The Indiana Pacers don’t play the San Antonio Spurs until Saturday, which leaves the Spurs plenty of time to rest up following the travel and eventual postponement of their hoped-for game against Minnesota in Mexico City on Wednesday. That game was shuttered because of smoke caused from a misfiring generator, the sort of haze that co-incidentally made the Pacers flight from Salt Lake City to San Antonio dodgy enough that the airplane’s pilots thought it best to land a few hours outside of San Antonio.

In the overnight Texas fog, the Pacers boarded a bus to ride them the rest of the way to their hotel. What followed, through the tweets of Pacers director of media relations David Benner and radio play by play man Mark Boyle, was a bit of a trying journey. Here are some selected documents of the next few hours:

Fog in San Antonio forced Pacers to land in Houston. Busing to S.A. and bus with 8 of travel party breaks down. I miss 17 hours to Asia. — David Benner (@PacersDMB) December 5, 2013

Weather in San Antonio has forced us to land in Houston. 3 hour bus ride to SA, which puts us in the hotel around 7 AM. Love The Association — Mark Boyle (@Mark_J_Boyle) December 5, 2013

6:47 AM. Bus just broke down in the middle of nowhere on the way to San Antonio. Good times. — Mark Boyle (@Mark_J_Boyle) December 5, 2013

And we are stopped on side of I-10 with a What-A-Burger at the next exit. Curses! Foiled again! — David Benner (@PacersDMB) December 5, 2013

May push bus to What-A-Burger. Desperate times. — David Benner (@PacersDMB) December 5, 2013

So now we find a What A Burger, and it's closed for construction?? This day is getting better and better. pic.twitter.com/ju5zCmtGcV — Mark Boyle (@Mark_J_Boyle) December 5, 2013

Made it to What-a-burger and greeted by this. Now now how Griswold's felt. Sorry, Moose says park closed. pic.twitter.com/UF5LA3uS7h — David Benner (@PacersDMB) December 5, 2013

Bus has re-generated, whatever that is, and we are rolling again. To the exit. And What-a-burger. Started this tweet, and then THE SIGN! — David Benner (@PacersDMB) December 5, 2013

I would say our chances of crashing are at least 50/50. pic.twitter.com/bhuXFwT2ZB — Mark Boyle (@Mark_J_Boyle) December 5, 2013

View from the bus. Defroster not working. Really, what next? Hopefully not a vehicle in front of us. pic.twitter.com/4IOBLkOjqc — David Benner (@PacersDMB) December 5, 2013

Last night's game ended at 9:12 PM MDT. It is now 9:17 AM CDT and we're still on the bus. Not exactly Lewis and Clark, but still. — Mark Boyle (@Mark_J_Boyle) December 5, 2013

Good news: defroster working. Bad news: to clear windshield, temperature in bus now 178 degrees. — David Benner (@PacersDMB) December 5, 2013

Finally made it. Good night. Or good morning. Or whatever. pic.twitter.com/w4YtuxrtPk — Mark Boyle (@Mark_J_Boyle) December 5, 2013

The Pacers, most of whom are active on Twitter and other social media, curiously decided to stay quiet throughout. Save for the part when reserve guard C.J. Watson somehow locked himself in the bathroom, which led center Roy Hibbert to post this video of the ordeal on Instagram. Watch:

With two full days “off” following their various issues with gloomy haze, the Pacers and Spurs should be well-rested prior to what could be an NBA Finals preview in San Antonio on Saturday.

We hope.

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