Poor energy, chemistry, shooting and timing are a bad combination of issues when you’re in the business of winning a basketball game. Which makes you wonder how the Pacers even got as close as they did.
Their 92-85 loss to New York at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Saturday goes down as one of the “worst” of their season, although it counts as only one in the standings. The Knicks were just 13-36 entering the game and had already lost to the Pacers at Madison Square Garden in December, so they seemed like the perfect opponent for a team undergoing reconstruction.