The Pacers captured their 42nd win of the season Friday night, hanging on to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers in their first meeting of the season, 109-104. It guarantees the franchise a winning record for the sixth time in seven years, including three in a row.
Bojan Bogdanovic led all scorers with a game-high 28 points on 12-of-18 shooting. And when he’s hitting, it opens …
Walter McCarty, currently assistant coach for the Boston Celtics, is returning to Indiana, his home state, to become the head coach of the University of Evansville men’s basketball team.
Evansville reached agreement with McCarty Thursday afternoon, the school announced. An introductory press conference set for Friday at 5:30 pm CT inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.
McCarty is a graduate of Evansville Harrison High School. He went …
Nate McMillan surveyed the scene, then went back to the coach’s locker room to watch more film. Thad Young took his game uniform off as he knew the game was never going to be played. Victor Oladipo hung around the locker room, and later joked that he considered returning to the court with an umbrella.
Singing in the rain.
The Pacers are back in New …
The Pacers continue to be with Domantas Sabonis after the center had his left ankle rolled on by Philadelphia big man Joel Embiid on March 13th.
Sabonis did not travel with the team to Washington DC over the weekend but he will accompany them to New Orleans on Wednesday. The team, however, has already ruled him out for their make-up game against the Pelicans.
It …
From 1999-2003, Lakers head coach Luke Walton played basketball alongside Jason Gardner at the University of Arizona. Gardner, a 1999 IHSAA State Champion at North Central High School and Indiana’s Mr. Basketball his senior season, is now the head coach at IUPUI.
Speaking after shootaround Monday as the Lakers prepared to face the Pacers, I asked coach Walton if he had any good stories about …
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I wrote about Darren Collison, who returned after an 11-game absence due to a left knee operation, having his best season as a pro. Bankers Life Fieldhouse will be changing names after the 2018-19…
Seeking depth at power forward, the Pacers added veteran free agent Trevor Booker to their roster officially on March 3.
After the Pacers concluded a four-game road trip, Booker watched the team beat Milwaukee on the second night of a back-to-back before practicing with the guys for the first time.
“He’s first and foremost a great guy,” said Bojan Bogdanovic, a teammate of Booker’s last …
The Pacers will wrap up what the team agreed is the most difficult week of their schedule Saturday in Washington DC. It’s a stretch with four games against four Eastern Conference playoffs teams, and they might have to complete the final game without their starting and backup centers.
Domantas Sabonis left’s ankle took a hit on Tuesday when Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid landed …