Indiana's bench thrived as starters against the Milwaukee Bucks, can they do more of the same against the East's top reserves?
In retrospect, it almost seems like Frank Vogel moved to tweak the playing rotation -- following his team's embarrassing home loss to the Orlando Magic -- with one eye focused on the possibility of playing the Toronto Raptors. Reinserting Lavoy Allen into the starting lineup isn't as much of a drawback on defense when his counterpart is old friend, Luis Scola.
To the former Pacer's credit, he is shooting 40 percent on a career-high 161 attempts from long-range this season; however, many of those tries are the product of drive-and-kick action rather than pick-and-pop.