Lessons learned from the short-handed Pacers

Over the last three games, with several players in protocols, including the team’s starting backcourt, the Health and Safety Pacers have in some ways resembled the Regular Pacers. Both prone to lengthy and untimely dry spells, the current depleted version of the roster, not unlike the team’s typical pattern at full-strength, surrendered a 15-0 run to close the third quarter in Cleveland, scored seven points over the final nine minutes in New York, and got outscored 17-5 to start the fourth quarter against Brooklyn. That said, although the results of those late-game scoring droughts have been all too familiar in leading to three additional losses, some of the process, particularly with regard to how the team has adapted to the literal changing of the guard, has been refreshing as well as perhaps informative for how the team could better function once back to health.

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