INDIANAPOLIS -- After coming up with a steal and hitting two free throws to ice the game in his first time back to Indiana since being traded last June, Paul George walked off the floor and handed his shoes to Monta Ellis' son.
"I'm glad the circus is over with, now everybody can move on," George said. "I understood what the environment was going to be coming into to tonight. My teammates did a great job of helping me battle this one tonight."
His return to the arena he called home his first seven seasons didn't go entirely as planned for George as he finished with 12 points on 3-of-14 shooting, except for the winning part as the Oklahoma City Thunder held on 100-95 over the Indiana Pacers.