As the 2022 preseason wraps up with a loss, the Indiana Pacers provided some more things to look forward to in the upcoming regular season, namely excruciatingly poor defensive stretches. The Pacers, after allowing 39 first quarter points to the Houston Rockets, did even worse in the second, giving up 42 points.
Houston was able to get there in part due to lights out shooting from deep (14-24 in the first half), though there were a lot of good looks to be had by the young Rockets they didn’t mind taking advantage of, shooting 64% overall.