January 4th, 2019. The new year had just started, and Victor Oladipo‘s Indiana Pacers were set to take on Zach LaVine‘s Chicago Bulls.
The Pacers had won 5 straight and finally had their squad healthy and rolling coming out of December. The Bulls, meanwhile, had won 5 games… in all of December. It was supposed to be a battle of rolling vs reeling, a game that should have little entertainment value.
Thankfully, that was not the case. The fans got what they wanted – an entertaining, high scoring battle that featured a back and forth battle between two studs.