The Bad
The first quarter was, well… Horrible! Everything that could go wrong seemed to go wrong. The Bulls were hitting shots, the Pacers were not. It’s hard to stop a team when they just don’t seem to miss. It was hard to watch. And, what are the Pacers doing on plays like this… Painful!
Great vision & pass by AC.@ZachLaVine | @NBCSChicago pic.twitter.com/SE4T8ZFwUC
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) February 16, 2023
By the end of the quarter, the Pacers were trailing 39-15, and it did not look like it was going to be a fun evening for the Pacers. The second quarter looked promising with the Pacers closing the gap to 9 points with 3:34 left in the half, only to see the lead balloon back up to 25 with 7:46 to go in the third quarter. Somehow the Pacers found a way to win tonight, but these huge deficits are becoming too much of the norm recently.