Joining us now, and I'm sure thrilled to be doing so on the Express Pro Tire and Auto guest line.

And it is now, now, Eddie, you tell me the name of the television network now because I get confused.

I got to write this down.

Fan Dual Sports Network.

The Fan Dual Sports Network is where, of course, you find Jeremiah Johnson doing his sideline work for the Pacers television broadcast tonight.

The Orlando Magic in town, and JJI will begin by simply saying this.

I thought a year ago Orlando was one of those teams that while they may not in the standings

have been where Indiana was, they were, I mean, they were obviously good.

I know you don't have Banquero out there, which is a change for Orlando.

But just from a position standpoint, they seem to have length

and I think create really tough matchups for Indiana. Would you agree with that assessment?

I do agree, and one of the things they do well is they're the kind of team that did cause

the Pacers' challenges a season ago because they play such good defense. So they are one of the few teams that was capable of maybe getting it into a

half-court game against the Pacers, of making it hard on Indiana to score, even when they

had so much success.

And actually, to your point about maybe not the same in the standings, they actually

were exactly the same in the standings, had the same record in the regular season and won a tiebreaker because they had two wins

against the Pacers compared to just one for Indiana and ahead-to-head. So there are a lot of

similarities between these two teams. We pointed those out last Monday. They played a close

competitive game. The difference, was Palo Van Carro.

And he had 50 points and he won't be available for Orlando tonight. So that should, along with a home court advantage, you would think tilt the advantage to the home team.

Jeremiah, what have you seen notably on Monday? Let's talk about Tyrese Halliburton's start to the season.

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