We sort of mailed this reaction in.
 | Amir Johnson, PF 24 MIN | 3-3 FG | 1-2 FT | 4 REB | 1 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 1 TO | 7 PTS | +9Couple nice passes, couple grimaces, limited minutes which should’ve been even more limited since he may as well have a hospital wristband on and be carried around by a nurse. The guy needs a rest, bad. |  | |||||||
 | Terrence Ross, SF 27 MIN | 3-11 FG | 2-2 FT | 7 REB | 1 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 3 TO | 8 PTS | -9I don’t mind him picking up offensive fouls, committing turnovers as long as his intentions are to drive the ball. They were tonight, so all is forgiven. Handled the ball a lot more with Fields in the lineup instead of Vasquez, which is heading in the right direction. |  | |||||||
 | Jonas Valanciunas, C 27 MIN | 3-12 FG | 4-4 FT | 14 REB | 0 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 1 TO | 10 PTS | +5Poor shooting game against a good defensive Indiana big line. Usually he retreats back to his shell but managed to clean up 14 rebounds, not lose his cool, and only commit one ridiculous offensive foul. I say chalk this up as progress. |  | |||||||
 | Kyle Lowry, PG 26 MIN | 4-10 FG | 0-0 FT | 4 REB | 7 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 1 TO | 9 PTS | +10Didn’t have to do much tonight other than establish the early attitude. He basically set the car to cruise control and took a nap. |  | |||||||
 | Landry Fields, SG 21 MIN | 2-4 FG | 4-4 FT | 2 REB | 1 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 8 PTS | +1How can you go from being completely unused to a back-to-back starter? Is Casey trolling us? A nice give-and-go, strong work on the offensive boards, and generally intelligent basketball. The guy is a useful player who we really can use on a much more consistent basis, and it creates competition on the team which helps guys like Ross and Johnson. |  | |||||||
 | Tyler Hansbrough, PF 19 MIN | 1-1 FG | 2-3 FT | 5 REB | 1 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 1 TO | 4 PTS | +12Ran this pick ‘n roll for an And1 really nice and banged on the boards against his former team. | | |||||||
 | James Johnson, PF 15 MIN | 6-9 FG | 0-0 FT | 3 REB | 1 AST | 0 STL | 2 BLK | 0 TO | 13 PTS | +17“Man cannot change himself without suffering for he is the sculptor and the statue”. He has carved himself to be a decent offensive player and ended up punctuating the game with this dunk. Had a nice pass in transition, some deflections, and played bothersome defense not allowing Indiana to get into what can loosely be described as their offensive sets. |  | |||||||
 | Patrick Patterson, PF 23 MIN | 3-7 FG | 4-4 FT | 8 REB | 2 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 11 PTS | +8Nice work on the boards, man. It’s taken him a while to come around but now that he’s found his role in the smaller second-unit lineup, he’s learning to get his. I’m impressed by the defensive work in the last couple games, which involves a lot of scrambling, covering guys on mismatches, and then retreating to collect boards. | | |||||||
 | Lucas Nogueira, C 2 MIN | 0-3 FG | 0-0 FT | 1 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 0 PTS | -5Missed this. Spoiled my mood. |  | |||||||
 | Greg Stiemsma, C 1 MIN | 0-0 FG | 0-0 FT | 0 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 0 PTS | -5He played. |  | |||||||
 | Greivis Vasquez, PG 25 MIN | 4-13 FG | 0-0 FT | 0 REB | 4 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 1 TO | 10 PTS | +2Started off horribly, missing layups and open shots, but ended up making everything in the second half. He was recovering from the flu so gets a pass. His off-the-backboard shot is golden, you know what I’m talking about: drive right, pull-up on one leg or lean, and then kiss it off the window, and then complain to the refs about the lack of And1. Seriously though, he’s got those angles down. | | |||||||
 | Louis Williams, SG 30 MIN | 9-18 FG | 3-3 FT | 4 REB | 3 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 2 TO | 26 PTS | +15Mo shats!!! Sam Mitchell would’ve loved this guy. He’s Mike James, except more responsible and not a me-first guy. His style of play is always the same and tonight the shot was falling, hence the big numbers. | | |||||||
 | Chuck Hayes, C DNP COACH’S DECISION MIN | FG | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | DNPCD…why not? It’s the Pacers, you’d think THIS would be the game to get him in. | | |||||||
 | Dwane Casey Just have an A+ for starting Landry and shut up. | | |||||||
