In the offseason, the Indiana Pacers acquired Tyreke Evans and Doug McDermott to add much-needed depth to the bench. The hope was that adding depth to an already talented squad around the team’s star, Victor Oladipo.
That strategy is a sunk cost. Since Indiana does not have a star to rely on anymore, the performance of the bench is no longer a tale of a supporting cast and could very well determine the rest of the series.
Stopping the Celtics’ bench will be crucial to bouncing back in this series because in every game Indiana has played Boston this season, someone on the Celtics bench has stepped up immensely.