Standings, postseason odds, tiebreakers, and notes on potential match-ups all in one place.
So much for momentum. The Indiana Pacers followed up Wednesday's strong offensive performance against the East-leading Cleveland Cavaliers by surrendering 111 points to the second-seeded Toronto Raptors, who were without Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, Luis Scola, and DeMarre Carroll. The third quarter, in which Toronto's fill-ins outscored the Pacers 32 to 19 while shooting better than 60 percent from the three-point line, epitomized Indiana's tendency this season to backslide.
"(Toronto) came out and just played harder than us," Paul George told the Indy Star's Candace Buckner.