Stuckey, bench lift Pacers to first victory

The Pacers are winless this season when they allow at least 100 points (0-2).

“Credit Rodney Stuckey”, Indiana coach Frank Vogel said.

“Our second unit is all new this year, so we’ve been feeling ourselves out, but tonight was a great performance”, Vogel said.

The Pacers entered Detroit skidding toward the bottom of the league with just a 37.3 rebounding average. Drummond, named the Eastern Conference player of the week Monday, tops the National Basketball Association with 16.3 rebounds per game and grabbed 20 along with 20 points against Chicago.

“We played together tonight”. “He was the one”. He had a few really good nights and he looked inexperienced at times. On the night, the Pistons had 23 turnovers leading to 30 Pacers points and Indiana was credited with 15 steals.

The Pistons had started the second quarter with their backups, as Van Gundy usually does, and they had gotten blown off the floor.

Raptors 102, Mavericks 91: Kyle Lowry scored 27 points, and Toronto pulled away late to improve to 4-0, spoiling Dallas’ home opener. “We feel like that’s a possibility with ‘Solo.’ We feel like he’s a big part of what we’re going to do this year and he’s going to get his opportunity”.

The pick and roll wasn’t just benefitting Ellis either as all 3 of his assists were completed by Hill when he remained open at the top of the key after the screen had been set.

“I’m happy we were able to turn the corner in this game“, George said.

Sure, this team remains a work in progress.

Indiana’s starters were much fresher after halftime. According to Synergy Sports, he’s scoring just 0.462 points per possession on post ups, which makes him one of the very worst post players in the league.

The Indiana Pacers rank lower for their field goal percentage (22nd) than their effective field goal percentage (17th), while the Detroit Pistons rank the same for both metrics (30th). The Pacers bench outscored Detroit’s 43-2. Compound that with the changes the Pistons have been making over the last 18 months, and we are left with many unknowns as to how this game will be played. He also had his sixth game with at least 10 points, 10 offensive rebounds and 10 defensive rebounds, tying Tyson Chandler for the lead among active players.

Pacers: Indiana avoided its first 0-4 start since the 1988-89 team went 0-9.

HORNETS 130, BULLS 105: In Charlotte, North Carolina, Jeremy Lamb scored 20 points on 9-of-10 shooting, and Charlotte cruised to its first victory of the season.

They’re 3-0, and they’ve beaten three teams that have playoff aspirations. James Harden and company have struggled in every game thus far and Dwight Howard is a shadow of what he used to be in Orlando.