INDIANAPOLIS — After losing four straight in the wake of Victor Oladipo going down the Pacers have rattled off three straight including beating the doors, transmission, wheels and back seats off of the Lakers 136-94. The crazy thing about this win was that it was the back end of a back-to-back coming off of the road. They played in New Orleans on Monday night. Not only did they beat the Lakers bad but they shot the lights out of the gym in the process.
Indiana jumped out the ride and went NUTS running out to a 10-2 lead lifted by two Bojan Bogdanovic three pointers. Luke Walton called a timeout to get the license plate of that hoopty that side swiped them. Well…coming out of the timeout Indiana was still on fire going up 17-8. LeBron didn’t score his first two points until the 6:20 mark of the first quarter to pull within 7 to make it 17-10.
However, the Pacers were on fire shooting from behind the arc. Who gave Myles Turner an energy drink? He was goin’ nuts in the first quarter as he knocked down 11 of his 22 points. That’s NUTS!!!! However, the Lakers weren’t backing down as they continued to get buckets to keep it close. At the end of the first quarter Indiana was up 33-26 off of a three-pointer at the buzzer by Ed Sumner.
Aaron Holiday put up a three and a jumper to take the Pacers on a 5-0 run to open the second quarter. Then Corey Joseph added to the pot to make it a 7-0 run. By the time I bit into my hot dog the Pacers were up 42-28 after another three-pointer by Aaron Holiday. At that point it started to get out of hand.
Indiana was shooting that thang knocking down 58 percent of their shots from the field and 50 percent from behind the arc as they went up 51-36 with 4:37 left in the half. Sabonis was getting to the rack like the it owed him money. There was no answer for him. As a matter of fact, there was no answer for the entire team!!! They were unconscious. By the 2:21 mark they were shooting 61 percent from the field and 50 person from three and up 64-38.
Everything they put in the air was going in. It was crazy. At the break Indiana was up 69-46. Myles Turner led Indiana with 19 at that point and Bojan Bogdanovic had already put up 15 of his 24 points.
Coming out of the break the Pacers were still on fire!!! By the time I opened my computer they were up 80-51 with 8:10 left in the third quarter. They were pulling up without even looking at the rim bruh. And poor ole LeBron was looking like he wanted to be anywhere on earth but on the floor in Indiana getting the dog snot beaten out of him.
There are very few times when a team is ON all night and this was one of them. The stars, moon and wind was blowing in the Pacers direction as they couldn’t miss. It didn’t matter where they were on the floor or who was shooting it.
It’s pointless to keep giving you the run down of this foolishness. At the end of three the Pacers were up 101-73. At that point LeBron went somewhere and sat his butt down along with the Pacers’ starters. It’s no sense of risking injury fooling around out there when it’s a matter of formality.
Indiana finished with 41 assists shooting 57 percent from the field and 56 percent from behind the arc on the back end of a back-to-back. It didn’t matter that they only shot 63 percent from the foul line.They were simply unconscious!!!!
LeBron led the Lakers with 18 points.