He's the team's leading scorer, the players most capable of creating offense for himself, and a freshly-minted All-Star.
If anyone could have been forgiven for looking to score when the Pacers met Phoenix at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Wednesday, it was Victor Oladipo. It could even be argued it would have been a sound strategy, particularly against an opponent that gives up more points than any team in the NBA and has nobody remotely capable of containing him.
But there was Oladipo on the Pacers' first possession, passing up a shot three times to move the ball to teammates.