Stories tagged with "jim o brien"

LeBron James scores 40, slams door on Pacers by Mike Wells

LeBron James stood out front with the ball as he watched the shot clock run down. He took a couple of jab steps to keep Dahntay Jones at a distance. A defensive stop would have... – Nov 21, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Pacers

LeBron's 40 leads Cavaliers past Pacers by indystar

INDIANAPOLIS — LeBron James scored a season-high 40 points, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the Indiana Pacers 105-95 on Friday night. James also had nine rebounds and... – Nov 20, 2009 at 9:54 PM in Pacers

Pacers blow big lead in 4th, lose to Knicks by Mike Wells

Win streak ends at 5 after offense suffers collapse As their lead stretched into double digits midway through the fourth quarter, it looked as though the Indiana Pacers were about... – Nov 19, 2009 at 12:48 AM in Pacers

A love fest for local tennis founder by indystar

The Indianapolis tennis community took time Sunday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a popular city tennis program, as well as its matriarch. About 335 showed up for the... – Nov 19, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Cathy Kightlinger

Things go from bad (Nets) to worse (injured) for Indy's Courtney Lee by Mike Wells

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Luck has not been on Courtney Lee ’s side the past five months. There has been the foot problem for the former Pike High School standout. The... – Nov 18, 2009 at 12:42 AM in Pacers

Streaking along by Mike Wells

Pacers zap Celtics, win 4th in a row Dahntay Jones played with a scowl on his face and a chip on his shoulder, attacking some of the NBA’s premier defenders as if they were a... – Nov 15, 2009 at 1:18 AM in Pacers

Play defense or else by Mike Wells

Teammates getting on each other about missed assignments The jawing started as they walked off the court. It continued during a timeout, late in the game at New York. Indiana... – Nov 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Pacers

Pacers' Watson back on target by Mike Wells

Reserve guard, hampered by hand injury last season, shooting 56 percent from field Indiana Pacers point guard Earl Watson picked a pretty good time to find his shooting touch.... – Nov 13, 2009 at 12:55 AM in Pacers

Rehabbing Mike Dunleavy rejoins Pacers practice by indystar

Indiana Pacers swingman Mike Dunleavy practiced today for the first time since February. Dunleavy, who is working his way back from right knee surgery in March, is limited to... – Nov 13, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Pacers

Pacers win 3rd straight by Mike Wells

Team is back to .500 with easy win over Golden State; Granger scores 31 points Not even a field-goal drought or another starter going down could stop the Indiana Pacers from doing... – Nov 12, 2009 at 1:13 AM in Pacers

Granger leads Pacers past Warriors by indystar

Danny Granger scored 31 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Golden State Warriors 108-94 on Wednesday night for their third straight... – Nov 11, 2009 at 10:00 PM in Pacers

Pacers' Granger can't seem to locate his shot by Mike Wells

All-Star is struggling, but he’s not worried Practice had ended an hour earlier, and most of the Indiana Pacers were long gone. Mike Dunleavy, trying to work his way back... – Nov 10, 2009 at 11:43 PM in Pacers

Pacers' Ford snaps out of slump quickly by Mike Wells

There he sat, at the end of the bench during crunch time. It was the final month of last season all over again for Indiana Pacers point guard T.J. Ford. It wasn’t how this... – Nov 09, 2009 at 11:52 PM in Pacers

Colts fans deserve an F by indystar

** The embarrassing booing by a large number of Colts fans when San Francisco’s Parys Haralson appeared to be injured gives Indianapolis a black eye. True, Haralson just may... – Nov 08, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Sports

Pacers keep up defensive effort by Mike Wells

Washington shoots 39 percent, is forced into 19 turnovers The message was written on the board when the Indiana Pacers arrived for their meeting at Conseco Fieldhouse late Friday... – Nov 07, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Pacers

Hibbert is growing into low-post scoring presence Pacers need by Jeff Rabjohns

Roy Hibbert’s time is coming. It could be this season. It might be a season away. But those associated with the Indiana Pacers’ 7-2 center are convinced he’s on... – Nov 06, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Pacers

Pacers' 1st win 'tastes so good' by Mike Wells

Ford’s points, solid team defense get Indiana into the win column NEW YORK — A.J. Price couldn’t help himself. He had to do it. The Indiana Pacers’ rookie... – Nov 05, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Pacers

Looking for that 1st win by Mike Wells

Indiana loses its way early, can’t rally against Denver Fall behind early. Make a run to try to keep things interesting. Run out of a gas at the end. The Indiana Pacers... – Nov 04, 2009 at 12:46 AM in Pacers

Pacers stagger through opener, fall to O'Neal and the Heat by Mike Wells

At least the Indiana Pacers can’t say their defense failed them this time. It turns out the best part of their game — their offense — did them in during their... – Oct 31, 2009 at 12:58 AM in Pacers

Kravitz: No time for Pacers to panic by indystar

In the end, it doesn’t really matter if the Indiana Pacers read nursery rhymes to every kid in the city, open soup kitchens and eradicate the H1N1 virus. Yes, they’ve... – Oct 31, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Bob Kravitz