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December 8, 2014
7:00 PM ET
Bankers Life Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN

Indiana Pacers
7-13, 4th in Central Division, 11th in Eastern Conference

Starting 5


Rotation
PG - Donald Sloan | C.J. Watson
SG - Rodney Stuckey | C.J. Miles
SF - Solomon Hill | Chris Copeland
PF - David West | Luis Scola | Lavoy Allen | Damjan Rudez
C - Roy Hibbert | Shayne Whittington

Atlanta Hawks
13-6, 1st in Southeast Division, 2nd in Eastern Conference

Starting 5


Rotation
PG - Jeff Teague | Dennis Schroeder | Shelvin Mack
SG - Kyle Korver | Kent Bazemore | John Jenkins
SF - DeMarre Carroll | Thabo Sefolosha
PF - Paul Millsap | Mike Scott | Elton Brand | Adreian Payne
C - Al Horford | Pero Antic | Mike Muscala

Well, that sucked. The Hawks are still a horrible matchup for us.

Just watched a few bits of the game... pathetic is all I can say. How come we're struggling so much against the Hawks? This game was all about effort for me, and a total lack of it. Seems the team is struggling now - since West came back... very odd.

Judging by how Atlanta has started this year, I wouldn't say it's that they're just a bad matchup for us. They're just a good team, and they're healthy, finally.

Two games in a row where the Pacer's two best players (Hibbert and West) delivered very little. For now I'll call the Kings game an anomaly and acknowledge that Horford and Milsap are simply a tough matchup. But moving forward those two have to bring much more.