Victor Oladipo set a career-high in points with 47, but this ended up being a team-effort led by the most surprising story of the NBA season.
But that’s not how the game started.
The Denver Nuggets opened the game going 6 for 6 as the Pacers appeared to be looking ahead on the schedule to Wednesday’s date with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Or maybe they were blinded by the afterglow of their win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. They looked lost without Darren Collison, who was injured. Either way, they didn’t look like a team ready to win.