For fans accustomed to watching recent versions of the Pacers ease into games, the first minute of Wednesday's game against Dallas was startling.
Rather than falling behind early and playing catch-up, they sprinted to a 6-0 lead in the first 56 seconds, forcing Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle to call timeout. Myles Turner got a dunk off Jeff Teague's penetration, Thad Young got a layup off Monta Ellis' penetration and Young got another layup off Teague's steal and assist. After the 20-second timeout, Ellis got a layup out of the halfcourt offense, then Teague picked off another steal to set up Paul George's short jumper.