Pacers Release 2010-11 Schedule, Open On Road At Spurs, Home Against 76ers
by Tom Lewis on Aug 10, 2010 4:00 PM EDT
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PrintThe Indiana Pacers released their full schedule today so it's time to dig through the games and pick out your must see games at the Fieldhouse for the upcoming season.
The Pacers play three of their first four games on the road including the season opener at San Antonio on October 27th. Kind of a strange opener since playing San Antonio is usually part of a swing through Texas that includes at least Houston or Dallas, but this year the Pacers will swing through Texas again in March to play Dallas and Houston after visiting Oklahoma City.
The Pacers home opener is on Saturday, October 30th against the Philadelphia 76ers. In addition to the home opener, my top five dates are: Miami (only one visit to CFH) on February 15th, L.A. Lakers on December 15th, Boston on December 28th, Portland (hopefully Greg Oden will still be playing) on February 4th and Utah (Gordon Hayward and family fav, Deron Williams) on February 25th. Oklahoma City would've made the cut on November 28th but I already know I'll be out of town, bummer.
Bruno has a full breakdown of all of the dates. What are your must see games and/or players?
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Glad to see that the NBA felt it unnecessary to give Conseco two sold-out crowds this year by scheduling Miami only once in Indy. You’re killing me smalls! Can’t wait to see the Thunder. Didn’t get to see them last year.
+1
im lookin forward to any game after Jan 1 and we’re still in the playoff race
If Youre not First, Youre Last
by drsuessrunner07 on Aug 10, 2010 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Living in Boise, Idaho I don't get to make it to any home games.
I am hoping to make it to the games at Portland and at Utah this season. I should get a chance to see Oden and Gordon Hayward. Hopefully we will still be competing for a playoff spot by December when those games role around.
No national tv games
I guess it’s league pass four me again I just hope we stay relevant long enough for me to justify the investment
by Cali Davi on Aug 10, 2010 5:41 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
You can thank the God's that we're in the East.
Relevant can be below .500.
by infinityzero.systemerror on Aug 11, 2010 1:38 AM EDT up reply actions
March 30th
Against Detroit on ESPN, that doesn’t count as national? What does? Strictly ABC?
٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ The sky is falling!
Don't know if the game is a flex-er
It’s a national game of course, but that seems like a real dud game to be airing with no option to switch to something…relevant. Of course, by that point, the Pacers will have won about 12 straight to improve to 24-50, so it should make for good watching anyway.
Honestly, looking at the schedule, I see 82 wins here. Figured it’d be 81, but getting the Heat three times instead of four only works in our advantage. Furthermore, I love the lack of late starts. Only three games past 10:00 p.m. only works in my advantage.
Curious to see which games FSN won’t be picking up, since those are going to be the harder games to catch.
Quite a bit Colts/Pacers overlap this year:
Sunday, November 28th: Colts/Chargers at 8:30, Pacers/Lakers at 9:30. How am I going to possibly swing that one? And with the Pacers game being in LA, no way it gets moved to an earlier slot and I’d be shocked if FSN didn’t air it.
A similar thing going on on December 19th with Pacers and Colts tipping/kicking off at 1. The Pacers are in Boston, Colts against the Jags. Would imagine FSN airs this one against the Celts, but if they do…another rough Sunday.
Won’t have any overlap on the 26th as the Colts kick off at 4 and the Pacers at 7. Will be an overlap on January 2nd between the Colts/Titans, Pacers/Knicks at 1, though given the expected weight of that game for the Indiana Football Squadron, I figure I’ll probably be spending it with the Pacers.
If the Colts land in the Wild Card this year, there could be an issue with that game and the Pacers in Atlanta. Similarly, if the Colts make it to the AFC Championship Game, there appears to be overlap between that and the Pacers/Nuggets.
And Super Bowl Sunday features a Super Bowl showdown between the Pacers/Nets at noon, because…yeah… These games are all road games, which means moving them seems unlikely. Blah.
All in all, I find the schedule to be consistent. No extended stretch seems particularly harsh to me (though I could be missing it in the mess of names and so forth), and a fairly competitive close to the season, which could prevent another late surge (whether that’s a good or bad things, we’ll see).
Sorry...
The colts win for me, there’s plenty of Pacers games for me to see. Only 19 games to see the colts in, I don’t count pre-season.
by infinityzero.systemerror on Aug 11, 2010 1:40 AM EDT up reply actions
That's when
it’s time to set up two TV’s side-by-side. No excuses for picking one team over the other. Just buy another TV!
Yikes
21 back-to-backs is a tough one to swallow, but not unheard of I suppose.
The Pacers may not have a chance to make their usual late-season run as they play 11 road games alone in March. I can’t decide if that’s a good or a bad thing. Between wanting to see the Pacers win games and pleading for no more irrelevancy (winning a bunch of games late), I’m undecided.
So...
Then that means they have a month of mostly home games right? Just a thought, it would hurt the home teams, but it would be just hilarious if no one went to the Miami road games. Of course that will never happen.
by infinityzero.systemerror on Aug 11, 2010 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions
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