As they fight to avoid the play-in tournament, the Indiana Pacers need scoring and victories by whatever means possible.
Pascal Siakam's steady hand has fueled Indiana lately. He has scored at least 25 points in the first four games of the team's five-game road trip, helping the Pacers go 3-1 in that span.
As the Pacers aim to close the trip with more success Wednesday at the Chicago Bulls, they'll need Siakam to maintain the outlook that helped him to 31 points in Monday's 133-116 win at the Los Angeles Clippers.
"It's whatever's open out there," Siakam said. "I think, obviously, taking pride in being a three-level kind of player. They did a decent job of taking me out of going to the rim, so I took the shots that were there and I'm comfortable with those shots. It's going to look good every night. It's just a matter of having that energy."
Indiana (41-32) stood in sixth place in the East entering Tuesday. The Nos. 7-10 seeds compete in the play-in tournamen...
