By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers dropped an unsightly 99-93 game to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: Marginal players performed above their heads for the injury-riddled Lakers. None were better than the sensational Steve Blake, who had […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Boston Celtics came back for an 83-81 win over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: Jeff Green scored the game-winning basket with 0.5 seconds left to play. Kevin Garnett finished with 18 points, including six […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — On Sunday, the Pacers seized an opportunity to all but wrap up the Central Division race. The win put them four games ahead and gave them the season tiebreaker over Chicago. Truth is, the Bulls have no single weapon that will help them catch Indiana. Their scorers are […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers grazed the Chicago Bulls in a 97-92 victory on Sunday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: David West and Roy Hibbert thoroughly outplayed Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah inside, cutting off injury-riddled Chicago’s best chance to win the […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Indiana Pacers 99-91 on Thursday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: Chris Paul was dominant throughout the night, scoring 29 points to go with eight assists and six rebounds in leading the Clippers to an […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor In one of the more hilarious things I’ve seen in a long time, ESPN had Mike Tyson explain how he would have handled a fight with Pacers center Roy Hibbert. It was a response to the altercation between Hibbert and Warriors center David Lee on Tuesday night. Tyson, the former […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor The Indiana Pacers and Golden State Warriors got into it on Tuesday as David Lee and Roy Hibbert had a disagreement that spilled into the stands. Hibbert will be suspended, and David West probably will be too for what he did at the 0:18 mark of the video below. But at […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers easily achieved a 90-72 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night at The Palace of Auburn Hills. WHY IT HAPPENED: After sitting on the bench for the first 55 games of the season because of a left knee injury, […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers pulled off a 125-91 blowout win over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: Indiana scored a season-high 125 points, pulled off its biggest win of the season and earned its largest victory […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent As the Pacers get back to work tonight against New York after a week-long All-Star siesta, it’s worth taking a moment to appreciate their good fortune health-wise. Sure, Danny Granger hasn’t taken a dribble, but his absence has arguably been a net positive. With Granger on the floor, Paul George […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL beat writer The city of Houston is famous for its connections to space flight. Representing the Indiana Pacers at the Toyota Center on All-Star Saturday, neither Paul George nor Gerald Green could get off the ground. Figuratively speaking, at least. Green, the Pacers’ struggling 26-year-old backup forward, made a memorable slam […]