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Indiana Pacers swept: What to learn from defeat

“What has been, that will be; what has been done, that will be done. Nothing is new under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 1:9

A long time ago, ancient history for some, a wisp of the wind for others, the Indiana Pacers played the Boston Celtics in the playoffs and lost. It was 1991, it took five games.

The rosters were flush with names you’d recognize. The Celtics were led by a fella named Larry Bird (in his eleventh season) and Robert Parrish and Kevin McHale. Games at Market Square Arena looked like algae in the sea, such was the green sported by the vast supporters of Bird.