The Pacers came out strong in Toronto and put forth a quality effort against the Raptors, but didn’t have enough in the end to put a win in play late in the game. With the rotation tightening due to injuries and desperation, the minutes are mounting but not any more than the frustration with the results.
Getting beat on the boards, offering up too many points on turnovers and getting hurt at the free throw line are often key effort indicators of losses for the Pacers and all were in play in Toronto. The Raps only made a third of their free throw attempts but still made more (23) than the Pacers attempted (21).