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Welcome to the Locked on NBA or Daily NBA

and I'm West Goldberg with David Ramele,

and we've got a great show for you today.

We'll present our biggest questions that we have for the second half of the season.

We'll talk about Kyrie Irving's first big test since his return.

But we'll start in Indiana where the Pacers beat the 76ers 101 to 95,

leap the Sixers for the fifth spot in the Eastern Conference.

It's a big win for the Pacers, no doubt, and they also get Victor Ola Depot back

at the end of this month.

David, are you more impressed by the Pacers or disappointed by what the Sixers have done

so far this season?

Well, I think we already assumed that the six years were to have some trouble mentioning the

talent they had they lost to me Butler obviously and it was going to be difficult for them to make

up for the loss of that kind of talent and the fact that Jimmy does so many things so well

But not only that they're also trying to incorporate Al Horford and he struggled somewhat over the course of the season so So I wasn't all that surprised,

but I still think that they're gonna be a strong team

come playoff time, but during the regular season,

we knew they would have their ups and downs.

But the fact that Indiana is able to win as much as they have.

They said they've been so consistently good. I mean, look, they've been consistently good for years now, and I think obviously everybody knows that they've made the

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