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Post Game Grades: Pacers Lay There Like a Slug (It was their only defense)

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The Good: For the Pacers, I guess, just the fact that this only counts as one loss. It was their worst loss of the year, as well as lowest offensive output.

The Bad: Optimistically, I wrote this at halftime, thinking the Pacers would make a game of it in final 24 minutes:

The first half was an uneven mess for the Pacers, committing 12 turnovers and getting outscored 14-5 on fastbreak points. A 16-point Hawk run early in the first set the tone for the half and the game.

Then, after the Pacers cut the lead to 8 midway through the third, they allowed the Hawks to outscore them 30-5 over the final 8:07 of the third quarter.