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Truth is, Oladipo is Becoming a Star

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The t-shirt Lance Stephenson donned following his postgame shower was black with a rainbow of colored letters that spelled "Success."

On the back it read, "Numbers Don't Lie."

Well, then, here's a number that delivered a hard truth to the Denver Nuggets inside a rocking Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Sunday: 47.

As in the 47 points Victor-y Oladipo scored in leading the Pacers from a 19-point deficit to a 126-116 overtime victory that further established the former Indiana University star as the new face of the franchise. Oladipo's point total tied for the fifth-highest in the franchise's NBA history, behind Reggie Miller (57), Jermaine O'Neal (55), Billy Knight (52) and Paul George (48), and came in evenly dispersed and efficient fashion.