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The Indiana Pacers are back home when the Detroit Pistons visit. Tempers flared just a little when these teams met two weeks ago.

Ahead of their game against the Detroit Pistons, the Indiana Pacers are closely monitoring Pascal Siakam's workload given his recent contributions. As a key player averaging 20.7 points and 8.4 rebounds,

Quietly the Indiana Pacers sit in fifth place in the Eastern Conference. After a split in Paris in two games with the Spurs over the weekend, Indiana takes the court against a competitive Pistons’ team. That said, Detroit takes the court having lost their last two games. Monday they lost to the Cavaliers, 110-91.

The Pistons are 1-2 against Indiana this season, so the Pacers currently own any tiebreaker, as they are decided by head-to-head matchups. Even if the Pistons win this one, the tiebreaker will most likely go to the Pacers, as it will next be decided by division record if neither team wins the division outright.

Detroit blew out Indiana in their last meeting at Gainbridge Fieldhouse but failed to cover twice against the Pacers at home. The Stones have also failed to defend Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin effectively.

Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros react to Ruben Amorim’s latest quotes on Marcus Rashford situation, including Amorim’s comments he would start Manchester United’s goalkeeper coach ahead of Rashford right now. The boys also chat Miles Lewis-Skelly’s controversial red card and the part VAR may have played in it.