Game Notes For Wed @ Pacers
* After winning 14 straight home games against the Bulls from March 1999 to April 2005, the Pacers have only managed to split the last four games at Conseco against this division rival.
* The Bulls scored a season-high 123 points in its win over Seattle on Tuesday. In its first 18 games, Chicago had averaged just 89.3 points per game.
* In his eight games since returning from a lower back injury, Luol Deng is averaging 20.6 points and 7.3 rebounds per contest.
* Ben Gordon is averaging 28.3 points on 55.4% shooting (50.0% from behind the three-point arc) in his last three games against the Pacers.
* Indiana is averaging 103.7 points per game this season – up 8.1 PPG from last season (95.6).
* Jermaine O’Neal has 61 points and 24 rebounds in his last two games against the Bulls.