Over the last 3 games, Myles Turner is putting up averages of 5.6 PPG, and 5.6 RPG across 29 minutes. These numbers are far below his season averages of 15.1 PPG and 7.1 RPG, and the timing of this slump is extremely inconvenient.
The playoff race is heating up in the Eastern Conference, and several teams are nipping at the Pacers heels. The Pacers are 33-31 and find themselves in 6th place. But, the Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, and Milwaukee Bucks are all within 2.5 games or less from the Pacers.
If Indiana aims to lock up the 6th seed,= or overtake Atlanta’s 5th seed that they are 2 games back from, they have to be the best version of themselves.