On the top of one black shoe, with a silver marking pen, the letters C.Y.D. had been carefully printed. The other shoe read C.Y.O.H.
Feel free to take a minute to figure out the points Aaron Holiday was trying to make to himself. They must have been important, because he played a crucial role in the Pacers' 111-102 victory over Detroit on Monday in an uplifting game that would have raised a giant red flag over Bankers Life Fieldhouse had it gone the other way. They remain tied with Boston for fourth place in the Eastern Conference standings, but are effectively in fifth because the Celtics control the tiebreaker.