Being without Victor Oladipo against a red-hot Chicago Bulls team went about as expected for the Indiana Pacers, who found themselves losing their third straight game. The Pacers found themselves in trouble halfway through the first quarter as the Bulls ran off an 11-2 run to go up by nine.
By the end of the first, the Pacer found themselves down 10, having allowed 37 points and being on the wrong side of five threes in the quarter. The Pacers struggled to play within 10 the rest of the night, because any runs they were able to make were responded to by the the three point shooting of Chicago.