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After Ron, a transition game

By Tim LeglerESPN Insider

Thursday, January 5, 2006

As much as we are entertained by the Ron Artest soap opera, the real-life victims are the Indiana Pacers, who have to continue to play three or four games a week. Before Thursday's gutty 99-89 win in Golden State, the Pacers had lost five of their last six. Overall, they are just 6-6 since Artest asked for a trade. Some think the Pacers are probably distracted by the Artest affair, but I don't think that's the real problem. Rather, I think this situation creates two other problems. First, t ...

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