The Pacers lost their season opener to Washington, a hint of what's to come in a season defined by their young talent and your ability to take a joke.
INDIANAPOLIS – The floor at Gainbridge Fieldhouse was covered with Poodles and Doodles and few other cute little guys. A Poodle-Doodle? Maybe. This was halftime of the Indiana Pacers’ season opener,
Some great moments during the game, too, obviously. We already knew Tyrese Haliburton will set some records for assists this season; we learned Wednesday night he can score a lot of points if he feels like it, too. Rookie Ben Mathurin scored 19 points in his NBA debut, and there’s a lot more where that came from. He’ll eventually be the Pacers’ second-best player. He might be there already.
Haliburton was stopping and popping from 3-point range, just because, and he was shucking veteran Wizards guard Montee Morris with a diabolical head feint to the left, and then faking a dribble that way while his fingers actually pushed the ball ahead to his right. Does that make sense? No? Guess you had to see it.Maybe I’m the naïve one here, but the crowd stunned me. At tipoff the place was half-full, at most.
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