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YouTube video by Tony East: Indiana Pacers + Indiana Fever coverage Rick Carlisle, Pascal Siakam, Jay Huff speak to media after Indiana Pacers vs Portland Trail Blazers

Rick Carlisle, Pascal Siakam, and Jay Huff after loss vs Trail Blazers: youtu.be/VAuNF5hQzcI?...

Rick Carlisle on T.J. McConnell’s hamstring and Jarace Walker’s late-game injury:

Kings are about to win btw

Blazers beat the Pacers 131-111. Another 130+ game for a Pacers opponent. Pacers have lost nine in a row and almost none of them have been close. Portland's 25-8 run just before halftime looms large in a 20-point loss.

Pacers 15-49 with a big one vs Kings on Tuesday.

Kam Jones in for the Pacers after two DNP-CD in a row.

McConnell missed time early in the season with a left hamstring injury, but it's the right one that's been listed on the injury report more of late.

This is the other one.

T.J. McConnell has a sore right hamstring and is done for the night.

Not a super efficient Jay Huff night, but a tidy reverse layup and-one just now. He's up to 16 points. That whole play was in slow motion to me yet still worked.

Pascal Siakam has had two really impressive passes to shooters while falling down today. Corner threes on both - one for Potter, the other for Sheppard.

And this is the score after three quarters. 70 points allowed for the Pacers in the last two quarters of this game. A constant problem since the All-Star break.

Current tally for Pacers bench: 6/18 for 17 points. As many made threes as made twos.

Pacers got his one as close as 13 earlier this quarter but are once again down 20. It's 100-80. Rough game from Pacers reserves.

NBA rule change as Pascal Siakam makes a shot that was also goaltended: Such a scenario should be worth 4 points.

Indeed. He's been very good in this game.

Two sht clock violations in a row for the Pacers. ffense is totally out of whack right now. They're down 15 halfway through the third.

Pacers with 10 points in about 2 minutes to open the third quarter. A nice stretch, and Jay Huff finally made some shots. Lead is down to 13, timeout Blazers.

Really nice hands and coordination from Jarace Walker on that stolen pass + dunk.

Blazers 69, Pacers 52 at halftime. Pacers with a good first 19 minutes that half and a dreadful final 5. It was a 25-7 run for Portland to end the half. Siakam has 13, Nembhard has 10.

I did too and even went back to look up their last halftime lead (Wizards2)

This game flipped in a hurry. It was 45-44 Pacers with 5:54 until halftime. In the 4:43 since: 18-2 Blazers. Pacers have now called two timeouts since.

11-2 Blazers run forces a Pacers timeout with the score 55-47. Second-straight game the Pacers have been really off on jumpers (4/17 from deep), which has been costly.

Pacers, with both McConnell and Jackson in the game, had Siakam take the ball across half court. He drew a foul on Kris Murray before passing.

Pacers with three on the court right now in T.J. McConnell, Kobe Brown, and Quenton Jackson. Rare air.

Fun first quarter. Pacers tough first two minutes were costly, but it's 30-30 after 12 minutes. Pascal Siakam has 7 points and 7 different Pacers hit a shot. The small minutes were noteworthy.

Ben Sheppard and Kobe Brown also come in, so a mix of starters and bench for the smaller group.

Pacers first sub: Obi Toppin for... Jay Huff, instead of Pascal Siakam. So the Siakam-Toppin frontcourt getting some burn here.

And the Pacers quickly respond. An 8-2 run in barely over 2 minutes and it's 14-13 with Portland now calling timeout.

Blazers score 12 points in under two minutes to start the game. They've missed two shots but gotten the rebound both times, then scored. So a perfect 4/4 on scoring chances. Pacers timeout.

Seven seconds in and Aaron Nesmith gets open for a 3. Pacers lead quickly.