Pacers hand Bulls first home loss

Even though I foreshadowed the possibility, the fact that the Indiana Pacers handed the Chicago Bulls their first home loss of the season (95-90) still surprised me. I had to watch the reply last night before throwing in my 2 cents about the game.In this season's first meeting, the Pacers caught a break when the Bulls lost both Luol Deng and Taj Gibson to injury. But they also improved themselves with the additions of David West and George Hill. It was another barometer game for this young team.The Pacers played a decent first quarter, leading 24-23 at the break (which they were fortunate to be as Derrick Rose's parking lot bank shot at the buzzer was waved off), before Ronnie Brewer and the Bulls turned it up and the Pacers forgot how to defend. When the Bulls led 54-44 at the half, it didn't look good for the Pacers, but to their credit they bounced back with a trademark third quarter, outscoring the Bulls 31-20 to lead by a single point heading into the fourth. T...