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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Indiana Pacers are discovering what a bit of adversity feels like. The Pacers dropped back-to-back games for the first time this season when they fell to the Memphis Grizzlies 98-92 at the FedEx Forum on Friday night.
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