There’s under two minutes to play in a close road game and Malcolm Brogdon is at the controls, dribbling off consecutive ball-screens from his big men. And yet, even as his defender darts over both picks, with Domantas Sabonis diving to the rim and Myles Turner popping out for a potential three-point opportunity, neither he nor the screeners involved ends up being more open than T.J. McConnell, who is left alone standing in the corner.
For several reasons, that sequence stands in direct contrast to what already has been evident for the Pacers over the last four games since acquiring Tyrese Haliburton.