December 4th, 2017. Hicks vs Knicks in Bankers Life Fieldhouse. With Kristaps Porzingis and Tim Hardaway Jr. sidelined for New York, the action was not supposed to be competitive. And it wasn’t. It only took about a quarter-hour for the game to be all but over; the Pacers had a 19-point lead with 10 minutes left in the second frame.
With the result decided, much of the intrigue was gone. Indiana fans would have been uninterested for roughly 30 minutes of basketball if it weren’t for a local hero. The cape-wearer, in this case, was Lance Stephenson.
With a 59-34 lead, Lance broke out this masterpiece, sending Bankers Life Fieldhouse into a roar that is usually reserved for a tight game in the fourth quarter:
Stephenson turned Pacers home games into a Broadway show.