How long has it been since there was really only one halfway decent team in the Central Division? If our 26-47 record isn’t a big enough slap in the face, Indiana is a whopping 21 games behind Chicago for the Central lead — and they’re in second place. The eventual downfall of the Pistons (and Cleveland’s toppling when LeBron took his talents to South Beach) has taken its toll. The NBA spread between Chicago and the “rest of us” has gone from bad to worse.

Saturday’s “Battle of the Suck”, between Indiana and Detroit, resulted in a rare win for Detroit, although an unwelcome one at this point. Come on, let’s get us a decent draft pick here.

However, Ricky Johnson, via a Yahoo contributed story, believed differently:

Really, did anyone truly believe that the Indiana Pacers were going to defeat the Detroit Pistons? I understand that the Pacers are running a better record and season, but that is just mere coincidence and time and chance. As a fan that has been watching Detroit for a long time, Saturday’s night game on March 26, 2011, went pretty much exactly how I expected it to go.

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The Pacers are a decent team, and played fairly well. What is lacking is, well, talent. They could also use a little more hunger and vision for where they want to be. Until then, maybe they will have better fortune in the next game (I doubt it).

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