The Indiana Pacers will only go as far as Paul George goes this season. Again.
For a moment there, George was on the cusp of turning the NBA's typical two-man MVP race, to that point dominated by LeBron James and Kevin Durant, into a three-player affair.
It was December of 2013, and George was rolling.
The Indiana Pacer's pace would have been best described as "breakneck" as he gunned the engine during the opening laps of the 2013-14 season. In 30 games through December, George piled up averages of 23.8 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists while shooting 47.1 percent from the field and 39.9 percent from long distance, per NBA.com.
He accumulated those numbers while playing arguably the best perimeter defense on the planet.
The Pacers won 25 of those first 30 games.
Then, in a manner somewhat less dramatic than Indy's team-wide collapse, George regressed. His shooting, which history suggested was the least sustainable part of his early run, fell off considerably.
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