Each morning when Pacers players enter the St. Vincent Center, Indiana's state-of-the-art practice facility, they have to take an elevator from the parking garage up to the second floor, where the practice courts, locker room, training room, and coaches' offices are located.
Inside the elevator, emblazoned above the door is a logo featuring three capital T's inside a circle. Lining the upper half of the circle are the three words those T's represent: Togetherness, Toughness, and Trust.
Stepping through that elevator door is the first of many moments each day that players are reminded of "Three T," a concept that has become a franchise mantra in recent years.