First Impressions from the 2019-20 Pacers Schedule

Domantas Sabonis, Myles Turner, and the Pacers open the 2019-20 NBA season at Bankers Life Fieldhouse against the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday, Oct. 23.The NBA's regular season schedule was released on Monday, and at first glance...

Well, let's hold on a minute. First impressions of the Pacers' schedule cannot be viewed with anything resembling 20/20 vision, even those games in the year 2020. The on-paper NBA schedule you see in August likely won't jibe with the schedule that plays out in real time.

There's no way of knowing now, for example, whether an opponent's star player will be injured when it comes to town, or if two of your starters will be missing when you play a weak opponent, or…