After games, Victor Oladipo always checks his phones. He has a routine he goes through — getting wrapped in ice bags, talking to the media, firing up his Bose bluetooth speaker, singing, and then hitting the showers. At the Pacers’ final road game of the regular season in Charlotte, he didn’t need a text from his…
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…
The Pacers had just completed practice Friday, two days before their opening game of the NBA Playoffs against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The team was in good spirits, and Victor Oladipo is always in a talkative mood. As he made his way to the backdrop, where he answers questions from the media, he first fielded one…
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…
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. [Click here for the full schedule] It’ll be just their second appearance on national television this…
It won’t be difficult for basketball fans to spot the Pacers … they’ll be in their gold uniforms for every game in the first round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs. Nike, which took over from Adidas as the official uniform and apparel provider in June, 2017, introduced Statement Edition uniforms for all 30 teams in…
Victor Oladipo has been on the Pacers and playing alongside Myles Turner for seven months, but the chemistry between the duo didn’t even take that long to develop. They’re both starters and key contributors helping the Pacers win 48 games and earn the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. These two have lockers directly in…
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…
