The last time the Indiana Pacers forfeited 155 points in a game, Michael Jackson’s Thriller album was released a month earlier, Late Night with David Letterman was in its inaugural year, and Pacers coach Rick Carlisle was playing his third season of college basketball at Virginia.
Forty years later, Indiana (17-32) and Carlisle watched as the visiting Charlotte Hornets eclipsed that total in a 158-124 Pacers loss Wednesday night — the most points allowed in franchise history.