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Small Market Blues

Sunday, March 28th, 2004

Here’s a blurb from the front page of ESPN.com’s NBA section:

David Stern thought the East had a good shot to produce a champion, Marc Stein writes. But its chances depend on teams like the Pistons (who routed the Knicks on Saturday) and the Nets (who lost at Cleveland) being healthy.

Alrighty then. My Indiana Pacers, also in the East, have the best record in basketball at 52-19. That’s two games better than the Sacramento Kings, and four games better than the Lakers. We also have the best road record in the NBA. We’re 20-8 against the Western Conference, including a win last week over Dallas without our best player. We’re seven games better than the Pistons, and eleven games better than the Nets.

A little respect, please?

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This entry was posted on Sunday, March 28th, 2004 at 8:16 am by Radley Balko and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

4 Responses to “Small Market Blues”

  1. #1 |  Anonymous |  March 28th, 2004 at 9:47 am

    They are also the deepest team in the NBA. They ignore the Pacers because they don’t think too highly of Jeff Foster. Why, I have no idea.

  2. #2 |  Anvil |  March 28th, 2004 at 9:48 am

    They are also the deepest team in the NBA. They ignore the Pacers because they don’t think too highly of Jeff Foster. Why, I have no idea.

  3. #3 |  Rocketman |  March 28th, 2004 at 5:57 pm

    The Sacramento Kings–
    can order the rings!

  4. #4 |  MavsToDaMoooon! |  March 29th, 2004 at 12:42 am

    Mark Cuban writes on blogmaverick.com:
    “what is up with Indiana Pacers fans. Your team has the best record in the NBA and you arenâ??t selling out games. Thatâ??s not the state of Indiana that I remember.”

    I have to agree.

    Perhaps this is why no one gives props to the Pacers? Even their fans won’t show.

    I like Indiana about 2nd best over the top teams in the NBA, second only to my team, Dallas. And mostly because Larry Bird is awesome, and is deserving of praise.