Pacers to Host “Celebration of Life” for Slick Leonard
INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Pacers will honor longtime coach and broadcaster Slick Leonard with a “celebration of life.” The public event will be next Wednesday, May 12.
Only 1,500 people will be able to attend at Bankers Life Fieldhouse due to COVID restrictions. Tickets will go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m., and will cost $5.29 each, in honor of the 529 games Leonard won as the Pacers head coach. The event will also be streamed on the team’s website.
“While we continue to mourn his passing and miss his always colorful presence, we look forward to offering a public farewell to one of the most impactful figures in our state’s basketball history,” said Pacers Sports & Entertainment President Rick Fuson. “We also want to offer up one last ‘Boom Baby’ in Slick’s honor.”
Pacers final score: Pacers fade in fourth in 126-115 loss to Clippers
Indiana was outscored 26-18 in the final quarter after playing back and forth with the Clippers all night. Malcolm Brogdon had a team high 29 points.
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It proved to be an anticlimactic finish for the Indiana Pacers, who had their impressive shotmaking go by the wayside in the fourth quarter, resulting in a double figure loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. The Pacers shot 7-23 in the fourth after shooting over 50% through the first three quarters, losing the fourth 26-18.
The Pacers were 2-12 from three in the final period, missing open three after open three. The Clippers meanwhile were able to put in just enough of their open looks to quickly push the game out of reach for Indiana. Paul George was electrifying all night, scoring 36 points for Los Angeles, starting the fourth with the second unit, starting the quarter 11-2 against Indiana’s backups.
and jerome s still behind bars in indiana. how are you? all right beautiful. how was your day? but even with half the country between them, they re inseparable. look at my husband. now i got you full screen. before i didn t understand how women married someone in prison. i used to call it prison groupie. i have turned into a prison groupie. can you see that? boom baby. i m going to go show you what the mountain looks like today and i will see you soon. no doubt. we re older now, we re wiser and we still love each other. as old as i am and i ve never felt different, it s time to follow what i know. which is we belong together.