The Indiana Pacers held a healthy 13-point lead midway through the third quarter. That was until the Suns, on the back of T.J. Warren (25 points), roared back to take a four-point lead in the fourth quarter. The game came down to the wire but the Pacers were able to make enough clutch plays to scrape out a win against the exciting Phoenix Suns.
The Pacers were once again without Victor Oladipo, whose absence is obvious when the Pacers are on offense. Without Oladipo, the Pacers simply don’t have the dynamism to make things happen without creative offense, great effort, and hot shooting (of which the Pacers got all three tonight.