by Kent Sterling During the little altercation between Mike Scott of the Atlanta Hawks and Indiana Pacers guard George Hill, Paul George took a step on to the court before assistant coaches formed a human blockade between the players and the fracas. The media is discussing the possibility of George being suspended for leaving the […]
by Kent Sterling Game Seven on Saturday night in Indianapolis is the reward for the 82 regular season games of hard work. The top seed will host the winner-take-all matchup between two very different but similarly determined teams. The Pacers closed Game Six with the confidence of a #1 seed to wrap up the kind […]
by Kent Sterling Did Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel suffer a massive head injury while I wasn’t looking? Did he get dumb all of a sudden? Were his biorhythms in perfect sync for the first three years as the Pacers coach, and then spin totally out of kilter? Pacers president of basketball operations Larry Bird […]
by Kent Sterling Dime store philosophy tells us to live each day like it’s our last. Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel needs to to heed that advice and lead tonight like this might be his last as an NBA head coach. Because with a loss, it might be. Doing the same thing over and over, […]
by Kent Sterling I’m alone on a skinny limb. No one I know of not drawing checks from Pacers Sports & Entertainment believes the Indiana Pacers have any chance to take the last two games to win the opening round series against the Atlanta Hawks in seven. Even people with the Pacers are privately rejecting […]
by Kent Sterling Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler coined the term ‘schizophrenia’ in 1911. The first half play of the Indiana Pacers re-defined in the first half of their 107-97 loss tonight to the Atlanta Hawks. After leading through most of the first quarter and finishing with a 21-20 lead, the Pacers went on a vacation […]
by Kent Sterling Expectations are a huge factor in building a narrative for a seven-game playoff series. Last year, the Indiana Pacers won 49 games, were the third seed, and faced a Game Five against the Atlanta Hawks with the series tied 2-2. This year, while in the same situation against a different Hawks team, […]
by Kent Sterling There are so many questions without answers that fans and media have lost hope that Indiana can vanquish the giant killing Atlanta Hawks. If there has been an eight-seed that has looked more like a one-seed than the Hawks, I don’t remember it, and the reverse is true of the Pacers. Coach […]
by Kent Sterling This up one game, down the next stuff is getting monotonous. The Indiana Pacers did a lot of good things – only 13 turnovers, allowed only four offensive boards, had five more steals than Atlanta, and made four more field goals. Sadly, none of that matters a damn when outscored by 14 […]
by Kent Sterling The air of regality with which many coaches cloak themselves is absent from Frank Vogel’s demeanor. He’s a nice guy who works diligently to put his team in a position to win. That’s what great coaches and managers in business do. They concentrate their focus upon helping players as individuals reach their […]
