Bucking recent trends, the Indiana Pacers couldn’t overcome another one of their slow starts, leading to a frustrating loss to the Detroit Pistons. From the opening tip, there wasn’t a single thing the Pacers could look at as a positive, as the Pistons blitzed Indiana, going up 40-19 after the first quarter.
The Indiana bench guided the Pacers back in the first half of the second quarter, climbing as close as eight, but Detroit never let them come any closer. Tobias Harris responded to Indiana’s 18-5 start to the second with a crippling three, one of his seven, and three of his game high 30 points.