The Fieldhouse was fun on Wednesday night when the Pacers snapped their seven game losing streak by holding on to beat the Wizards, 113-108 before taking off for the NBA All-Star break.
Not to worry for the Tankathon devotees, the Pacers remained in “5th place” in the draft position standings despite winning their 20th game in 60 tries. This was the first win in the week since Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson arrived from Sacramento in a swap for Domas Sabonis, Justin Holiday and Jeremy Lamb.
Allow me to riff on a couple of observations from the Fieldhouse on Wednesday night, starting with Tristan Thompson.