I was sort of surprised somehow. Because I was worn out by the chasing. Not as worn out as Steph seemed to be, but worn out nonetheless.
Because why chase what already belongs to you?
And what was being chased exactly? Surely not actually a record. (At this point the record was going to show up on its own.)
Maybe something like hype. Or expectation.
Going into the Pacers’ game, the W’s had been 3-3 in their past six games. And very easily could’ve begun this roadtrip 0-2. But it was more than that. The flow was gone.