Bennedict Mathurin's last and perhaps most important bucket of the Pacers' win Monday night came because he sprinted when no one on the Nets seemed to notice. The Pacers were looking for a knockout blow against a starting-over Brooklyn team that was almost comically short-handed but still refused to go away.

Bennedict Mathurin is one of the more promising young players in the NBA, and the Indiana Pacers are counting on him to take a leap.