The Pacers’ belief in their talents, belief in each other is nothing new.
They knew.
It goes all the way back to September, before the season when they first started hanging around one another, on and off the court. There were six players returning, just two starters, from last year’s 42-40 team that was swept in the first round by Cleveland. It wasn’t a bad …
Here are my running thoughts from the Pacers’ 98-80 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers Sunday afternoon at Quicken Loans Arena.
It was game 1 of their best-of-seven first-round series.
LeBron-led teams enter this series with 21 consecutive first-round victories. They’re 48-7 all-time. His last loss was all the way back in 2012, to the New York Knicks when already leading 3-0. The Pacers wore their…
The Pacers drew the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first-round of the playoffs, which begin on Saturday. Going against LeBron, the Pacers are included in the marquee game Sunday afternoon — which can be seen over the air on ABC.
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It’ll be just their second appearance on national television this season. They’ve surprised everyone, both in their results (48-34) and …
The Pacers are in the NBA Playoffs for the sixth time in seven years, and for the fifth time it will run through The Best Player In The World: LeBron James.
LeBron-led teams have knocked the Pacers out all five times. If they want to continue playing into May, they must get past James & Co, which they’ve never done.
“It’s tough,” former Pacers President …
The Pacers aren’t done yet. Victor Oladipo reminded the crowd that before tip-off of their regular season finale Tuesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
“We’re not done yet,” he told the crowd of 17,331. “The playoffs start this weekend so I look forward to seeing all you guys there. Let’s go shock the world.”
In reality, that’s what this team has done all season. Kevin …
The Pacers are officially a playoff team, clinching one of eight spots in the Eastern Conference Sunday night by beating the Miami Heat, 113-107. But it took an extra session.
After the game, the players were happy to accomplish the feat, especially with eight games remaining on their regular-season slate. Proud was the other word.
Proud of how they came together. Proud of checking this …
Before the Pacers flew to Washington DC to play the Wizards Saturday night, Lance Stephenson was upbeat after their loss to Toronto and he touched on how they must manage without Domantas Sabonis.
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The Pacers had their Respect For The Game meeting with Monty McCutchen Friday before hosting the Atlanta Hawks to Bankers Life Fieldhouse. McCutchen was a longtime NBA official who transitioned into a new role with the league as the vice president and head of referee development and training one year ago.
McCutchen — and sometimes officials for that night’s game — is traveling around to …