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Although the Pacers soundly beat the Pistons, they showed some physicality in the second quarter. Pistons center Isaiah Stewart committed a flagrant two-foul on Pacers backup center Thomas Bryant, earning the envelope-pushing role player a rejection.

The friction between the Pacers and Pistons mostly comes from their rise out of rebuilds, but both sides said lines were crossed Wednesday.

Pacers forward Pascal Siakam scored 37 points against the Pistons to make his case for a third trip to an NBA All-Star Game.

The Pacers successfully hyped up their crowd with their WWE video featuring The Rock and 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin. Ahead of the game between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons, the home team used a WWE-themed intro featuring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin during the “Attitude Era.

There were six technical fouls (four by the Pistons and two by the Pacers) given out in the game and one flagrant foul. Pistons forward Isaiah Stewart was ejected in the second quarter for a flagrant foul on Thomas Bryant. Stewart also picked up a technical foul just one minute after he entered the game in the first quarter.

Although the match played close, the Pacers beat the Pistons 115-109. Such a close score typically indicates that the Pacers underperformed against a lowly team. However, the Pistons are having a renaissance season,

The Milwaukee Bucks have begun to surge as well after their slow start along with the Indiana Pacers. Out West, the Oklahoma City Thunder have been at the top while teams like the Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets,

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.