The Pacers will spend their usual Christmas Day off, prepping to play the Bulls on Saturday in Chicago. That allows fans to continue basking in the glow of the team’s win over the Knicks on opening night.
The glow of the second half surge at both ends of the floor remains. Victor Oladipo has been put back together and showed he can score like his old self even if he doesn’t look exactly like his old self and gets those buckets closer to the ground than we remember pre-injury.
Domantas Sabonis is going to have ample opportunity in Nate Bjorkgren’s offensive game plan to get to the rim, clear space with a shoulder and flip a lefty shot in, unless he just dunks it.