Pascal Siakam sank the go-ahead three-pointer in the final seconds and the injury-hit Indiana Pacers won their first game of the NBA season, defeating Golden State 114-109 on Saturday.

Cameroonian playmaker Siakam scored 27 points, Aaron Nesmith had a game-best and career-high 31 points and Quenton Jackson added a career-high 25 points to help snap Indiana's five-game losing skid to open the campaign.

The Pacers, down 104-93 midway into the fourth quarter after Stephen Curry scored three of his 24 points for Golden State, closed the game on a 21-5 run to defeat the Warriors (4-3).

"We just played hard-nosed basketball," Siakam said. "We've got to get back to being us. We've got to play hard. It has got to be tough on teams to play us. For those minutes, we made it tough on them."

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