The Indiana Pacers and Chicago Bulls were tied at 84 entering the fourth quarter. Neither team shot better than 26 percent over the final 12 minutes and it was the Bulls, via a Jimmy Butler pull-up jumper from 10 feet out, prevailing late.
The final tally: Bulls 98, Pacers 96.
“It was one of those games that we feel like we should’ve took,” said Pacers …
Pacers swingman Paul George exited the game Thursday against the New Orleans Pelicans after taking a knee from Pelicans forward Alonzo Gee to his right calf area.
“Nothing too serious, hopefully,” George said after the game. He felt “tightness and soreness,” and added that “it was hard to put pressure through it.”
With 7:31 remaining in the third quarter, George was subbed out for C.J. …
So NBA All-Star Weekend 2016 is over, and the Indiana Pacers don’t play again until Friday night in Oklahoma City. If you’re looking for your Pacers’ fix until the end of the week, you can get one dose of it Monday night (Feb. 15) … on The Bachelor !?
Yes, the Pacers are included in the latest (recorded) episode of the very popular ABC reality …
Paul George will play in his third All-Star game Sunday night in Toronto. This one is more meaningful than the other two because of everything that he has been through over the last 18 months.
Many initially feared that his career was over back on Aug. 1, 2014 when his suffered a right leg injury. Fortunately, there was no joint, ligament, nerve, or tendon damage. …
To top off the Pacers’ 98-87 win over the Los Angeles Lakers and his head-to-head battle in crunch time with Kobe Bryant, Paul George got a post game visit from the player he idolized growing up.
He also got a pair of Kobe’s shoes with a special message on them.
What a special night for this kid from Palmdale, California.
Kobe gave Paul George a …
The latest stop on the Kobe Bryant retirement tour was Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, where with a bum ankle he won his first NBA Championship — 4-2, back in 2000.
Bryant didn’t play great, but he did have a spectacular final stretch. He came in and scored 11 of his 19 points in the final quarter (on 4-of-11 shooting).
He had a special sequence …
Paul George is well aware that Monday is it. It’s the last time that he will ever go against five-time NBA Champion Kobe Bryant — a player he idolized while growing up in nearby Palmdale, California — in a competitive game.
(The two are each starters in the 65th annual NBA All-Star game slated for Sunday, Feb. 14.)
For George, he’s thinking about one-upping the …
The Indiana Pacers are taking Super Bowl Sunday off.
For Paul George, it means more time to look forward to Super Bowl 50 and prepare for the big game between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos.
“Rooting for my boys,” George said Saturday night with a Broncos hat sitting on a shelf in his locker. “It’s going to be a good game but I …