By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL)ISL Editor After a thrilling victory in LA on Monday night/Tuesday morning, the Indiana Pacers have already banked their 12th win of the young season. They’ve played 1/4th of their games, and have compiled 1/2 of their predicted win-total. Tyrese Haliburton is an All-Star. Benn Mathurin is playing like he should’ve been […]
Click to read more:By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL)ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — Pacers fans have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. Even after their 5-game winning streak was snapped on Wednesday night at the hands of Minnesota, this team still left the Fieldhouse crowd buzzing, and dreaming about the future ahead. Rookie sensation Benn Mathurin put on […]
Click to read more:By AUSTIN LAWTONISL Contributor INDIANAPOLIS— A season of some very minor ups and a whole lot of downs continued for the Indianapolis Colts on Monday, after announcing that coach Frank Reich would be relieved of his duties. A string of three losses in a row plus a humiliating defeat at the hands of the New […]
Click to read more:By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL)ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — Are the Pacers… decent? That still remains to be seen. But they’re definitely fun. And let’s face it: They’re probably better than you thought. Tyrese Haliburton is playing like an All-Star. Bennedict Mathurin is playing like the Rookie of the year. Myles Turner is playing for respect (and […]
Click to read more:By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL)ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — It was an eventful opening week for the Indiana Pacers: Three home games in four nights, a freak pregame injury, spirited comebacks that fell short, and a thrilling victory on Saturday to cap it all off. At the end of it all, the Pacers finished the week with […]
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Click to read more:By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL)ISL Editor A new era has officially arrived for Indiana Pacers basketball. And as we gathered at the Ascension St. Vincent practice facility for Media Day, one thing became abundantly clear: This organization is united in their new direction of long-term thinking. It may not translate to many wins right away. It […]
Click to read more:By TYLER SMITH (@TylerSmith_ISL)ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — I started covering the Pacers for ISL way back in February of 2014. I feel like I’ve seen it all in that time frame: One-seeds, deep playoff runs, early playoff exits, franchise-altering injuries, big trades, funny locker room moments, empty stadiums, full stadiums, coaching changes, a fan base […]
Click to read more:Philadelphia, PA — ISL photographer Trevor Mahlmann was on hand as the 3 seed Purdue Boilermakers took on the 15 seed Saint Peter’s Peacocks in the Sweet 16. The game was played in the Wells Fargo Center. Although Purdue clung to a four point lead at halftime, the Boilermakers ultimately fell to the Peacocks 67-64, […]
Click to read more:By TYLER SMITHISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — In a game that could have big draft-night implications, the Pacers fell short in another close one, losing on Wednesday night to the Sacramento Kings, 110-109 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse Both teams were missing multiple starters, including Domantas Sabonis who was injured recently and didn’t make the trip. The Pacers […]
Click to read more:By CHRIS GOFFISL Contributor INDIANAPOLIS – Don’t look now, but we may be 80 minutes of Saturday afternoon basketball away from an Indiana-Purdue Big Ten championship game on Selection Sunday. March roared like a lion Friday night, with the No. 11 seed Nittany Lions of Penn State giving third-seeded Purdue all it could handle, but […]
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