By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I’ve seen a lot in my eight years of covering the Indiana Pacers, but nothing like what I witnessed on Wednesday night. Paul George dropped nine 3-pointers after halftime to help the Pacers beat the New Orleans Hornets 115-107 in overtime. He broke Reggie Miller’s team record for threes in a […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent After a season of stunning success, the Pacers spent money like a super PAC on steroids this summer. Huge contracts landed on the doorsteps of Roy Hibbert and George Hill, and no expense was spared in overhauling the bench. It was Indiana’s most lavish offseason in nearly a decade. Clearly, […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Not since 2004, coming off a 61-win campaign in which Jermaine O’Neal finished third in MVP voting and Ron Artest was named Defensive Player of the Year, have the Indiana Pacers anticipated a season as much as they do this one. Back then, Donnie Walsh said Indy had a legitimate […]
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 […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor The Pacers are poised to reach the top of the heap in the Eastern Conference within the next few years. This offseason will decide if they’ll ever get there. Indiana challenged Miami before losing the second-round playoff series 4-2, and the Pacers aren’t afraid of the Heat now. Boston is aging and […]
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