With the bearded wizard coming to town on Sunday, there's no better time for the Pacers to become defensive.
And that goes for all of them.
Who's going to defend James Harden when Houston comes to Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Sunday?
"The Pacers," coach Nate McMillan said.
He meant it. Without Paul George, the Pacers have no bona-fide stopper, just a collection of so-so defenders still learning how to help and play off one another. Victor Oladipo, Bojan Bogdanovic and Thaddeus Young all are candidates to deal with the player who ranks third in the NBA in scoring (29.