After leaving the Knicks and their fans devastated with a Game 7 victory in The Garden, the Pacers look to steal their joy once again as the Knicks host the blue and gold for their home opener of the season. With all the additions and subtractions New York made in the offseason, Alex Golden was asked to join Knicks Fan TV to preview this highly anticipated game on ESPN.

We hope you enjoyed this episode of Setting The Pace! Please leave us a 5 STAR rating and review if you did...Facci will be back tomorrow with Alex to recap the Pacers-Knicks game.

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Alex Golden is back with Facci to recap the Pacers victory over the Detroit Pistons! 5 Pacers scored in double figures, Siakam nearly had a triple-double, Haliburton wasn't efficient but hit the dagger and had 5 stocks, Turner went ham in the 3rd quarter, Mathurin reminded Jaden Ivey that he is his worst nightmare and TJ McConnell was productive as per usual. The guys breakdown the game, discuss the good and the bad and what the upcoming game against New York could potentially be like.

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PACERS BASKETBALL IS BACK!

On today's episode of Setting The Pace, Facci is joined by Bryce Simon, from The Game Theory Podcast with Sam Vecenie and The Pistons Pulse to talk all things Pacers and Pistons. The guys look at the Pistons upgrading their roster in the offseason, key matchups for both teams, the Bennedict Mathurin and Jaden Ivey rivalry as well as share their predictions for the first game of the season. Give Bryce a follow for great hoops coverage on Twitter (or X) @MotorCityHoops.

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Pacers GM, Chad Buchanan, stops by the show to discuss the decision to cut Cole Swider and Kendall Brown. What they would like to do with their open roster spot and what skillset of player they could target. He also discusses the play from the preseason, agreeing with coach about the starters struggles, what he liked from different players, an update on the progress of Johnny Furphy, how to improve as a team defensively, avoiding the bad losses by playing with more of a consistent high compete level, being at the Hall of Fame ceremonies for Herb Simon's Hall of Fame induction and a message for the fans.

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On today's episode of Setting The Pace, Alex and Facci each give 5 BOLD predictions for the Indiana Pacers upcoming season. Then, in segment 2, they give BOLD predictions for other teams in the NBA.

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Alex and Facci recap the Pacers 121-116 victory over the Charlotte Hornets after what looked like to be a likely loss. While the outcome of the game doesn't matter, how the Pacers overcame a deficit this large was notable. especially with how hard the 3rd string unit worked for this victory. In addition to that, the guys discuss what caused the Pacers to fall so far behind, concerning comments from what Rick Carlisle said about his starting unit and more!

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Alex and Facci recorded this episode on Monday evening (October 14th) before the Indiana Pacers waived Kendall Brown. The guys go through all 19 players on the Pacers training camp roster and determined if their stock was up, down or in the middle based on the offseason and their play in the preseason.

After that, the guys debut a NEW segment called, Top 5. The guys will have different topics each week and share their Top 5 of that category. To kick off our Top 5 segment, the guys share their Top 5 WWE Entrance Songs. During this segment, Facci shares an odd, yet somewhat entertaining story on how he met one of the biggest WWE superstars of all-time, Triple H.

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Alex and Facci give their regular season Player Awards predictions for the NBA and the Pacers.

-MVP

-Defensive Player of the Year

-6th Man of the Year

-Most Improved

-Rookie (or 1st year with Pacers)

Then the guys end the show with Hot Take Corner! The guys share 1 basketball hot take and 1 non-basketball hot take.

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Alex and Facci recap the Pacers loss, discuss each player that played and how they performed and praised the play of Zach Edey, Desmond Bane and the edge Memphis played with that Indiana didn’t.

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The great Justin Termine is back to discuss Pacers and NBA Storylines with Alex Golden. The guys spend the first third of the show discussing this upcoming season for the Pacers, the offseason moves they made, whether or not paying Toppin what they did was an overpay, the depth of their team, Nembhard's coming out party in the East Finals, Tyrese getting back to where he once was, having Siakam for a full season and concerns about the defense.

Then, Justin reveals his biggest storylines coming into the 2024-2025 season. He highlights a few big market teams, a few smaller market teams and really focuses in on the amount of pressure that some of these players/teams/franchises will face this season.

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