The Indiana Pacers refused to make things easy in their home win against the Atlanta Hawks, trailing by 14 points a minute out of the break before finally deciding enough was enough. To that point, the Pacers were barely involved, seeing their lone bright spot, a 14-1 run in the second quarter, obliterated to close the half, ending up on the wrong side of a 17-0 run that put them behind 61-47.
Indiana was out of sorts in part due to an injury exit for Victor Oladipo. Oladipo had been questionable for the game with knee soreness and came up grimacing after falling into a cameraman on a drive.