It will stand as a signature moment of the Pacers' season, a moment that captures the connection this team has made with one another and the fanbase. Joseph had made a hustling play to steal a crosscourt backcourt pass, convert a layup and draw a foul that knocked him to the floor and into the padding on the stanchion with 5:14 left in the Pacers' victory over Atlanta on Friday when...Well, let's let him tell it.
"I'm laying down," he said. "Joe (Young) came off the bench and he was right beside me, and I looked toward the bench and they were so excited and coming near me. Then I looked down the court and saw five guys literally sprinting with smiles on their faces."
He meant to say four, meaning the other players besides him who were in the game, but you get the point. Two of those four, Lance Stephenson and Domantas Sabonis, were racing one another. Stephenson started it, shouting, "I've got him, I've got him!" and began running. Sabonis took up the challenge ran as well. Oladipo and Thaddeus Young ran, too, all arriving about the same time.
Mark Montieth
http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/tight-knit-pacers-continue-lift-each-other
