The Indiana Pacers Are 5-0
For the first time since joining the NBA, the Indiana Pacers have begun the regular season at 5-0. Indiana last reached the 5-0 mark in 1971-72, when it was a member of the ABA.
The Pacers defeated the Nets for the ABA championship during that season. So far, it looks like they could pull off a similar feat in 2013-14.
Indiana dominated the Chicago Bulls en route to a 97-80 victory. Four starters and sixth man Luis Scola scored in double-figures, and the defense held Chicago to 35.6 percent shooting from the field while forcing 17 turnovers.
Don’t be surprised to see performances like this throughout the season.
The Pacers are led by Paul George, who is averaging 25.8 points through five games. Roy Hibbert has 26 blocks in that span, David West has been his normally versatile self, and both George Hill and Danny Granger are still sidelined by injuries.
Indiana may be 5-0, but it hasn’t even scratched the surface of how good it’ll be this season. That’s a scary thought considering Indiana took the Miami Heat to seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals.
My NBA Finals prediction of the Pacers facing the Los Angeles Clippers doesn’t sound so outlandish right now, does it?
Additional Notes
- Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers has a double-double in each of his first five games. He hadn’t done that since 2008-09.
- Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans is the first player to start a season with at least 15 points and three blocks in each of his first five games since Hakeem Olajuwon and David Robinson in 1992-93. Call it a small sample size, but that’s rare company to join.
- The Washington Wizards made a franchise-record 18 three-pointers during a 116-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
- Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Nikola Vucevic of the Orlando Magic are the first players to put together multiple 20-point and 15-rebound performances in 2013-14. Love had 25 points and 16 boards in a 106-93 loss to the Golden State Warriors, while Vucevic went for 30 and 21 in a 98-90 win over the Clippers.
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If memory servies, J.J. Hickson had 28 double-doubles in his last 57 Cleveland games. At the age of 22. Drew Gooden averaged about the same for Cleveland. So what. They aren’t “stars.” It takes no star skills to get a double-double, that has to be one of the most meaningless stats in basketball.
Thompson is the second coming of J.J. Hickson and Drew Gooden. In more ways than one. Just like those two, he disappears every second to third game. That’s what he did it in college, he’s doing it in the NBA. Just like J.J. Hickson and Drew Gooden. His destiny is that of a serviceable overpaid rotation player with whoever he’s playing with in two to three years. It won’t be Cleveland.
Can’t stand it when I read the word “POTENTIAL.” Potential according to whom.
“Tristan Thompson had been displaying star potential at power forward?” Oy. Apparently Max is also a huge fan of Drew Gooden and J.J. Hickson.
22-year-old who hasn’t developed his skills yet and still has 33 double-doubles in his past 87 games. The key word is POTENTIAL for a young player who averaged 12.1 points and 10.1 rebounds after the 2013 All-Star Break.