Indiana served notice that their time has come, thanks to an impressive 95-84 win over Chicago. "I think a lot of people have overlooked us," said Coach Coach Hitch after the game. "Maybe with this game and a few more quality wins, the rest of the league will start to take notice." Chicago certainly took notice today, as losing coach Bob said "We really expected to put on a better game than this. But Indiana were just too good."

Indiana was led by Bowles (17 points, 8 boards, 1 assists), Cato (17 points, a steal), Archie (6 points, 5 assists, 3 steals). Chicago was led by Delaney (11 points, 4 steals, a block), James (7 points, 2 steals), Horton (12 points, 6 boards, 0 assists).

Indiana stand at 1-1. They move up to #2 in the Central and move up to #7 overall in the Eastern Conference. With today's defeat, Chicago fall to 1-1 and 1-1 at home. They drop to #3 in the Central and fall to #11 overall in the Eastern Conference.

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