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Feb 10, 2012 - The Indiana Pacers suffered early on in the season with road woes, and now it appears they're starting to fall victim to it again. They're sitting with a combined record of 17-8, but have lost six of those eight games on the road, where they're 10-6. In their last outing, the Pacers were downed by the Atlanta Hawks 97-87 on the road, and now have a road tilt against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday. They'll play a good portion of February at home in its second half.
Memphis just snapped a three-game losing streak and is sitting at .500 on the season. They bested the just-over-.500 Minnesota Timberwolves 85-80 on Wednesday. Prior to that, they'd lost three-straight games, and had a four-game losing streak at the end of January. They've been a streaky team to be sure, so stopping them from starting another winning streak should be difficult.
The Pacers, to their credit, have yet to lose back-to-back games this season, but if they continue to play as they have been defensively, it could happen on Friday. Giving up 49 points over the final 20 minutes is basically unforgivable at this point. Still, you don't get the fourth-best record in the Eastern Conference by going on losing skids, and they're favored in this one.
Indiana has dropped four games in a row to the Grizzlies, but the Pacers could be in for a break, as Zach Randolph is out with a knee injury. Randolph had double-doubles in all of those four losses.
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