Some things never change, and some people never learn.
The Pacers traveled to San Antonio on Wednesday night to begin their 2010-11 NBA season. They lost the game 122-109, but it was much closer than that for about 40 minutes.
The first three quarters were relatively surprising in some aspects. The Spurs were running a fast paced offense, and the Pacers outscored the Spurs in the paint in the first half. The third quarter will tell you most about your team, which was the case tonight.
The Pacers committed too many turnovers which lead to too many points for the Spurs. Five Spurs finished the game in double figures. There were plenty of things to be happy about though, as the Pacers' version of the "big three" played very well. Roy Hibbert had 28 points, Danny Granger chipped in 26 and Darren Collison added 19 points and seven assists.
Then there was some questionable decision making in the second half.
For the life of me, I can not figure out why Jim O'Brien was playing the reserves so much in the second half. Obviously, McRoberts was in foul trouble early in the first half, but this wasn't the case in the second half, and ...
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