And the Award Goes To … The Indiana Pacers Midseason Awards

The Indiana Pacers Week Ahead

In this Monday column, I usually give you a review at what we learned in the past week and a quick look at the week ahead. Though we wanted to dig back deeper in the review with the awards today, we still have your look ahead.

Enjoy!

Games: vs Golden State (Sunday, W), at Oklahoma City (Wednesday), vs Cleveland (Friday)

Prediction: The Pacers surprise a lot of folks and go 2-1, defending their home court but falling to OKC in their regular “remind the fans how the West can manhandle the Pacers” game

Last Week’s Prediction Results: 1-0

Season Long Prediction Results:  30-22

What to Watch For: GODNEY STUCKEY, playing through a sprained ankle and looking to continue his recent hot streak … Luis Scola, looking better than at any point during his Pacers tenure … George Hill, looking like a completely different player than years past … Roy Hibbert, about due for a game to suck us all back in to believing he’s a 15 mil a year guy … The Pacers with probably their toughest week of the year, playing 3 top teams in a row … The Pacers bigs at full strength with their entire 5 man rotation … C.J. Watson and George Hill, both shooting nearly 40% from behind the arc …David West, looking more and more like himself now that George Hill has returned …

Next: No Lance Stephenson? No Problem for Pacers

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