IN A NUTSHELL Or so I thought. Instead, despite showing some wherewithal early on, Indiana never led in this contest, and were down by as many as 30 on multiple occasions.
Sometimes surprises are great, like finding $20 on the street, or free whiskey. Others times they suck, like cancer, or falling from an eroding cliff to a splattery death. Or, say, the Indiana Pacers holding third in the East despite the surprise sheen of Victor Oladipo having worn off and Nate McMillan’s coaching acumen beginning to show its limitations. (‘Dipo’s weeks-long injury absence hardly fazed the team, too.) Short version: The Boston Celtics would have their hands full for this game.
Recap: Celtics drop extinction level event on listless Pacers, bring them back to the Hoosier Age (sometime before the Permian)
