By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Written on the whiteboard in the Indiana Pacers’ dressing area prior to Friday night’s game was the warning, If you leave dirty plates in the locker room, rats will come. Perhaps a wiser message would have been, If you fall behind by huge deficits, losses will come. For […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Paul George, David West and the Pacers are used to having the upper hand on most opponents. After a 97-75 defeat on Friday night, Indiana was in awe of how the Oklahoma City Thunder controlled the game in the Pacers’ own building. That’s a championship-caliber team, said West, […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — On Sunday, the Pacers seized an opportunity to all but wrap up the Central Division race. The win put them four games ahead and gave them the season tiebreaker over Chicago. Truth is, the Bulls have no single weapon that will help them catch Indiana. Their scorers are […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Pacers coach Frank Vogel didn’t do general manager Kevin Pritchard any favors by benching reserve forward Gerald Green. Pritchard, like many others in the organization, publicly defended the signing. Green hasn’t worked out. Now that Vogel has yanked the alleged sixth man from the rotation, everyone knows it. Green is […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Pacers announced Monday they have signed head coach Frank Vogel to a contract extension. Per team policy, no terms were revealed. Vogel is in his third year as Pacers coach after taking over on Jan. 30, 2011. Going into Tuesday night’s home game with Miami, Vogel […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent With 2012 winding down, it’s worth a look back at the year that was. This is the point on the calendar when media types step back and attempt to weave a bunch of tiny threads into a larger quilt. In terms of the Indiana Pacers, no need to overthink it. […]
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By JIM JOHNSON ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — Every team goes through it at one point or another, especially in basketball. They go through a rut and a little skid from time to time. With the Indiana Pacers, the skid happened to be right out of the gate and has lasted the first two weeks of […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Frank Vogel has enough talent to match up with anyone. Over the past two offseasons, Larry Bird and Donnie Walsh have maneuvered the roster into a position where Indiana can reasonably expect to win 50 to 53 games. It’s up to Vogel to decide how to utilize the players and […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – A trying stretch of six years without a playoff series victory ended last season. Now, the Indiana Pacers want more, and they believe major changes to the bench will help them advance even further in the postseason. At the team’s annual media day, Indiana spoke boldly and often about […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Note: The author covered the Indiana Pacers for The Associated Press for seven years. Frank Vogel is just Daddy to his daughters, Alexa and Arianna. After leading the Indiana Pacers to the second round of the NBA playoffs and finishing third in the NBA Coach-of-the-Year balloting, Vogel was caught being an average Joe […]
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Former Purdue forward Robbie Hummel worked out for the Pacers on Friday. ISL talked with him on Thursday. Story here: http://www.indysportslegends.com/former-purdue-star-hummel-work-indiana-pacers-friday/ How do you think he’d look in a Pacers uniform? Does he fit the team’s style? Other links: Behind the scenes, the Month of May at Indy: http://www.indysportslegends.com/behind-scenes-month-may-indianapolis-motor-speedway/ My 10 favorite stadium shots: http://www.indysportslegends.com/my-10-favorite-stadium-shots/
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