Sabonis, Stephenson Make Early Connection

They hit it off immediately, the American kid who grew up in the streets of Brooklyn and the worldly kid who grew up in Spain with Lithuanian parents and went on to play college basketball in the United States. They found their common ground in one of basketball's most fundamental elements, the pick-and-roll.

"Oh, yeah," Lance Stephenson said. "Me and him, we learned each other the first day of practice."

"We just know how to read off each other," Domantas Sabonis said.

Stephenson to Sabonis hardly has the cachet of Stockton to Malone, but what do you expect from four preseason games? Their chemistry was one of the highlights of the Pacers' final exhibition on Tuesday, an uneven 108-89 victory…