It's difficult to pinpoint just when a team "finds itself" and takes off in the right direction, but we might have discovered such a turning point for the Pacers.
Circle December 29th on your calendar, and check back in April to see how the regular season ended.
It was that day, after practice, that Paul George told the media he had issued the call to his teammates to have more fun. The Pacers had lost at Washington the previous night for their fourth consecutive defeat, falling to 15-18, and George decided everyone had to loosen up a bit, stop worrying, and just go play basketball.