Without the endless tragicomedy of the Knicks, or the breathtakingly rapid fall from grace of the Pistons, the Pacers have quietly emerged as one of the most depressing teams in the NBA the last few years. Saddled with lousy long-term contracts, little in the way of rising young talent, and a franchise player in Danny Granger who does far more for fantasy owners than he does for his actual real-life team, the Pacers have done an impressive job of sagging to the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings, with only the Nets’ Bataan death march of a season keeping them out of the cellar altogether. That said, the Sixers aren’t going down/up without a fight

The Indiana Pacers’ Danny Granger and the Phoenix Suns’ Channing Frye have each been suspended one game without pay…

All my life, I have loved the NBA.

The trash talking started inside the Indiana Pacers’ locker room shortly after college basketball began with Midnight Madness practices in October.

There’s a long and storied rivalry between the Suns and Pacers. When these two teams meet things are bound to get heated from all the distaste these two teams have for each other.Wait. That’s not right.

The bad news for the Indiana Pacers is that they went 0-4 on their West Coast trip. The good news is that the losses are increasing their odds of landing a top-five draft pick for the first time in more than 20 years.

PHOENIX - About five Pacers spent the first part of the postgame locker room period circled around Danny Granger’s locker looking like they just purchased the latest bootleg comedy video in a back alley. They didn’t seem too bothered by the fact that they just went 0-4 on their West Coast trip. They were more caught up in looking at the replay of the “skirmish” on a portable DVD player.

The Pacers had this game. They could’ve won this against the Suns

Amare Stoudemire scored 30 points for the third consecutive game and the Phoenix Suns beat the Indiana Pacers 113-105 on Saturday night for the 1,900th victory in franchise history in a game marred by two fights and eight technical fouls. Things got heated with 46.7 seconds remaining in the third period when the Pacers’ Earl Watson appeared to push the Suns’ Channing Frye.

PHOENIX — Indiana Pacers forward Josh McRoberts began the four-game trip not expecting a lot of playing time. By the time the trip ended here Saturday, though, McRoberts was one of the few bright spots for the Pacers.