The Pacers were doing this before the NBA season was shut down. Now they're doing it again in the second set of preseason games as the league regenerates the season.
They're teasing you, making you ponder all the what ifs, whetting your appetite for more. But, sorry, you'll just have to keep waiting.
Their 118-111 victory over Dallas in Sunday's exhibition game at HP Field House in Orlando bore a strong resemblance to a...to a...well, for now let's just say a really good team. They started slow defensively (nothing new there) by allowing the Mavericks 37 points in the first quarter and the end-of-bench guys struggled to maintain the lead the final half of the final period, but between those ends they showed the means to win a lot of games.