It was really nice of the Pacers to let Aaron Holiday attempt the potential game-winning shot. There’s not really a “go-to” scorer for them, a guy who for sure is going to get the last shot in a close game, all of the people on the roster are basically the same in quality when it comes to that (except for Goga Bitadze), so they went with their leading scorer. That’s how it should be, the guy who has made the most buckets over the course of the game is obviously the person most suited to making another one.
It didn’t really work out, with Holiday trying a spin-move into a lefty floater that didn’t have much of a shot of going in even though it was open, and the Pacers ended up losing, but still. It’s better than someone like Malcolm Brogdon dribbling aimlessly before taking a contested jumper that he can’t make. Yes, I know Brogdon wasn’t playing. It was just an example.
Don’t let Holiday’s botched endgame possession distract you from the fact that he put up 17 and 9, showing yet again that Brogdon is nothing more than a system player and that basically any point guard who can dribble and shoot (that’s asking a lot from some of these guard prospects, granted) could be successful in McMillan’s system.