The Good: The offense. Indiana scored at a wonderful rate, putting up a season-high 66 points in the first half and getting everyone involved. Paul George wasn’t even that big of a factor, in terms of usage, but the ball movement was crisp overall and a lot of players stepped up, most notably the team’s two rookies, Myles Turner and Joe Young, who both had career nights.
The Bad: The fourth quarter and general collapsey-ness. The Pacers gave up an unforgivable 45 points in the final period to let a middling Nuggets team, which lost Danilo Gallinari late on a foul out, overcome what was once a 15-point lead.