Post-Game Grades: Pacers Play Great Late, Beat the Magic Convincingly

The Good: The fourth-quarter defense and general recovery after it looked like they might piss this game away. The Magic scored just 13 points on 4-of-14 shooting as Indiana recored 5 steals and forced 7 turnovers overall in the final period. This came after a lackluster third quarter in which they were getting badly outplayed before closing on a 6-0 run.

The Bad: Sloppiness and overall dusty play throughout. Paul George was incredible in the first quarter, scoring 19 of his team’s first 23 points, but he turned into a pumpkin for the rest of the game. He wasn’t the lone problem, but his 6 turnovers were mostly careless and set the tone for nonchalant nonsense all around. For the game, the…