The Good: The Indiana Pacers pretty much led the game wire-to-wire with the exception of two short periods in the second quarter. Perhaps more importantly for Indiana, they didn’t blow a double-digit lead and held off Dallas on its own floor. The Mavericks made their run in the fourth, but the Pacers never surrendered the lead.
The Bad: Allowing the Mavericks to shoot 48.2% from the field isn’t a recipe for success, and it is above the 44.1% the usually allow, but this is more nit-picking that a real issue. Especially in the context of the game, this isn’t such a big deal, but we can’t be all sunshine and happiness here either.