"You've got to make shots, simple as that," Nate McMillan was saying on Monday, which obviously is true. But the deeper question for the Pacers as they go about responding to decisive defeats to two of the Eastern Conference elites is how to get the shots that are easier to make.
It's been a season-long theme, one McMillan has referenced often with his calls for better ball movement. The losses to Milwaukee last Thursday and Philadelphia on Sunday provided evidence the issue has yet to be resolved with any degree of permanence, and remains an area in need of continued focus.