A disappointing second half kept the losses piling up for the Indiana Pacers, falling to the Memphis Grizzlies for their ninth straight road loss. The Pacers looked good for roughly 24 minutes, but were unable to keep up when the Grizzlies stepped up their defensive prowess, taking it to another level against a suddenly hapless Pacers squad.
It was a complete 180 from the first half, one the Pacers had firmly in control. They shot 51%, limited their mistakes, and got to the free throw line with reliable frequency. In the second half, everything took a turn for the worse and there was only one single stretch in which things appeared as if they might be settling down, only to turn out to be the eye of a hurricane in the shape of two massive Grizzlies runs.