By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent What’s interesting for the Pacers is that their two potential Round 1 opponents are the two clubs they probably want to see the most in the postseason: Atlanta and Chicago. Those teams are less apt to pull an upset than, say, Boston. Presuming they survive, which won’t be easy given […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers lost an ugly 90-80 game to the New York Knicks on Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. WHY IT HAPPENED: Playing a team without any healthy big men, the Pacers looked clueless and flat throughout the day and fell behind […]
Continue ReadingBy 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 […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers fell 117-109 in a seesaw battle with the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: Indiana mounted another valiant comeback, but a 24-point second-half deficit proved too big a hill to climb. The Pacers allowed […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers were blown out by the Washington Wizards 104-85 on Saturday night at the Verizon Center. WHY IT HAPPENED: John Wall dominated most of the way. He went off for 37 points and five assists — seemingly playing against himself at both […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers were routed 97-75 by the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: Kevin Durant’s skill and Russell Westbrook’s extreme athleticism were a little too much for Indiana. The Pacers fell behind by 14 in […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers lost a 98-91 decision to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center. WHY IT HAPPENED: Philadelphia’s starting guards outscored Indiana’s 39-15, and 76ers center Spencer Hawes, filling in for injured star Andrew Bynum, put up insane […]
Continue ReadingHall of Famer Reggie Miller returned to his old stomping ground Thursday night as an analyst on TNT’s national broadcast of the Indiana Pacers’ 81-76 victory over the New York Knicks at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Here’s a comprehensive transcript of Miller’s remarks about his former team. On Paul George: “He’s becoming the face of this […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The low-key story of the season is that Indiana has a huge home-road split. The Pacers are too good at Bankers Life Fieldhouse for nearly any opponent to win there; the fans have left happy after 13 of 16 games. In fact, the Pacers enter tonight’s game against New York […]
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This was the Roy Hibbert everyone was expecting to emerge. Indiana’s 7-foot-2 center had 19 points and 18 rebounds to help the Pacers defeat the Miami Heat 94-75 on Thursday night and take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 second-round Eastern Conference playoff series. Hibbert has had great expectations placed on him because Chris Bosh, Miami’s […]
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