The holiday season has arrived for the Pacers in the form of a jolly schedule that should keep on giving through the end of April. Tuesday's victory over Boston kicked off a stretch in which eight of nine games will be played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, with the lone road trip to Brooklyn, which happens to have the second-worst record in the Eastern Conference.
Why deny it? They're happy about it. Really happy about it.
Frank Vogel, of course, will say the things coaches are supposed to say about taking it one game at a time and not taking anyone lightly, about never having the luxury of relaxing.