Already without Victor Oladipo for the season (you might’ve heard about that), the Indiana Pacers have also been without Tyreke Evans for 8 of the last 22 games with an injury and a (publicly) unexplained personal absence. All of this has meant much more of the backcourt burden has fallen on Darren Collison and Cory Joseph, and they’ve responded very differently.
Over the last 7 games, DC has been absolutely fire, shooting 54% from the field and 41% from 3 while putting up 17 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, and 2 steals.