Pacers fans opened the season in joyful relief, crying with Haliburton over his return from the Achilles injury and treating the year as a revenge tour. A winless week and a growing injury list pushed misery to 70, leaving fans at 2-5 and sick of injuries.
From Reddit fan threads · through Oct 26–Nov 1 · 2-5
Season misery
47Meh
Worst week
70Oct 26–Nov 1
Best week
22Nov 2–8
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.
Storylines
what fans talked about, week by week
Emerging
Fans cried with Ty after his emotional return and loved his clutch play, then decided the team is the league's worst when he sits and joked about sacrifices to protect his Achilles.
“I would genuinely ritualistically sacrifice Mendoza and Cig with a rusty dagger on a ceremonial alter to keep Hali’s Achilles intact for game 7”
