All of Nate Bjorkgren’s G League teams had one specific trait in common. Across four stops, none of his squads ranked lower than fifth in pace. Inside the G League bubble in Orlando, Fort Wayne carried on that same tradition, coming in at fourth while running the same playbook as the Pacers. And yet, despite the obvious similarities in system between affiliate and parent club, the Pacers — at the point in which the Mad Ants kicked off their season on February 10 — sat in 15th, racking up only a slight increase in pace (100.
How the Pacers are setting the pace
