"I set off a lot of talk on Twitter when I mentioned that Pacers energetic PA guy Michael Grady was trying to get the "crowd into the game during the pregame intros." But "that's hard to do when the seats are more empty than full."

Then I re-tweeted (Jazz beat writer from the Salt Lake City Tribune) Brian T. Smith's comment, "Thought Indy was a sports town? Not tonight, apparently."

The excuses came flying in after that.

People mentioned the Super Bowl being in town. The Soap Opera going on with the Colts. The game being played during the week.

The Pacers announced a crowd of 11,006 fans at the fieldhouse on Tuesday."