Nate McMillan was as curious as the 17,923 fans were before the Pacers met Oklahoma City Wednesday. How would his team that had been allowed the luxury of relative anonymity through the season's first 27 games handle its first moment in the crosshairs of a national spotlight?
"All this is new to us," McMillan said in the hallway outside the Pacers' locker room, about an hour and a half before tipoff. "I'll see. We're still learning about this team. We're getting a little more attention now and it's a big game. I'm waiting to see just like you guys are waiting to see, just how we respond to this.