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Pacers blast Warriors to sweep season series

Pacers, Lance Stephenson

Absolutely no one saw this coming. Two meetings in ten days against the Golden State Warriors, who’ve won the NBA Championship in two of the last three years, … and two Pacers win.

So unpredictable that Las Vegas wouldn’t even publish the odds when the schedule came out in August.

The Pacers were the unlikely winners Thursday night as the Warriors making their annual visit …

Running thoughts: Pacers 126, Warriors 106

Pacers, Golden State Warriors

Here are my running thoughts from the Pacers’ 126-106 win over the Golden State Warriors Thursday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

The Warriors, winners of three in a row, held morning shootaround Thursday. Coach Steve Kerr was complimentary of the Pacers, their renewed spirit, and the job of Pacers head coach Nate McMillan. IndyCar driver Jack Harvey was the honorary captain on “IMS night.” Before…

Pacers Gaming forms team at inaugural NBA 2K League Draft

Pacers Gaming, Bryant Colon, Cody Parrent

Pacers Gaming is almost 11 months old. It’s still in its infancy. However, Pacers Sports & Entertainment’s fourth franchise took a big leap Wednesday afternoon when they finally were able to construct their team.

The much-anticipated NBA 2K League Draft was held Wednesday in New York. It began after 1:30 pm ET and lasted more than six hours. (Credit the host on Jamie “Dirk” Diaz …

Marquis Teague signs rest-of-season contract with Memphis Grizzlies

Memphis Hustle, Memphis Grizzlies, Marquis Teague

Marquis Teague is back in the NBA and will remain on the Memphis Grizzlies’ roster for their final five games of the 2017-18 season. The Pike High School product signed a rest-of-season-contract Tuesday after his 10-day contract expired.

The 25-year-old point guard has spent all but the last few weeks this season in the NBA G League with the Grizzlies’ affiliate, the Memphis Hustle. While …

Ep. 80: Chris Denari

Chris Denari, Pacers, FOX Sports Indiana

The Pacers are 46-31, a season-best 15 games over .500 with five to play. They’re flirting with their second 50-win season since 2004 and have spent all season flying under the radar.

Because of that, they have appeared on national TV just once — and that was for Paul George’s return. So Chris Denari and the entire FOX Sports Indiana crew has had the honor …

Oladipo earns player of the week honors for the third time

Victor Oladipo, Pacers, City Uniforms

The awards continue to pour in this season as Victor Oladipo and the Pacers surprise everyone. Oladipo was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week Monday for games played from March 27 through April 1.

During that stretch, Oladipo averaged 26.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 3.7 steals per game and shot 67.4 percent from the field as the Pacers won all three road …

Edmond Sumner endorses Xavier’s Travis Steele as head coach

Travis Steele, Chris Mack, Xavier basketball

Xavier University was in need of a new head men’s basketball coach after alum Chris Mack, the winningest coach in program history, departed for the University of Louisville this week — as widely expected.

On Saturday, 36-year-old Travis Steele officially took over the reigns for Mack, three years after being promoted to associate head coach. He’s the 18th head coach in program history. Mack was …

VIDEO: Victor Oladipo stars in NBA’s ‘Lean In’ PSA

Victor Oladipo, Victoria Oladipo, Pacers

Victor Oladipo is almost as popular off the court as he is on. The Pacers are winless without him. He’s helped the team to 45 wins with a half-dozen games left.

Vic recently filmed a PSA for taking ownership in — Our City — Indianapolis. Now he’s appearing in one for a league-wide initiative pushing for gender equality in the workplace. Appearing in the 30-second …