In a way the NBA’s summer leagues are something like the show “Whose Line Is it Anyway?”: The league where everything’s made up and the points don’t matter. It doesn’t really matter that the Indiana Pacers team got their first win of the summer with a 91-85 victory over the Orlando (Blue) squad. What matters is seeing young players start to put together their game against near-NBA level competition.
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It doesn’t hurt that the Pacers got the win, but seeing second-round pick Joe Young drop 28 points in the game matters more to both his and Indiana’s future.