Without Paul George, Myles Turner, and C.J. Miles, the Indiana Pacers took the beating they expected to take against the Golden State Warriors. The Pacers only led at 2-0 in a game where their best highlight was cutting a 15-point deficit to 10 halfway through the second quarter.
After pulling to within 10 at 44-34, the Warriors closed the half on a 17-6 run, capped off by a Stephen Curry three-quarter court shot that didn’t count. As if that run weren’t enough to put the nail in the game, the Warriors would score 39 in the third quarter, setting up a 12-minute garbage time exhibition that still didn’t favor the Pacers, as they would lose by 37.