The Good: After Roy Hibbert left in the first half with a knee bruise, Indiana Pacers sent out a borderline D-League lineup for the whole game. They fell down huge, as expected. But then Solomon Hill took over and the team kept fighting with almost all of the nine available players making positive contributions amid their limitations. They cut a 22-point deficit to 3. Yes, of course they lost. But that was top-notch entertainment in the second half. Clap for these guys.

The Bad: Roy Hibbert injury. The best seven players on the team are all hurt now.

MVP: Solomon Hill. He had a career high by the third quarter and looks incredibly confident out there. He knows these games are going to be tough to win, but isn’t shying away from the moment, instead rushing into a burning building and trying to salvage anything he can.

LVP: Nobody.

X-Factor: Everybody.

Washington Wizards 97 Final

Recap | Box Score 90 Indiana Pacers Luis Scola, PF 28 MIN | 1-4 FG | 3-4 FT | 8 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 4 TO | 5 PTS | -5

Good fight.

Chris Copeland, SF 38 MIN | 6-19 FG | 1-4 FT | 4 REB | 0 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 3 TO | 14 PTS | -1

Good fight.

Solomon Hill, SF 43 MIN | 10-19 FG | 7-11 FT | 6 REB | 1 AST | 3 STL | 0 BLK | 3 TO | 28 PTS | -5

Good fight.

Roy Hibbert, C 11 MIN | 1-4 FG | 2-2 FT | 3 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 1 TO | 4 PTS | -17

Hurt.

Donald Sloan, PG 31 MIN | 4-10 FG | 2-2 FT | 4 REB | 1 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 2 TO | 13 PTS | -12

Good fight.

Shayne Whittington, PF 8 MIN | 1-2 FG | 0-0 FT | 3 REB | 2 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 2 PTS | +4

Good fight.

Lavoy Allen, PF 12 MIN | 2-5 FG | 0-0 FT | 3 REB | 1 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 0 TO | 4 PTS | -6

Good fight.

Damjan Rudez, SF 26 MIN | 3-4 FG | 0-0 FT | 0 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 1 TO | 9 PTS | -5

Good fight.

Ian Mahinmi, C 26 MIN | 1-2 FG | 0-0 FT | 5 REB | 2 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 2 TO | 2 PTS | +7

Good fight.

A.J. Price, PG 18 MIN | 4-8 FG | 1-2 FT | 2 REB | 4 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 2 TO | 9 PTS | +5

Good fight.