By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL)ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — Every NBA team has a certain level of enthusiasm on “Media Day.” It’s a new season. Every team has some new players. It’s only natural for the coaches and players to be optimistic and to say all the right things. But this year’s Media Day still felt different […]
Category: Pacers
By CHRIS GOFF It is the end for the 2017-18 Pacers, because Cleveland’s home-court advantage and LeBron James’ special powers were too much to overcome. By any objective measure, this was a successful season for Indiana, but there Victor Oladipo was Sunday at Quicken Loans Arena, after a 105-101 defeat to the Cavaliers in Game […]
By CHRIS GOFF Is it possible for a team to be winning a playoff series that’s tied? It sure feels like the Pacers are doing that. Maybe it’s because the composite score has them up 44 points in this memorable first-round series against defending Eastern Conference champion Cleveland. Or maybe it feels like everything that […]
By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL) ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — Every time the Pacers have been doubted this season, they’ve responded. With the season on the line in Game 6, they did it once again. The Pacers put together their largest victory in their playoff history, defeating the Cavaliers 121-87 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. They forced a […]
By CHRIS GOFF Nate McMillan fell on his sword Wednesday night, implying that his Pacers, just prior to LeBron James’ game-winning shot, should have taken advantage of their foul to give. Credit Indiana’s coach for accountability, but McMillan is being raked over the coals over what really should be seen as a non-issue. Cleveland inbounded […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Columnist Well, it was there for the taking Sunday night. Make a list of the things the Pacers would have wanted to happen in Game 4 and put a check box next to them, and you’ll see Indiana had a tremendous opportunity to take control of its best-of-seven first-round series with […]
By CHRIS GOFF (@PacersScribe) Perhaps the most shocking part of the Pacers’ Game 3 win over Cleveland on Friday night was that it occurred despite Indiana’s inability to take care of the basketball. The Pacers committed a staggering 20 turnovers, which was peculiar given the two teams’ regular-season profiles. Indiana was among the league’s best at […]
By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL) ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — One year ago, LeBron James and the Cavaliers put together a huge comeback victory in Game 3 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse- a game that still gives Pacer fans nightmares. This time, it was the Pacers turn. Indiana fought back from a huge deficit, as they’ve done all […]
By CHRIS GOFF All in all, it was a good trip to Cleveland for the Pacers. They got out of “Believeland” with a split, and even in losing Game 2 on Wednesday night put enough of a scare into the fourth-seeded Cavaliers to have Indiana feeling good about these next two, both in Indianapolis, starting […]
By CHRIS GOFF (@PacersScribe) ISL Columnist Teams are fond of saying “nobody believed in us,” but in the Pacers’ case it’s really true. Before the season not one NBA expert had them making the playoffs, much less ending LeBron James’ 21-game first-round winning streak. In only their second national television appearance this season, Indiana delivered […]
By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL) ISL Editor I started covering the Pacers back in 2014. Over the last five years, I’ve seen a lot of ups and downs. No season has been quite like this one. I wanted to take a look back at the season’s main story-lines. Looking back helps us remember the journey. Here […]
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