The Pacers lead the league in scoring and points allowed. That may make them a favorite among fantasy basketball players but Pacers coach Rick Carlisle wants to see more intensity on the defensive end. He’s threatening to pull playing time from his offensively-gifted group if they don’t take the opposite end of the court more seriously, he told Dustik Dopirak of the Indianapolis Star.
- Pistons coach Monty Williams confirmed a team meeting was held after the team’s 13th straight loss, which occured against the Pacers on Friday night, Mike Curtis of the Detroit News tweets. However, individuals took their share of the blame during that discussion. “There’s certain levels to those meetings. (It) was important because it was a level of team accountability,” Williams said. “There wasn’t any finger-pointing. When I got word of it, it wasn’t like anybody was saying ‘You, you, you.’ It’s like, ‘I have to do better.’”