Official Site of the Pacers · Oct 30, 2017
Whose City is This? Pacers Laying Claim to it
The brash statement invited a bold comparison that already seems timely, even a mere six games into the season.
"This is my city!"
Victor Oladipo, having just hit an off-balance, timeout-inducing 3-pointer that turned out to be the difference in the Pacers' 97-94 victory over San Antonio Sunday, turned and shouted that while the fans in Bankers Life Fieldhouse were going crazy. Crazy over his shot with 10.3 seconds left and crazy over this team, which came from nine points down midway through the fourth quarter to pick up one of the more improbable victories seen around these parts in quite a while.