The Good: The Indiana Pacers actually outscored the Golden State Warriors, if only by 2 points, over the final 36 minutes of the game. They fell down huge early, as a combination of the emotional life of Steve Kerr’s return to the sidelines and Golden State’s general unbeatableness ran roughshod. But the team’s second unit came on to stem the tide, and the Pacers stayed resilient the rest of the night while, even shorthanded, playing arguably the best team in a generation to a standstill.
The Bad: That there opening. Despite Myles Turner’s excellent play of late, Frank Vogel opted to start Jordan Hill on a night when Ian Mahinmi was out with injury.