Lance Stephenson, the lone Pacers player to struggle amid the offensive onslaught, didn't wait until the postgame locker room to explain himself. He made it clear to everyone within earshot during an in-game dead ball.
"I'm too hyped!" he shouted to nobody and everybody. "Too hyped!"
If that's the worst problem the Pacers are going to have this season — other than a defense that clearly needs a lot of work — they aren't going to be the team they're widely predicted to be. They aren't going to win 30-35 games. They aren't going to be hopelessly out of contention for a playoff spot.