Here are my running thoughts from the Pacers’ 100-97 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday night at Quicken Loans Arena. It was game 2 of their best-of-seven first-round series. The series is tied, 1-1. We knew there would be changes from the Cavaliers, including their starting lineup. Coach Ty Lue opted to start veterans JR…
After games, Victor Oladipo always checks his phones. He has a routine he goes through — getting wrapped in ice bags, talking to the media, firing up his Bose bluetooth speaker, singing, and then hitting the showers. At the Pacers’ final road game of the regular season in Charlotte, he didn’t need a text from his…
The Pacers’ belief in their talents, belief in each other is nothing new. They knew. It goes all the way back to September, before the season when they first started hanging around one another, on and off the court. There were six players returning, just two starters, from last year’s 42-40 team that was swept…
The Pacers had just completed practice Friday, two days before their opening game of the NBA Playoffs against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The team was in good spirits, and Victor Oladipo is always in a talkative mood. As he made his way to the backdrop, where he answers questions from the media, he first fielded one…
It took some time — and wins — for this Indiana Pacers team to convince fans that it was for real, but once they got a look, fans fell for them. FOX Sports Indiana’s ratings of Pacers games for the 2017-18 regular season garnered an average household rating of 3.5, up 18 percent from the…