The Pacers have averaged 118.6 points during the winning streak that reached five games with Saturday's 123-109 victory over New York, a sudden about-face from the four-game losing streak that preceded it.
Let's extrapolate how it's happened:
1. The ball has been moving better.
2. The ball has been moving better because Jeff Teague has been a master craftsman at point guard. He had 17 assists against Chicago in the first victory of the revival and had 15 against Brooklyn on Thursday. He settled for eight assists against the Knicks, but shared scoring honors with Paul George with 19 points on just seven field goal attempts.