A lot happens each week with the Pacers and it’s not easy to stay on top of it. Introducing a new weekly feature, Pacers Last Week, which should help keep you up-to-date on all things Pacers.
Five games in eight days for the Pacers. After a 5-3 start, they are 5-5 after back-to-back road losses. But Myles Turner is back in the lineup.
- Victor Oladipo was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for Week 1 of the season. He averaged 28.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game; and shot 60.4 percent from the field.
- The Pacers unveiled their new Hickory uniforms, designated as their Nike Classic Edition. It is their fourth uniform introduced, to go along with Association (white), Icon (blue), and Statement (gold). They will wear the Hickory uniforms eight times this season – four times at home, four on the road – beginning Nov. 17 against Detroit.
- They dominated the Sacramento Kings, 101-83.
- It was good to catch up with George Hill in this Q&A.
- Rookie Ike Anigbogu was beaming after scoring his first NBA points.
- They went into Cleveland and beat the Cavaliers, 124-107.
- Mark Montieth joined the podcast to discuss the team’s encouraging start, plus the individual work of Oladipo, Domantas Sabonis, Lance Stephenson, and more… This is part I.
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- Myles Turner was cleared of the concussion protocol and returned Friday night in Philadelphia. He had 11 points and nine rebounds off the bench, but the Sixers made 18 of 36 3-pointers in the win, 121-110.
- After controlling the game for the first three quarters, they were outscored 36-17 in the final frame, losing in New York 108-101. Kristaps Porzingis scored a career high 40 points.
- What do you think about these custom painted Nike shoes that Lance Stephenson wore?
- Speaking of Lance, he tried to dunk on Porzingis while in New York. It didn’t work out well.