by Kent Sterling The potential for the Pacers to suffer a down is high tomorrow night. The Heat didn’t win back-to-back championships by not knowing how to respond to adversity. Paul George and the Pacers should expect a much more frenetic defensive effort from the Heat tomorrow night. Yesterday, the Heat embarrassed themselves by going […]
by Kent Sterling The Indiana Pacers route to the 2014 Eastern Conference Finals was a lot like the Griswold Family’s trek to Walley World in “National Lampoon’s Vacation.” Twists and turns were everywhere. Nothing went as planned despite a lot of work on the itinerary. But the joy in reaching the long anticipated destination is […]
by Kent Sterling Let’s just get this out of the way right at the top – David West is a man. Not some whiny guy who is afraid to attack a challenge, but a man willing and able to put a team on his broad shoulders and carry him across the finish line – the […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana Pacers coach Frank “Iceman” Vogel made the call to rest his starters Wednesday night despite the Pacers training the Miami Heat by only 1/2 game for the top spot in the NBA’s Eastern Conference. The gamble initially paid off as the subs eked out a 104-102 win in Milwaukee. Chris Copeland’s […]
by Kent Sterling The Indiana Pacers needed a win last night, a loss by the Miami Heat, and to get its starters some rest. Check, check, and a big check as coach “Riverboat” Franky Vogel rolled the dice like a pro and went on a serious heater at the NBA’s late season craps table. It […]
by Kent Sterling Legs provide the power. Arms and hands serve as the guidance system. That’s a very basic schematic for how a basketball is shot accurately. When the legs are tired, arms and hands bridge the power gap, and precision suffers. Strong legs are the key to making shots, and the Indiana Pacers have […]
by Kent Sterling In the absence of specifics, we believe the narrative our eyes create, and what fans of the Indiana Pacers have seen over the past 32 games is a soft team that doesn’t care much for each other. That is in direct contrast to what transpired over the first 40 games of the […]
by Kent Sterling All the media driven consternation over whether LeBron James was going to play was just that as he appeared to suffer no ill effects from a tweaked ankle during the Miami Heat’s 97-94 comeback win tonight against the Indiana Pacers in Miami. Pacers forward Paul George is a good player who may […]
Indiana Pacers – 101-96 Loss to Pistons Not Because of Ref’s Bad Count, But It Didn’t Help
by Kent Sterling The Indiana Pacers didn’t lose last night because a referee doesn’t know how to count past five, but it sure didn’t help. The Pacers lost 101-96 because Paul George, George Hill, Roy Hibbert, and Orlando Johnson combined to hit 8-35 shots, and the defense allowed 20 offensive boards. An 82-game season is […]
by Kent Sterling The Indiana Pacers started slowly which wasn’t a surprise, but against the two-time defending champion Miami Heat, holes shouldn’t be dug too deep. Early it appeared that the Heat were intent on schooling the darlings of the NBA, and if that was the case, the Pacers learned very quickly, applied the knowledge, […]