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Pacers showing some fire early, up 15-9.

28-16 after quarter one, great defensive effort and the Pacers are getting buckets in the paint and from three.

42-24 midway through the 2nd quarter. Bench has given us 12 points thus far.

Wish we'd kept it at 20 at halftime. 15 isn't safe.

HT: 57-42

Wizop wrote:Wish we'd kept it at 20 at halftime. 15 isn't safe.

Agreed, something psychologically about getting it to 15 gives teams new life.

No lead is safe for us this season, but I would rather be up 15 than down 15 so we'll see. Toronto down 25 was still looking poised, I will give them credit for that. We wouldn't have.

Trading punches back and forth, lucky for us, Scola keeps chucking up shots from the corners.

First to 90

Pacers are playing great. And it's not all PG this game. Mahinmi has been huge, if he had the talent to play like this every game we would be golden. Both Hills were clutch, George and Solomon.

But most importantly here, the defense stifled Lowry and Derozan and it seemed like they were frustrated. The Raptors offense was anemic and didn't seem to have any game plan whatsoever besides Lowry trying to take over with ridiculous shots.

That's how the game has to be played if the Pacers want to win the series.

Also, the Lavoy Allen for Turner swap was huge.

Things are getting chippy, plays into the Pacers hands.

Ian hook shot makes 90.

Alright, great team win thanks to other-worldly contributions from Mahimi and Hill.

Ian and GH were amazing. The bench gave us some crucial production. Myles may have shot horribly but he fought on the boards and was one of the reasons why we weren't outrebounded tonight.

I really have no complaints. Everyone did their part tonight and I'm so proud of them

You guys kicked our ass tonight, we couldn't hit shots and you guys scored in the paint at will. What's the fan base saying bout this series

Fan base has low expectations. You might check indystar.com, 1070thefan.com or indycornrows.com.

Still waiting on a hot game from CJ. Game 5 would be incredibly timely for that.

I thought it might better to start Jordan Hill over the Mahinmi that really looked like he was playing injured in Game 3.

Guess that is why Frank Vogel makes a lot more money than I do.

So was last night an aberration for Mahimi or could this be a his breakout game? I don't think he'll ever be a 20 point scorer, but he just looked like a completely different player on offense, poised and confident. I know JV isn't particularly fleet of foot, but if Mahimi can get 14 and 9 next season, while aggressively taking it to the hoop, then no need to look for another starter at the five.