The Pacers lost Saturday night to the Utah Jazz, 97-76. They turned it over 24 times, were outrebounded by 13, and gave up 50 points in the paint. They weren’t the aggressors in the second half, where they managed just 27 points after scoring 29 points in the first frame alone.
Scott Agness on the Pacers’ 0-3 start and how the players want to get …
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Legendary Indiana Pacers big man Mel Daniels passed away Friday at the age of 71. He helped the team to three ABA titles and he loved the Pacers dearly.
Saturday evening, prior to the team facing the Utah Jazz, the team honored him with a brief tribute video and a moment of silence.
Mel Daniels (1944-2015), Champion.
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TNT’s “Inside the NBA” show is the best sports show out there. Partly because of the guys’ personalities and also their creativeness. It’s a free flowing conversation with the bunch unafraid to make fun of one another.
In this segment, Charles Barkley guesses “Who He Play For” — and has no success. Two of the players he is asked about having a connection to the …
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Former Indiana Pacer Mel Daniels passed away Friday, VigilantSports.com has confirmed.
Daniels played for the Pacers from 1968-1974 and played a key role in the organization’s three ABA Championships (1970, 1972, 1973).
Peter Vecsey, a longtime NBA sports writer, first reported the news.
Daniels, who was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012, still has strong feelings for the organization. He would …
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Fans arrived at Bankers Life Fieldhouse Thursday with mixed feelings, a combination of questions and eagerness for the new season.
Best of all: Paul George is back. That’s great for the entire league.
Hosting the Memphis Grizzlies to town for the only time this season, Pacers head coach Frank Vogel sent out a bigger starting lineup to match the Grizzlies, who are one of the …
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The Pacers tip-off a new season tonight in Toronto against Luis Scola and the Raptors.
Then, they return home and to host to a very good Memphis Grizzlies team Thursday evening. It’s not a very favorable start to the season having to play on consecutive nights. The Pacers have 17 sets of back-to-back games this season; may as well knock one out early while they’re …
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A new episode of the Vigilant Sports Pacers Podcast is here just in time for the season opener — Wednesday night in Toronto.
You’ll be watching on FOX Sports Indiana, who plans to televise all 82 regular season games for the first time ever. You know Chris Denari (10th), Quinn Buckner (17th), and Jeremiah Johnson (2nd), but you don’t know Max Leinwand. Why would you …
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More and more Hickory gear has arrived at the Pacers gift shop at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Game shorts, t-shirts, sweatshirts, shot glasses, cups, hats and more. Jerseys, too, have arrived — but they’ll be sorted soon for pre-orders and then be available for purchase in store next week. (The sweatshirts, in my opinion, have a clean look and comfortable material.)
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