The Good: You probably weren’t watching and hopefully spending time with your family this Christmas season. The Indiana Pacers were still hungover on eggnog after having the last three days off while the Chicago Bulls did enough to win.
The Bad: The usual problems returned with this inconsistent team. Despite holding the Bulls to 38.6% shooting — and shooting 42% themselves — the Pacers couldn’t muster enough offense in this low-scoring affair.
It probably didn’t help that Indiana sent Chicago to the line 28 times, where the Bulls scored 20 of their points.