The Indiana Pacers clamp down on defense in the 2nd half, giving up 26 total points to the Pistons and winning comfortably behind superstar Lavoy Allen.
The Good: The Pacers won their 6th straight game, on the 2nd night of a back to back, comfortably against a physical Pistons team fighting for playoff positioning.
The Bad: Hard to find much bad from this game. Monta Ellis was 1-6 from the field, but he still had a much better game than he has recently and looked good moving the ball and attacking the basket. Monta had some of it.
MVP: Gotta give it to Lavoy Allen. Starting for the injured Thaddeus Young (after barely playing in months), Lavoy did a bit of everything and wound up with 18 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a block.
Lavoy Allen delivered a memorable performance on his birthday. Will @JJFSINDIANA take him up on his offer to celebrate tonight? #GoPacers pic.twitter.com/VOUJONQgid
— Bally Sports Indiana (@BallySportsIN) February 5, 2017
LVP: None. Can’t give one out tonight. All the Pacers rotation players played well.
X-Factor: Turnovers. The Pacers finished with only 6, the Pistons had 20. Both of these teams played Friday night, one of them looked like it.
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