Post-Game Grades: Memphis Grizzlies Maul Indiana Pacers

The Indiana Pacers looked terrible on the tail end of a back to back, getting mauled by the Memphis Grizzlies.

The Good: It was eaten by a bear. Slowly. Painfully.

The Bad: Another slow start. A hallmark of this month so far. They’ve bounced back from a few, but it isn’t always going to happen. A 37.5% FG in the first half shades the fact that it hovered closer to 30% for most of that time. I don’t know what to say about fixing it as often there are just several bad plays that end up setting them back and then they have to fight back for most of the first half as they did. It was only a nine-point on Saturday and they cut it to one at the intermission, but they need to stop spotting their opponents leads.

Then the same demeanour carried into the second half. Sigh. Nothing good here.

MVP: Paul George, but he wins it more by default than by performance. To his credit he scored 29 points, but in a game like this it is hard to feel good about anything.

LVP: The Indiana Pacers effort, as it looked like they were resigned to taking a loss on the tail end of a back to back on the road.

This tweet from April still works.

X-Factor: Jordan Hill gets another double-double. One of the few guys who shot well. Pacers fans should be happy he’s become an impact player off the bench.

Made half his shots, scored 13, but in the most unremarkable fashion.

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Garbage time.

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Garbage time.