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Hope, agony, and a season that gave Pacers fans everything, even as it ripped it away
“I said this when I came from Sacramento, who I am as a person, I love hard.” – Tyrese Haliburton in 2023 to The Athletic There will never be catharsis for Pacers fans who watched Tyrese…
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Impossibility and inevitability. Ecstasy and agony. A ball bouncing high off the rim and a fist slammed into the floor.
My reflections on a Pacers season that gave us everything.
ipacers.com/2025/06/24/h...
My reflections on a Pacers season that gave us everything.
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Some news that I’m very excited about that @1kyletaylor.bsky.social teased on Locked on Pacers today:
We’re starting a live post-game show where we’ll be streaming after one game every week with some fun, interactive segments.
First show after the opener. See you there.
We’re starting a live post-game show where we’ll be streaming after one game every week with some fun, interactive segments.
First show after the opener. See you there.
October 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Some news that I’m very excited about that @1kyletaylor.bsky.social teased on Locked on Pacers today:
We’re starting a live post-game show where we’ll be streaming after one game every week with some fun, interactive segments.
First show after the opener. See you there.
We’re starting a live post-game show where we’ll be streaming after one game every week with some fun, interactive segments.
First show after the opener. See you there.
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Today, @1kyletaylor.bsky.social got me to think differently about the Pacers upcoming season. I think we can get others to do so as well. How should the team play this year, and what does it mean for the future?
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6knQ...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zab9...
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6knQ...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zab9...
July 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Today, @1kyletaylor.bsky.social got me to think differently about the Pacers upcoming season. I think we can get others to do so as well. How should the team play this year, and what does it mean for the future?
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6knQ...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zab9...
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6knQ...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zab9...
Impossibility and inevitability. Ecstasy and agony. A ball bouncing high off the rim and a fist slammed into the floor.
My reflections on a Pacers season that gave us everything.
ipacers.com/2025/06/24/h...
My reflections on a Pacers season that gave us everything.
ipacers.com/2025/06/24/h...
Hope, agony, and a season that gave Pacers fans everything, even as it ripped it away
“I said this when I came from Sacramento, who I am as a person, I love hard.” – Tyrese Haliburton in 2023 to The Athletic There will never be catharsis for Pacers fans who watched Tyrese…
ipacers.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Impossibility and inevitability. Ecstasy and agony. A ball bouncing high off the rim and a fist slammed into the floor.
My reflections on a Pacers season that gave us everything.
ipacers.com/2025/06/24/h...
My reflections on a Pacers season that gave us everything.
ipacers.com/2025/06/24/h...
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On hope, loving hard, sheer agony, and a season that gave Pacers fans everything even as it was all ripped away:
From @1kyletaylor.bsky.social:
From @1kyletaylor.bsky.social:
Hope, agony, and a season that gave Pacers fans everything, even as it ripped it away
“I said this when I came from Sacramento, who I am as a person, I love hard.” – Tyrese Haliburton in 2023 to The Athletic There will never be catharsis for Pacers fans who watched Tyrese…
ipacers.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
On hope, loving hard, sheer agony, and a season that gave Pacers fans everything even as it was all ripped away:
From @1kyletaylor.bsky.social:
From @1kyletaylor.bsky.social:
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A really great encapsulation of the degree to which Oklahoma City has taken the Pacers out of their offense through four games (and a look at how Indiana's defense has done similar work). Worth your time walking up to Game 5.
From the ASB through the end of the regular season, a period in which he played 21 games, Tyrese Haliburton committed two fewer live ball turnovers (13) than he did through these four most meaningful games of his career (15).
OKC's defense has Indiana in hell.
My story: ipacers.com/2025/06/16/o...
OKC's defense has Indiana in hell.
My story: ipacers.com/2025/06/16/o...
OKC’s defense has the Indiana Pacers in hell
Why the Pacers path to basketball salvation may lie with their defense, not their offense The contest and contrast between the Pacers random offense and OKC’s smothering defense was framed as …
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June 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A really great encapsulation of the degree to which Oklahoma City has taken the Pacers out of their offense through four games (and a look at how Indiana's defense has done similar work). Worth your time walking up to Game 5.
From the ASB through the end of the regular season, a period in which he played 21 games, Tyrese Haliburton committed two fewer live ball turnovers (13) than he did through these four most meaningful games of his career (15).
OKC's defense has Indiana in hell.
My story: ipacers.com/2025/06/16/o...
OKC's defense has Indiana in hell.
My story: ipacers.com/2025/06/16/o...
OKC’s defense has the Indiana Pacers in hell
Why the Pacers path to basketball salvation may lie with their defense, not their offense The contest and contrast between the Pacers random offense and OKC’s smothering defense was framed as …
ipacers.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
From the ASB through the end of the regular season, a period in which he played 21 games, Tyrese Haliburton committed two fewer live ball turnovers (13) than he did through these four most meaningful games of his career (15).
OKC's defense has Indiana in hell.
My story: ipacers.com/2025/06/16/o...
OKC's defense has Indiana in hell.
My story: ipacers.com/2025/06/16/o...
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OKC’s defense has Indiana in hell. Why the Pacers path to basketball salvation may lie with their defense, rather than their offense
Via @1kyletaylor.bsky.social: ipacers.com/2025/06/16/o...
Via @1kyletaylor.bsky.social: ipacers.com/2025/06/16/o...
OKC’s defense has the Indiana Pacers in hell
Why the Pacers path to basketball salvation may lie with their defense, not their offense The contest and contrast between the Pacers random offense and OKC’s smothering defense was framed as …
ipacers.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
OKC’s defense has Indiana in hell. Why the Pacers path to basketball salvation may lie with their defense, rather than their offense
Via @1kyletaylor.bsky.social: ipacers.com/2025/06/16/o...
Via @1kyletaylor.bsky.social: ipacers.com/2025/06/16/o...
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Grabbed @1kyletaylor.bsky.social today to look at the Pacers issues in Game 3 + broader challenges in the series. Can they get out of their own way? The Knicks defense is getting better & bigger. The Pacers need answers.
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/30Hi...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuzf...
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/30Hi...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuzf...
May 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Grabbed @1kyletaylor.bsky.social today to look at the Pacers issues in Game 3 + broader challenges in the series. Can they get out of their own way? The Knicks defense is getting better & bigger. The Pacers need answers.
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/30Hi...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuzf...
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/30Hi...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuzf...
Cleveland put an obstacle in Indy's path with their 3-2 zone; the Pacers figured it out.
The Knicks are edging the stylistic tug-of-war in their direction, and the Pacers will need to play better in many facets of the game to wrest control back.
We talked about it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuzf...
The Knicks are edging the stylistic tug-of-war in their direction, and the Pacers will need to play better in many facets of the game to wrest control back.
We talked about it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuzf...
Where the Indiana Pacers need to change their ways in Game 4 to recover from loss to New York Knicks
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May 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Cleveland put an obstacle in Indy's path with their 3-2 zone; the Pacers figured it out.
The Knicks are edging the stylistic tug-of-war in their direction, and the Pacers will need to play better in many facets of the game to wrest control back.
We talked about it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuzf...
The Knicks are edging the stylistic tug-of-war in their direction, and the Pacers will need to play better in many facets of the game to wrest control back.
We talked about it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuzf...
Upset winners of 60-win juggernauts, picked by no one to advance, architects of all-time comebacks and late game heroics, these two rivals stand alone among the rubble of a conference they destroyed.
Now, they have a chance to defy history—and to make it. My story: ipacers.com/2025/05/20/a...
Now, they have a chance to defy history—and to make it. My story: ipacers.com/2025/05/20/a...
An impossible Eastern Conference Finals gives the Pacers (and Knicks) a chance to dream
Almost nothing about these teams says they should be here. They don’t care. When the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers resume their decades-long rivalry this Wednesday, they will do so in perhaps …
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May 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Upset winners of 60-win juggernauts, picked by no one to advance, architects of all-time comebacks and late game heroics, these two rivals stand alone among the rubble of a conference they destroyed.
Now, they have a chance to defy history—and to make it. My story: ipacers.com/2025/05/20/a...
Now, they have a chance to defy history—and to make it. My story: ipacers.com/2025/05/20/a...
Through two rounds, the Pacers starters have dominated their minutes: +15.8 net rating as a 5-man group in 143 non-garbage time minutes.
Nembhard leveling up again, somehow. Tyrese, doing it on both ends?? Fun run so far.
Nembhard leveling up again, somehow. Tyrese, doing it on both ends?? Fun run so far.
May 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Through two rounds, the Pacers starters have dominated their minutes: +15.8 net rating as a 5-man group in 143 non-garbage time minutes.
Nembhard leveling up again, somehow. Tyrese, doing it on both ends?? Fun run so far.
Nembhard leveling up again, somehow. Tyrese, doing it on both ends?? Fun run so far.
I have not liked watching Boston's offense all year, and the start of this Knicks series is why.
No other NBA team has the combination of low passing, low driving, and high volume pull-up 3P shooting that Boston does.
No other NBA team has the combination of low passing, low driving, and high volume pull-up 3P shooting that Boston does.
May 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I have not liked watching Boston's offense all year, and the start of this Knicks series is why.
No other NBA team has the combination of low passing, low driving, and high volume pull-up 3P shooting that Boston does.
No other NBA team has the combination of low passing, low driving, and high volume pull-up 3P shooting that Boston does.
When the Pacers offense catches fire, they are undefeated: 20-0 in the last 2 years.
Last season, it was a key part of what made playing the Pacers so dangerous. They'd have 1-2 of these performances every 10 games.
This season, it had only happened twice until the last month.
Last season, it was a key part of what made playing the Pacers so dangerous. They'd have 1-2 of these performances every 10 games.
This season, it had only happened twice until the last month.
April 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
When the Pacers offense catches fire, they are undefeated: 20-0 in the last 2 years.
Last season, it was a key part of what made playing the Pacers so dangerous. They'd have 1-2 of these performances every 10 games.
This season, it had only happened twice until the last month.
Last season, it was a key part of what made playing the Pacers so dangerous. They'd have 1-2 of these performances every 10 games.
This season, it had only happened twice until the last month.
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Had @1kyletaylor.bsky.social help me dive into Pacers-Bucks Game 4 by looking at issues from Game 3. Where to begin - Is defending Giannis and shooters possible? How can Haliburton get going? Offense or defense worse?
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0EgT...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQYb...
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0EgT...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQYb...
April 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Had @1kyletaylor.bsky.social help me dive into Pacers-Bucks Game 4 by looking at issues from Game 3. Where to begin - Is defending Giannis and shooters possible? How can Haliburton get going? Offense or defense worse?
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0EgT...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQYb...
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0EgT...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQYb...
Two shooting trends defining IND-MIL:
1) Pacers annihilating Milwaukee on corner 3's. A symptom of getting beat off the dribble leading to kickouts + Tyrese's cross-court passing punishing Milwaukee's help and inattention.
1) Pacers annihilating Milwaukee on corner 3's. A symptom of getting beat off the dribble leading to kickouts + Tyrese's cross-court passing punishing Milwaukee's help and inattention.
April 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Two shooting trends defining IND-MIL:
1) Pacers annihilating Milwaukee on corner 3's. A symptom of getting beat off the dribble leading to kickouts + Tyrese's cross-court passing punishing Milwaukee's help and inattention.
1) Pacers annihilating Milwaukee on corner 3's. A symptom of getting beat off the dribble leading to kickouts + Tyrese's cross-court passing punishing Milwaukee's help and inattention.
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🔥NEW EPISODE🔥
🏠Protect This House🏠
Game 2 Preview with @1kyletaylor.bsky.social:
•Bucks biggest adjustments
•3 man lineup that’s dominated for MIL
•Dame’s potential return & impact
•Expecting more zone
•How Indiana wins Game 2
•Things Indiana did well
🔗 linktr.ee/settingthepace
🏠Protect This House🏠
Game 2 Preview with @1kyletaylor.bsky.social:
•Bucks biggest adjustments
•3 man lineup that’s dominated for MIL
•Dame’s potential return & impact
•Expecting more zone
•How Indiana wins Game 2
•Things Indiana did well
🔗 linktr.ee/settingthepace
April 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🔥NEW EPISODE🔥
🏠Protect This House🏠
Game 2 Preview with @1kyletaylor.bsky.social:
•Bucks biggest adjustments
•3 man lineup that’s dominated for MIL
•Dame’s potential return & impact
•Expecting more zone
•How Indiana wins Game 2
•Things Indiana did well
🔗 linktr.ee/settingthepace
🏠Protect This House🏠
Game 2 Preview with @1kyletaylor.bsky.social:
•Bucks biggest adjustments
•3 man lineup that’s dominated for MIL
•Dame’s potential return & impact
•Expecting more zone
•How Indiana wins Game 2
•Things Indiana did well
🔗 linktr.ee/settingthepace
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How to build a better Pacers bench unit:
🚫 No center
🔥 3+ good 3P shooters
For the season, these bench units were +7.2 pts per 100 possessions -- but in just 156 minutes.
It’s time for them to be put to the test against Milwaukee.
Full story: ipacers.com/2025/04/18/t...
🚫 No center
🔥 3+ good 3P shooters
For the season, these bench units were +7.2 pts per 100 possessions -- but in just 156 minutes.
It’s time for them to be put to the test against Milwaukee.
Full story: ipacers.com/2025/04/18/t...
April 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
How to build a better Pacers bench unit:
🚫 No center
🔥 3+ good 3P shooters
For the season, these bench units were +7.2 pts per 100 possessions -- but in just 156 minutes.
It’s time for them to be put to the test against Milwaukee.
Full story: ipacers.com/2025/04/18/t...
🚫 No center
🔥 3+ good 3P shooters
For the season, these bench units were +7.2 pts per 100 possessions -- but in just 156 minutes.
It’s time for them to be put to the test against Milwaukee.
Full story: ipacers.com/2025/04/18/t...
How to build a better Pacers bench unit:
🚫 No center
🔥 3+ good 3P shooters
For the season, these bench units were +7.2 pts per 100 possessions -- but in just 156 minutes.
It’s time for them to be put to the test against Milwaukee.
Full story: ipacers.com/2025/04/18/t...
🚫 No center
🔥 3+ good 3P shooters
For the season, these bench units were +7.2 pts per 100 possessions -- but in just 156 minutes.
It’s time for them to be put to the test against Milwaukee.
Full story: ipacers.com/2025/04/18/t...
April 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
How to build a better Pacers bench unit:
🚫 No center
🔥 3+ good 3P shooters
For the season, these bench units were +7.2 pts per 100 possessions -- but in just 156 minutes.
It’s time for them to be put to the test against Milwaukee.
Full story: ipacers.com/2025/04/18/t...
🚫 No center
🔥 3+ good 3P shooters
For the season, these bench units were +7.2 pts per 100 possessions -- but in just 156 minutes.
It’s time for them to be put to the test against Milwaukee.
Full story: ipacers.com/2025/04/18/t...
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The Pacers bench lineups haven’t been the same momentum-shifting groups they were last season.
@1kyletaylor.bsky.social dives into the data with a small-ball fix to the big bench problem
ipacers.com/2025/04/18/t...
@1kyletaylor.bsky.social dives into the data with a small-ball fix to the big bench problem
ipacers.com/2025/04/18/t...
The small ball fix to the Indiana Pacers’ big bench problems
A closer look at the data on lineups featuring the 11 players likeliest to see the court during the Pacers’ 2025 playoff run* After serving as a reliable fail-safe to end the 2023-…
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April 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Pacers bench lineups haven’t been the same momentum-shifting groups they were last season.
@1kyletaylor.bsky.social dives into the data with a small-ball fix to the big bench problem
ipacers.com/2025/04/18/t...
@1kyletaylor.bsky.social dives into the data with a small-ball fix to the big bench problem
ipacers.com/2025/04/18/t...
When Tyrese Haliburton sees his first shot go in, he turns up his scoring the rest of the way.
When he misses his first shot, he often dials back.
An appropriate pattern for a role player, but not a star.
My story: ipacers.com/2025/04/09/n...
When he misses his first shot, he often dials back.
An appropriate pattern for a role player, but not a star.
My story: ipacers.com/2025/04/09/n...
April 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
When Tyrese Haliburton sees his first shot go in, he turns up his scoring the rest of the way.
When he misses his first shot, he often dials back.
An appropriate pattern for a role player, but not a star.
My story: ipacers.com/2025/04/09/n...
When he misses his first shot, he often dials back.
An appropriate pattern for a role player, but not a star.
My story: ipacers.com/2025/04/09/n...
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No contender relies on its star more than the Indiana Pacers rely on Tyrese Haliburton
Last night’s game against the Wizards was the perfect example from first half to second half.
@1kyletaylor.bsky.social with more as he dives into the data:
ipacers.com/2025/04/09/n...
Last night’s game against the Wizards was the perfect example from first half to second half.
@1kyletaylor.bsky.social with more as he dives into the data:
ipacers.com/2025/04/09/n...
No contender relies on its star like the Indiana Pacers rely on Tyrese Haliburton
The conundrum of a winning player who impacts the game beyond the box score—but whose team also needs him to stuff the stat sheet On Sunday night against Denver, the Pacers did something they…
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April 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
No contender relies on its star more than the Indiana Pacers rely on Tyrese Haliburton
Last night’s game against the Wizards was the perfect example from first half to second half.
@1kyletaylor.bsky.social with more as he dives into the data:
ipacers.com/2025/04/09/n...
Last night’s game against the Wizards was the perfect example from first half to second half.
@1kyletaylor.bsky.social with more as he dives into the data:
ipacers.com/2025/04/09/n...
When everyone improves a little, does it add it to something more? My answer: no.
In the last 10 years, only 2 teams (out of 80!) have won a playoff series after being bottom 10 in the league for the first two months of the year.
In the last 10 years, only 2 teams (out of 80!) have won a playoff series after being bottom 10 in the league for the first two months of the year.
A good time to take stock of Pacers young player development. Kyle Taylor stops by to talk Haliburton, Mathurin, Walker, Nesmith, Sheppard, and Nembhard. How much internal growth have the Pacers seen?
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6DlY...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAxx...
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6DlY...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAxx...
March 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
When everyone improves a little, does it add it to something more? My answer: no.
In the last 10 years, only 2 teams (out of 80!) have won a playoff series after being bottom 10 in the league for the first two months of the year.
In the last 10 years, only 2 teams (out of 80!) have won a playoff series after being bottom 10 in the league for the first two months of the year.
The Pacers have become a star-led team, winning the minutes at least 2 of Haliburton, Turner, and Siakam share the floor and losing the minutes with just 1 or none of them.
Last year, units that tilted away from the Pacers three best players were slightly better than those featuring multiple stars.
Last year, units that tilted away from the Pacers three best players were slightly better than those featuring multiple stars.
March 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Pacers have become a star-led team, winning the minutes at least 2 of Haliburton, Turner, and Siakam share the floor and losing the minutes with just 1 or none of them.
Last year, units that tilted away from the Pacers three best players were slightly better than those featuring multiple stars.
Last year, units that tilted away from the Pacers three best players were slightly better than those featuring multiple stars.