The Indiana Pacers demolished the Washington Wizards on Thursday night, scoring the most points by a team since 2008 in the 162-109 laugher. And it could have been worse had the visitors not eventually took some mercy on their hosts in the final minute by slowing the pace and melting some clock.
It was a classy move that was very much not appreciated by the fans in our nation's capital, who responded by mustering the energy to boo the pace. The sound combined with an eye-boggling scorebug created quite a moment.
The crowd in Washington boos as the Pacers refuse to score in the final minute. pic.twitter.com/6NrOnTmXAA
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) March 28, 2025
Now, there are two ways to look at this. The first is that these were Wizards fans who long ago grew resigned to their fate and just wanted to see the numbers go up. The second is that there were probably a good amount of Pacers fans in the building because their season is going much better than Washington's and they just wanted to rub salt in the wound.
The important thing here is that no one got mad about an unwritten rule and things did not turn testy. If that bummed the fans out a bit, then so be it.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Fans Boo Pacers for Refusing to Run Up Score Even More on Wizards in 53-Point Rout.
