Pacers play all the right notes, take down Jazz

Just seven days after blowing out the Utah Jazz, the Indiana Pacers… blew out the Utah Jazz.

Last Monday, we saw the Indiana Pacers crush the Jazz in Indianapolis in a game that featured a solid team performance. They won 121-94.

One week later, we saw the exact same thing. Apparently, 121 is the magic number:

The Jazz were without their best shot creator in Donovan Mitchell, so it comes with a slight taint this time even though the Pacers were without Victor Oladipo again. But even with Mitchell, I doubt the Jazz would have found a way to win. The Pacers were outstanding and getting contributions from…

literally everybody. 13 guys were able to touch the floor for the Pacers, including a few who rarely get to play. It’s always exciting to see those dudes get minutes.

And what would a dominant Pacers win be without some highlights:

Let’s get to it:

Well, Myles Turner looks healthy

If seeing LaMarcus Aldridge go off without Myles Turner there to stop him last week against the Spurs didn’t make you realize how helpful Turner is, today hopefully did.

Turner was 7/8 from the field, played sensational defense around the basket, kept the ball moving on the perimeter, and was second on the team in scoring. He was impacting the game in a meaningful way in just about every area he is able to. The Jazz were passing out of drives and taking bad shots because of Myles all night. He was great.

Darren Collison was noticeably better than he has been recently

Darren Collison has had some troubles this season, especially compared to last year. But tonight he looked very good.

He was incredibly active on defense, something that has been missing for him for much of the season. Additionally, he had 11 assists and 0 turnovers. He looked like himself from last season taking care of the ball and finding his open teammates.

4/6 from the field for 8 points was just the icing on the cake. That is about what you can expect from him these days. When it is added on top of his great passing, it’s an added bonus. To quote Terrell Owens “That’s my quarterback”.

All Doug McDermott needed to get going was some Thanksgiving turkey

Doug McDermott spent his Thanksgiving with Victor Oladipo and some other Pacers:

Two games later, McDermott finally got going. He had his best game of the season tonight, pouring in a team-high 21 points on just 13 shots. When he’s involved in the offense, the team can reach another level.

Now let’s do some grades!

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SUMNER HYPE TRAIN, ALL ABOARD! (This is not my bit)

Sumner played! Which was awesome. And he hit a corner 3 and had some smooth dribble moves. I really believe in the future of this kid, and I’m excited to watch him develop.