Pacers Seeking New Attitude on Road

By the time he could get to his phone, it was practically overflowing with videos, photographs, and texts, all devoted to the same topic: the dunk.

Thaddeus Young's ferocious slam in the second quarter of the Pacers' 98-95 victory over New Orleans on Monday drew a foul from Terrence Jones and set up a three-point play, but it did more than that. It made a statement, and raised a question, too.

Before addressing the symbolism of it all, though, it deserves a pause for reflection and description. Young took a bounce pass from Monta Ellis in the lane, hesitated, and then heard Ellis shout "Roll!" He took one dribble to his left and rocked the rim with a vicious throw-down over Jones, the…