NEW YORK -- Really, can anything else happen to Indiana this season?

Returning to the scene of the slime at Auburn Hills for the first time since November, what passes for the Pacers were greeted by a pre-game locker room bomb scare.

After being evacuated from The Palace and scrambling on and off the team bus three times -- delaying the start of the game 90 minutes -- Indiana then proceeded to dismantle Detroit, 94-81.