This advantage was not something the Lakers could make up for through their perimeter shooting.
Although Afflalo and Billups had poor shooting performances and Ariza had a god-like game hitting five three-pointers, the Lakers' perimeter only managed to outscore the Pacers by seven points.
In the end, the Pacers won by 20 points, 109 to 89.
You have to understand, this was on the Lakers' home court.
Losing the first home game made the Lakers' situation even more difficult.
In the second game of the series, Phil Jackson put all his defensive focus on the Pacers' frontcourt and placed all hopes of victory on the duel between Kobe and Su Wan.
Rick Carlisle, seeing his team's frontcourt being aggressively targeted, immediately countered by having his men help Su Wan limit Kobe.
In the second half, both teams executed their strategies; Kobe was limited to only 4 out of 13 shots, and the performance of Zach Randolph and Shaq Jr. was also not very good for the Pacers.
