I was there for the Bogey Game. I was there, section 5, row 12, seat 8, along with the 300,000 people who will eventually say they were there too, on the night Bojan Bogdanovic got ignited-napalm hot and incinerated the Cleveland Cavaliers defense during an unforgettable fourth quarter.
Bogdanovic scored 15 points in that final period, although it felt like a hundred. They were the types of shots that warp space and time. Each made 3-pointer felt like it was worth five and permanently absolved him from past flubs and errors. Each made shot ripped a roar out of Pacer fans’ lungs not only in the Fieldhouse but in homes in Lebanon, bars in Lafayette and at rehearsal dinners in heaven-knows-where.