In the spirit of Groundhog’s Day, this trend is an oldie but goodie- a recurring theme from Nate McMillan that we’ve all seen before: the Pacers are playing really slow.
Can you guess where they ranked in January? 29th. Only the Spurs are playing slower than the Pacers right now. In December, they were 20th. Slowly but surely, they’ve surely gotten slow (say that five times fast) as the season has gone on.
This was a commonly noted point of contention when McMillan took over the head coaching job last year. Sure, his shtick worked in the mid-2000s, but an effective modern offense can’t run at a snail-like pace, right? It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks, though, and McMillan’s team finished 18th in pace last year.
Ryan Eggers
https://8points9seconds.com/2018/02/02/groundhogs-day-nate-mcmillan-pacers/
