The fact that Pascal Siakam has been playing brilliantly as the Pacers have floundered is the story of this season, but just how hard Siakam is working in pursuit of a seemingly hopeless cause has rarely been as striking as it was last night: www.indystar.com/story/sports...

When you Google “Curt Cignetti”… 🤣

2015 Carmelo Anthony. 10-43 Knicks team. (Sorry for blowup your mentions Derek, I am having fun)

Kevin Love was 13-43 in 2010-11 I think that’s it.

Nope, the year afterwards Vince Carter was 14-34. I’ll keep looking

What’s the worst record a team has had while having someone chosen as an All Star? Another 30-point night for Pascal Siakam

Aaron is just out of sorts. Pass was a little low but the shot was off by a mile.

Pacers have somehow cut the lead to 11 after a TJ hustle steal and a Jarace layup in transition.

Just out of things to say about Siakam’s play and consistency.

Pascal Siakam is very good at basketball.

55-32 Pacers trail Ugly one

Andrew Nembhard gets three consecutive fouls drawn against the Celtics. Celtics had no fouls prior to these plays with 8 minutes left in 2nd.

30-20 Celtics lead the Pacers 12-2 run by Boston to close it. Too many fouls for the Pacers, lots of bigs falling for pump fakes and fouling. Enjoyed some Jarace passing in that quarter, Furphy made a 3 with someone going under a screen.

Indiana University just won a National Championship in football

HOOOOOSIERS

UNDERRATED TED DANSON SITCOM

Me when I go outside

I can't believe how cool Indiana is

Does that count as a Heisman moment? What a run

UNDERRATED TED DANSON SITCOM

Competitive loss for the Pacers. Fell apart in the fourth after a back and forth first three quarters. Lots and lots of turnovers. Enjoyed Ty asking for a tech as Tyrese Maxey walked to the Pacers bench (he was out of the game) before the buzzer to talk to him. Now back to IU

Nesmith with two consecutive hustle blocks. Can never knock his effort.

Would still like to see Quenton Jackson get a standard deal

Pacers have pushed their lead to 7 with a nice little run. Tony Bradley playing well. Pascal and Drew both making plays.

Drew is hoopin’ and Embiid is hitting everything from the midrange. Fun back and forth so far.

25 points at halftime is insane. Really could have staggered those out for rest between the two games in the b2b

Really don’t want to see Isaiah Jackson take that kind of shot (inadvertently) to the head in his first game back from a concussion.

Fuprhy guarding Murphy has been A) impressive and B) hard to say three-times fast

Furphy stops Murphy. The defense continues to shine.

Pascal Siakam 3 to put Pacers up 12 late in the fourth. Lots of fun performances from the team tonight. They’ll no longer have the league’s worst record with a win, would be 4 out of their last 5 games with a W.

🚨 Jay Huff has broken the 20-point barrier 🚨 Has tied his career high and now surpassed it with 24 points.

For a game between teams at the bottom of the standings, that was a fun first half.

Andrew Nembhard decels to perfection and puts the Pacers up 7 to end the first half.

Jeremiah Fears just learned about Johnny Furphy’s defense.

Everything’s working for the Pacers. Deep 3 at the end of shot clock goes down for Pascal, Furphy hits the corner 3. Pacers up 16. Dominant 2nd quarter.

Jay Huff gonna do that this where he scores 20 in first 3 quarters and then isn’t able to score again after that? He’s already got 18 tonight. Playing fantastic.

Quenton Jackson is a fun player.

Pacers down just 2 after the first quarter despite Pelicans shooting 64% Pacers winning the possession battle with 7 more shot attempts. +2 in turnovers and +3 in offensive rebounds

Pelicans are shooting >70% but Pacers only trail by 3 🤷‍♂️

Furphy is figuring things out. Love seeing that aggression on offense.

FURPHY LOB

Pascal Siakam with a 3 and then an and-1. Pacers up 10-7 early.

Pacers fall to 9-32, and this is the halfway point for the season. This also matches last season’s loss total.

Wonder if Rick was campaigning for Pascal for All Star with Darko after the game. Coaches vote for the reserves. Didn’t do the typical wave and head to the locker room instead the coaches shook hands and talked briefly.

Johnny Furphy with a double double tonight 10 points, 10 rebounds

I’M HYDRATED FURPH

Nembhard layup and the Toronto lead is 4. Raptors falling apart, crowd is alive, and the winning streak may just live on.

Furphy gets the second chance and hits 1 of 2. Now 2 for 8 from the line

The momentum has completely swung to the Pacers and they’ve cut the lead that was once 27 down to 7 with 6:26 left