Tony East

I truly don’t get how you can say you don’t see it. The Kings having another win drastically increases their chance of finishing with a worse/same record as them in the inverse standings.

The Pacers, with their loss tonight and a win by the Charlotte Hornets, have been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.

Carter was tremendous in the second half and finished with 24 points on 13 shots. Have to imagine that's the NBA performance you'll be hearing about everywhere tomorrow.

That game might be great (if bottom 3 is locked) and might be completely unhinged.

Pacers were up 20 with 4:40 to go in the 3rd quarter. Then, Devin Carter and some very sloppy offense happened. Kings beat the Pacers 114-109 as the Pacers lose their 10th-straight game and officially have the worst record in the NBA at 15-50. Signifcant inverse standings game.

lmao

Then: an and-1 for Raynaud. That might do it. Pacers were up 20 in the third quarter but on track to lose to Kings.

Pacers cut the Kings lead down to 2 with 36 seconds to go as Ben Sheppard gets to the rim.

Devin Carter with a season-high 22 and the Pacers are down 4 with two minutes to go. He's been incredible in this second half.

Yep. Always true. You can just tell.

Just kidding. He's at the scorers table right now. Kings just took the lead via a Devin Carter 3. Pacers 20-point lead: gone.

Aaron Nesmith checks out with 5:29 left and the Pacers up 4. Wonder if he's done for the night.

Yep. Assume he's done now.

Carelessness returns. Quick 4 points from the Kings and the Pacers 20-point lead is down to 6. Carlisle calls timeout.

Pacers got really careless with the ball there down the stretch of the third quarter. Many turnovers, and it ignited a 12-2 Kings run. Pacers lead now 82-72 after three quarter.

There are a few more but it's not many right now lol

Kings offense has been so, so bad. They've only taken 14 threes and are shooting 38.1% from the field. Not taking much for the Pacers to crush them. Pacers up 16, Nesmith and Toppin have combined for 41.

Toppin up to 14 points. It's his second-most scored in a game this season.

Kam Jones has been way more ready to shoot when open on the catch tonight. Has drilled two already.

Obi Toppin getting second half minutes for the first time since returning from injury.

I think that's everyone's reaction. Losing is hard!

Pacers first halftime lead since February 20. Kings with just 42 halftime points. Wrote earlier today about the many shocking Pacers defense stats, of which many will change tonight, during their losing streak: www.forbes.com/sites/tonyea...

Aaron Nesmith just skated around three defenders into the lane and scored. 24 halftime points, he's been awesome. A career best for one half per @ChrisDenari. Pacers up 59-42 at the break in Sacramento.

Kings shooting 35.6% and are 2/11 on 2s. Really rough on offense. 15 points in like 4 minutes to start the game, 25 points since.

Spelling disaster on Adebayo** there.

Doug McDermott checks in for the Kings. Quick catch up with ex-teammate Aaron Nesmith before play resumes.

Heads up play from Kam Jones there to retreat from the loose ball and position himself for a steal. He gets it, then finds Aaron Nesmith in the lane. Nesmith has 18, Pacers up 11.

Nice save by Jalen Slawson to hit Jarace Walker for a 3. His second assist so far. Pacers up 5.

Micah Potter dribbles by his man and... not a single Kings player even moved to stop him. He dunks and has 8 points. Pacers up 6, timeout Kings.

Pacers 25, Kings 24 after one quarter. Kings scored 15 points in 4:13 to open the quarter, then 9 the final 7:47. That flipped the game. Aaron Nesmith leads with 11 points.