by Kent Sterling Dan Dakich is one of my favorite sportsradio hosts because he says interesting things and is able to back them up with an impressive litany of reasons. The only national media person to say that the Pacers are the better team, you disagree with Dan at your own peril. He’s not always […]
by Kent Sterling Seven game series are great fun. Today, Pacers fans are saying that tonight’s game is a must win, and so are Heat fans. A loss at home, and the Pacers have their opening. The Heat sweep the first two, and the Pacers must be perfect at home. With a win in tonight’s […]
by Kent Sterling There are a bunch of reasons the Indiana Pacers lost a very entertaining game to the Miami Heat to start the Eastern Conference Finals with a bang. Had the Pacers won this overtime thriller, there would have been many reasons for that. Paul George did some things really well, and other things […]
by Kent Sterling The folks at ESPN treated the Indiana Pacers like carbuncles through the series against the New York Knicks. Every Knicks loss was due to the Knicks making mistakes, and every win was earn because of the Knicks superior play. The Pacers might have been on the floor, but the effect they had […]
by Kent Sterling I’m never sure if LeBron James is truly nuts, or just an imitator of hyper-competitive kooks of the past, and this mini-drama about Pacers coach Frank Vogel brings no more clarity to that doubt. Michael Jordan is completely insane. He takes umbrage at any perceived slight. People say things, Jordan gets revved […]
by Kent Sterling There will not be a single analyst with any knowledge of basketball who will pick the Indiana Pacers to beat the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, and they will likely be right. Overcoming the best player in basketball is going to be a tough assignment. LeBron James is not just […]
by Kent Sterling The status of Pacers point guard George Hill won’t be known until close to game time, but it shouldn’t affect the outcome in tonight’s Game Six of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the New York Knicks. Despite a uniquely skinny bench, Hill’s absence for Game Five, and the Knicks being at home […]
by Kent Sterling There is a story that has been repeated so many times around Indianapolis that everyone assumes it’s true. Memphis Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley is working out alongside good friend and teammate Greg Oden early one morning in a Lawrence North High School gym. Indiana coach Mike Davis is watching Oden, and […]
by Kent Sterling The pundits thought the Knicks would play like caged animals. Their backs to the wall, the Knicks surely would claw like rabid wolverines to even up the series tonight. The Pacers expected them to be frantic, focused, and frenzied. The Knicks slept through Game Four, putting up a disinterested, dispirited effort that […]
by Kent Sterling If the Knicks win tonight’s game, the series between the Pacers and Knicks will be tied at two, and the Knicks will have two games left at home to put away the young upstarts from Indiana. If the Pacers win, they will have a 3-1 stranglehold that will give them three shots […]