Kevin Seraphin is ideally a backup center, not a power forward. Though injuries sometimes dictated otherwise, this should’ve been obvious. According to the NBA’s lineup data, the Pacers were outscored by 19.1 points per 100 possessions in the 156 minutes that Seraphin played beside Myles Turner. They were also in the red when he and Al Jefferson were on the floor together (minus-3.2). Some of it was spacing, but the bigger issue was defending the 3-point line.
Seraphin’s bulky body doesn’t offer much in the way of mobility against opposing stretch shooters, as was the case here against Brooklyn’s Justin Hamilton.