Reflecting on 2025: Pacers’ Finals Run and the 40% Mark Check-In
About this episode
Scott Agness reflects on the Indiana Pacers' challenging season and their journey to the NBA Finals in 2025.
On this episode of the Fieldhouse Files podcast, the Pacers are 40% into the season (6-27), a season that hasn’t gone according to plan. I’ll discuss what we’ve seen so far, and look back at 2025. Among the items discussed on this episode: The Pacers’ run to Game 7 of the NBA Finals. A banner year in Indiana basketball, including the Fever being one quarter away from their first WNBA Finals appearance in over a decade The offseason turning point: Myles Turner moving on and the ripple effects since How injuries derailed the start of this season and prevented early continuity A nine-game losing streak with Indiana being outscored by an average of 14 points The numbers behind the slump: bottom-five rankings across scoring, shooting efficiency, rebounding, defense, and opponents second-chance points Fatigue setting in for Pascal Siakam — mentally and physically — and what that means moving forward Curious developments: wanting to see more Ben Sheppard and Johnny Furphy , and why Jarace Walker remains a question mark Zooming out after 33 games (6–27): what the vision looks like now versus entering the season ----- Follow Scott on…
Keywords
- 2025
- season review
- Pacers
- WNBA
- Fever
- Pascal Siakam
- Ben Sheppard
- Johnny Furphy
- Jarace Walker
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