Ever tried to finish a crossword puzzle with a wrong answer in it? Or a jigsaw puzzle with a piece out of place? There's not much future in it, right?
Frank Vogel was feeling that way about his team, which had lost six of its previous seven games, so he erased Lavoy Allen from the starting lineup and inserted rookie sensation Myles Turner. It was done as subtly as possible, and not without some hesitation, but it was time to shake things up a bit.
And now, suddenly, it appears the pieces are in place for a puzzling team to come into focus and fulfill its potential.