Instead of taking series lead in front of home crowd, Pacers sputter at the outset and lose by 16 to the Toronto Raptors in Game 3.
In a sea of Bankers Life Fieldhouse gold, the Toronto Raptors saw blood in the water.
The second-seeded visitors knew what to do about it, too. They feasted on their seventh-seeded hosts, much to the chagrin of a partisan Indiana Pacers sellout crowd that received free gold T-shirts on their seats.
That’s all they would be treated to Thursday night as the Raptors celebrated a surprisingly easy 101-85 victory to reclaim a 2-1 edge and home-court advantage in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference playoff series.