turning a five-point deficit into a 12-point advantage. The 24-9 run by Indiana flipped the game in a quarter that the Pacers eventually won by 17.

Indiana outscored Chicago 56-42 in points in the paint.

The Pacers host the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday. The Bulls continue their three-game homestand when they host the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.

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Chicago Bulls' Lonzo Ball (2) knocks the ball out of the hands of Indiana Pacers' Bennedict Mathurin onto his leg and out of bounds during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Indiana Pacers' T.J. McConnell drives between the pressure of Chicago Bulls' Dalen Terry, left, and Coby White during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Indiana Pacers' T.J. McConnell drives to the basket as Chicago Bulls' Matas Buzelis defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Indiana Pacers' Bennedict Mathurin is fouled by Chicago Bulls' Nikola Vucevic as Mathurin drives to the basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Indiana Pacers' Pascal Siakam signals his three-point basket as Chicago Bulls' Ayo Dosunmu watches during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Indiana Pacers' Obi Toppin scores past Chicago Bulls' Dalen Terry during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)