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 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 Actually, the Indiana Pacers dropped two deuces, two triples, and three free throws in the fourth quarter, more specifically the last 4:48 of the fourth. Until that point, they were scoreless in the quarter. From the time that Jeff Pendergraph reported at 3:04 left in the third for one of the more […]
by Kent Sterling Prior to Game Five, I posted the 10 things the Pacers needed to do to beat the Atlanta Hawks in that pivotal game. They won 103-86, so it’s easy to assume that a lot of what the Pacers did was right, and that they kept the Hawks from getting much done themselves. […]
by Kent Sterling Tonight’s Game Five matchup between the Indiana Pacers and Atlanta Hawks is the biggest game for the Pacers since Reggie Miller’s retirement ushered in a era of fan malaise the franchise has been trying to climb from since. With a win in this series, the Pacers would show progress. With a loss, […]
by Kent Sterling Memo to the Indiana Pacers – Kyle Korver is a really good shooter. Left open, he is almost a lock to make shots from anywhere within 30 feet of the bucket. Korver had 19 points last night in the Hawks 101-90 win that evened the series at two wins apiece. Because Korver […]
by Kent Sterling Young teams in the NBA learn from mistakes. The Bulls in the late-1980s couldn’t out tough the Pistons, or they would have won championships. The Pacers themselves couldn’t get by the Knicks and Bulls in the mid-1990s. The Jazz and Suns never got over the hump in the 90s either. LeBron’s teams […]
by Kent Sterling Watching the Pacers NBA Playoffs win yesterday against the Atlanta Hawks, it was impossible not to see the immense impact Larry Bird had in building the roster. Makes sense, doesn’t it? I mean Bird ran the draft for nearly a decade, so the roster is damn near all him. But the hell […]
by Kent Sterling There was a time not too long ago that fans in what is now Bankers Life Fieldhouse bought all the available tickets, got to the game early, and were engaged throughout even meaningless games. Indianapolis was a Pacers town, and Reggie Miller was the hero of every grade school kid who ever […]
by Kent Sterling The game was never in doubt after the first three defensive possessions by the Indiana Pacers that led to uncontested Atlanta Hawks baskets. The Pacers Paul George made certain of that. George is not Kobe or LeBron, but he is good enough to lead the Pacers to a 107-90 beat down of […]