From: dwarner@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (David J.)
Subject: Pacers mini-report.
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 21:54:21 GMT

My apologies to all the Pacers fans out there waiting for this report.  I'm
under the weather right now, and I'm caught under the burden of having two
tests on back-to-back days and massive dealings at the Daily Student, so for
the time being, all I can give is a brief summary of events.

Here's the box score for Saturday night's Indiana Pacers 89-87 loss to the
Detroit Pistons.

DETROIT (89)
   Aguirre 8-13 7-9 24, Woolridge 4-8 4-4 12, Polynice 4-5 7-13 15, 
Dumars 6-15 1-2 13, Thomas 4-13 0-0 8, Walker 0-2 1-4 1, Laimbeer 7-9 0-0 14,
Rodman 1-4 0-0 2, Mills 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 34-71 20-32 89.<
INDIANA (87)
   Davis 0-2 0-0 0, McCloud 10-20 2-4 24, Smits 3-6 0-0 6, 
Miller 1-11 9-11 11, Richardson 6-10 4-4 17, Schrempf 2-10 9-10 13, 
Mitchell 3-5 0-1 6, Thompson 2-5 2-2 6, Fleming 0-3 2-2 2, Sealy 0-1 0-0 0, 
Dreiling 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 1-2 0-0 2.Totals 28-75 28-34 87.<
Detroit  19 21 28 21 - 89
Indiana  24 16 26 21 - 87
   3-Point goals_Detroit 1-8 (Aguirre 1-2, Polynice 0-1, Thomas 0-1, 
Dumars 0-4), Indiana 3-10 (McCloud 2-4, Richardson 1-2, Miller 0-4). 
Fouled out_Aguirre, Thomas, Smits. Rebounds_Detroit 53 (Polynice 12), 
Indiana 49 (Schrempf 8). Assists_Detroit 19 (Aguirre, Woolridge, Thomas 5),
Indiana 15 (Schrempf 4). Total fouls_Detroit 30, Indiana 29. 
Technical_Walker. A_16,183.<

    The first big story for the Pacers in this game is missed opportunity,
highlighted by Reggie Miller's poor shooting performance for Indiana. (1-11
from the field).  The Pacers had several chances not only to climb back into
the game, but to put it away as well, and this just wasn't their night.
    With 26.5 seconds left and Isiah Thomas, Mark Agguire, and Rik Smits on
their respective benches with 6 fouls, Darrell Walker was called for a personal
foul on Reggie Miller.  His proceding argument resulted in a technical foul,
which put Reggie at the foul line for 3 shots with the Pacers down two.
    Reggie made the first, then missed the next two, but Dale Davis got the
big rebound, and the Pacers isolated Reggie and Joe Dumars on the last play.
Reggie drove and, when he couldn't get a shot off, passed to George McCloud,
who uncharacteristically missed.  Detroit got the rebound and the foul, and
Reggie got booed for his performance.
    He was visibly upset in the locker room after the game, but he was sure
to let people know that he wanted that type of pressure, and he would convert
in that situation in the future.  He also wanted everyone to know that this
game will not be indicative of the Pacers' season.  They shot poorly (37.2
percent), and they didn't get inside enough, mostly thanks to Rik Smits
constant foul trouble.  Bob Hill was furious with the referees after the game
for calling a bunch of nothing fouls on Smits, who looked good in his 15
minutes of action.
    A couple of other notes:

- Any doubts I had about George McCloud have been erased.  He was incredible
in this game, and he is about to live up to his lottery pick status, esp.
since Malik Sealy looked lost on the court.

- This team looks so much better with Pooh Richardson in the lineup.  Isiah
had plenty of good words for Pooh following the game.  Vern Fleming was out
of control or making bad decisions half the time.

- The refs blew it with 1:12 left or so when Dennis Rodman was called for
catching his own airball.  They got that call correct the first time, but
then failed to call a technical on Ron Rothstein when he ran 10 feet out of
the coaches box to argue it.  To top it all off, they reversed the call after
a minute-and-a-half delay in action.  That was a real bone of contention with
Hill.

I'll be a little more in depth when I have the time and when I feel better.
The Pacers' next game is at Chicago tomorrow night.  I'll have boxes for the
Pacers all this week.  Also, if all goes well, I will be back in Indy for the
Pacers-Hornets game.  Inside stuff on that team will follow.
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