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Indiana Pacers president Kevin Pritchard will have a few tasks to take care of in this upcoming free agency period. Among them, Bojan Bogdanovic, their best perimeter shooter, who will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Pritchard noted Bogdanovic will have a lot of options as a free agent, something he likely gauged […]

Indiana Pacers shooting guard Victor Oladipo suffered a season-ending knee injury back in January. And though he’s still without an official timetable for return, team president Kevin Pritchard says Oladipo is determined to come back as a better player. “In Victor style, he promised he will come back 200-300% better than he was,” Pritchard said […]

The Indiana Pacers appear to be headed for a summer full of difficult decisions. With three starters and their backup backcourt set to become free agents, they are bound to look like a new team. What makes matters even more complicated is that Victor Oladipo is working his way back from a season-ending injury. Considering […]

If the Indiana Pacers add a key free agent or two, they can make huge strides in the 2019-20 NBA season. Granted, this squad could’ve been NBA title contenders had leading scorer Victor Oladipo been around. Seven Pacers’ contracts expired at the end of the season. These include Thaddeus Young, Tyreke Evans, Bojan Bogdanovic, Darren […]

Many NBA franchises seem to believe that they have a realistic chance to sign a star talent in free agency. With only so many high-level free agents to go around, a player like Bojan Bogdanovic is a great realistic option for many teams to pursue. Bogdanovic turned 30 years old in April and is coming […]

Indiana Pacers shooting guard Victor Oladipo is a man on a mission. Most people who suffer a ruptured quad tendon in the knee will approach their rehab slow and keep expectations low for their comeback. Not Oladipo, who says he’s going to be “the best in the league.” The Pacers star also says his right […]

Another regular season has gone by and Kemba Walker is once again sitting at home wondering what could have been. Instead of playing against the best teams in the game in the playoffs, Walker is left to ponder his future in the league months before he officially becomes a free agent in July. When he […]

The Boston Celtics suffered through an identity crisis and constant mood swings all season long, but returning to the postseason, albeit not in the standing they expected, has allowed them to hit the proverbial reset button. Kyrie Irving, who has led the way of this reshuffle that just landed them a sweep of the Indiana […]

Indiana Pacers combo guard Tyreke Evans says his season with the Pacers was “not how I expected it to be.” Evans signed a one-year, $12.4 million deal with the Pacers last summer. The former Rookie of the Year is effective with the ball in his hands and when he’s going downhill. However, with the Pacers […]

The Indiana Pacers got swept by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs, as the absence of star shooting guard Victor Oladipo was too much for the Pacers to overcome. In the four-game sweep, the Pacers were within striking distance of the Celtics in every fourth quarter. Heck, Indiana actually had a […]

The Boston Celtics were expected to send the Indiana Pacers home while the surging Eastern Conference franchise did that and then some. With the Celtics taking down the shorthanded Pacers in a mere four games, Boston managed to complete the series sweep on Sunday afternoon in Indiana while officially advancing to the next round of […]

The Indiana Pacers have officially been eliminated from the NBA Playoffs after falling to the Boston Celtics four games to none. Nate McMillan knows that this version of the Pacers may have come to an end. According to McMillan in his post-game press conference, the Pacers could look a lot different next season. They have […]

The Boston Celtics had a pretty disappointing regular season, winning just 49 games in spite of many predicting that they would break 60 wins. The Celtics ultimately ended up with the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference standings, two spots below where they were a year ago. However, Boston has gotten off to a great […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens wasn’t able to hide his delight for Kyrie Irving, who played a huge role in their Game 3 win over the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers went into the game with the intention of trapping Irving more. However, that didn’t work as Irving continued to make big plays for the […]

Kyrie Irving produces highlights at a rate as high as any other player in the NBA. He might be the most dazzling ball handler in league history and is a wildly creative finisher around the rim, attributes that combined with his elite off-dribble shooting ability make him not just one of the league’s best offensive […]

The Indiana Pacers will be forced to play Game 3 of their first-round series against the Boston Celtics without the presence of Victor Oladipo. Of course, it’s not like Nate McMillan’s team was going to glean anything more than fleeting inspiration from its best player being in attendance on Friday night anyway. Oladipo, sidelined since […]

Indiana Pacers head coach Nate McMillan says the team will trap Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving more in Game 3 to get the ball out of his hands. Irving was a magician in Game 2. The All-Star guard put up 37 points and willed the Celtics to a comeback win and get a […]

Boston Celtics backup point guard Terry Rozier says Games 1 and 2 against the Indiana Pacers weren’t chippy, a big difference from the Celtics’ first-round series versus the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2018 playoffs. Rozier and Bucks point guard Eric Bledsoe got into it a lot during the 2018 playoffs. So far in this series, […]

Indiana Pacers star Victor Oladipo has received medical clearance from his doctor to travel from Miami and has a flight scheduled to attend Game 3 of the Pacers’ first-round Eastern Conference playoff series against the Boston Celtics on Friday night, according to Scott Agness of The Athletic. Oladipo was knocked out for the season back […]

The Indiana Pacers find themselves down 2-0 after succumbing to the Boston Celtics’ late-game heroics in two straight games games. Larry Bird has watched his former organization give up fourth quarter leads to its first-round opponents in two straight games, something he says comes down to mental toughness. “The main thing is they’ve got to […]

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has recently spoken out on the oblique injury he recently sustained, which has kept him out of his team’s playoff run thus far. It appears that Smart was in absolute dire pain when the injury first hit him, going as far as likening it to a Mike Tyson body blow. […]

Boston Celtics big man Al Horford has been dealing with an undisclosed illness. He was originally listed as questionable for Wednesday night’s Game 2 matchup against the Indiana Pacers, but he felt well enough to take the floor. Now, according to an official report from the team, he’s fully recovered. Celtics head coach Brad Stevens […]

Indiana Pacers forward Bojan Bogdanovic believes his team is too good to drop the first two games against the Boston Celtics. Bogdanovic, who scored 23 points in Game 2, weighed in on the Pacers’ two losses to the Celtics at TD Garden in their first-round playoff series, per The Indianapolis Star’s J. Michael. We got […]

Kyrie Irving was impressed by how teammate Terry Rozier has managed to impact the game, despite playing limited minutes off the bench in the Boston Celtics’ first-round series against the Indiana Pacers. The Celtics grabbed a 2-0 lead after notching a 99-91 win on Wednesday, finishing a double-digit comeback to defend their home court at […]

The Boston Celtics took a 2-0 series lead over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, but Kyrie Irving is far from satisfied. Irving, who finished with a 37-point performance on 6-of-10 shooting from the perimeter, praised his teammates for what he called a “gritty” win. He also commended the Celtics for executing well and finding new […]

Despite a scare in Game 2 against the Indiana Pacers, the Boston Celtics are now up 2-0 in their first round series in the Eastern Conference. The first game was a walkover for Boston who easily cruised past Indiana, 84-74, behind a raucous TD Garden crowd. The defense was suffocating from the Celtics in Game […]

Shaquille O’Neal (along with Charles Barkley) provide endless laughs on NBA on TNT as their antics are known far and wide, and on Wednesday night, Shaq was caught taking notes on the pronunciation of Indiana Pacers small forward Bojan Bogdanovic’s name. Shaq needs a little help pronouncing Bojan Bogdanovic's name 😂 pic.twitter.com/JZiCh6MCNN — NBA on […]

Boston Celtics youngsters Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum have had a charmed start to their careers. After nearly helping lead Boston to the NBA Finals last season, Brown and Tatum were widely lauded as two of the best players in their respective draft classes. Brown was drafted by Boston in 2016 and has since become […]

Indiana Pacers head coach Nate McMillan admitted that staying in front of Boston Celtics superstar Kyrie Irving is easier said than done. Irving led a furious rally to help the Celtics escape with a come-from-behind 99-91 win over the Pacers in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. Indiana looked lost when Irving was torching […]

Despite dealing with an illness, Boston Celtics center Al Horford is planning to play in Game 2 of the team’s first-round series against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday. Horford told the Celtics he felt sick on Tuesday. The All-Star big man skipped the morning shootaround on Wednesday to get some rest, and it looks like […]

The Boston Celtics could be without the services of Al Horford for Wednesday night’s Game 2 matchup against the Indiana Pacers. Horford, who is now listed as questionable, is dealing with an undisclosed illness: #NEBHInjuryReport for Game 2: Al Horford (illness) – QUESTIONABLEMarcus Smart (left oblique tear) – OUT — Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 17, […]

The Boston Celtics defeated the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of their eastern conference first round series with a final score of 94-84. Throughout the first half, the Pacers controlled the game allowing them to go into the halftime break with a 45-38 lead. Yet, the third quarter would be the turning point, as the […]

As if the Boston Celtics did not have enough internal drama during the regular season, they were dealt a hefty deficit before the playoffs even began, with shooting guard Marcus Smart suffering an abdominal oblique injury that will keep him out for the next three to five weeks. With the Celtics losing their best perimeter […]

The Indiana Pacers did not get off to a great start in the playoffs. With the team scoring a mere 74 points in their Game 1 loss to the Boston Celtics, coach Nate McMillan knows they must come out firing in Game 2. Not only that, but McMillan believes that in order for that to happen, […]

If you’re a fan of offense, Sunday’s game against the Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics wasn’t for you. The Celtics won Game 1 of their first round series against the Pacers by a final score of 84-74. Both teams shot under 37 percent from the field and Indiana only scored eight points in the third […]

Well, that was a fun, interesting opening weekend of the 2019 NBA Playoffs, wasn’t it? Aside from the last two games on Sunday night, which were both blowouts, Game 1 of the playoffs was full of intrigue around the bracket. Upsets, home-court advantage not being home-court advantage, scores from the mid ’90s. You name it, […]

The Indiana Pacers were not up to the task on Sunday afternoon — and that may be an understatement. The Pacers were upended by the Boston Celtics, 84-74, in Game 1 of the team’s opening round series. Indiana had some serious trouble in the second half of the game, especially during the third quarter. With […]

Nate McMillan didn’t have to wait very long to encounter adversity in the 2019 NBA Playoffs. The Boston Celtics trampled McMillan’s Indiana Pacers on Sunday to take a 1-0 lead in their NBA Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. The Pacers scored eight points in the third quarter and 29 in the second half. McMillan was forced […]

The Boston Celtics managed to pull out a win over the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 despite their poor performance on the offensive end. Regardless, it appears point guard Kyrie Irving was still pleased with his team’s effort. The Celtics were able to secure an 84-74 victory over the Pacers on Sunday. Irving feels Boston […]