Another winnable game slipped through the grasp of the Indiana Pacers due to a single stretch of scoreless offense, dropping them to nine straight losses on the road, splitting the season series with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Similar to most of those road losses, the effort was there, but the inability to put together a full 48-minute game ended up costing them.
Tonight’s collapse came in the form of being on the wrong side of a 24-0 run, the longest such run in the NBA this season. It took just six and a half scoreless minutes to completely turn the game on its head, canceling out a solid first half in which the Pacers had built a double figure lead.