Ever since they went seven games last season in their playoff series with the Heat, the Pacers have been pounding their chests as if they were Tarzan. Lately, they've just been getting pounded. Indiana has suffered setbacks in six of its last eight games, including three straight double-digit defeats, culminating in a 26-point clobbering by the stampeding Spurs. Welcome to the jungle. We see you've found the quicksand.
"Some selfish dudes in here," Roy Hibbert harrumphed about the slump. On the contrary, Roy, your group of guys have generously given away first place in the conference to Miami. Third from last in assists, the Pacers don't pass (unless judgement counts), thus they've been passed in the standings. A certain 80's cartoon/toy line taught us "sharing is caring" and the Pacers paucity of it is glaring. Hence, Hibbert going Grumpy Bear.
Luckily, they have layups remaining against the least of the East: Detroit, Milwaukee and Orlando. The jungle may not have fun, but it has games. None may matter more than April 11 versus the Heat. To this point, there's only one Indiana we're confident can make it out of the jungle - and he doesn't absorb whippings, he administers them.
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