It's getting to be an old story already, but not one the Pacers are tired of telling. Nor one their fans are tired of hearing.
Domantas Sabonis can play. He keeps proving that over and over again, in new ways and bigger ways, as the Pacers' season picks up speed. They're a no-big-deal 4-3 after Tuesday's 101-83 victory over 1-6 Sacramento at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, but the combination of their energy and togetherness has reignited hope for better days in the wake of last season's frustrating season.
Nobody personifies the reasons for optimism more than Sabonis, whom many considered a mere bauble in the trade that sent Paul George to Oklahoma City over the summer.