What’s an Indiana Pacers couple to do when viral moment goes off the rails?

At a time when a former politician was balancing thoughts of his own mortality along with the future of a liberal arts education in this country, and the Indiana Pacers were crawling to the end of a merciless season, Grace and Michael went to a basketball game.They’re in a relationship, a pair of 20-something Hoosiers making it in the heart of New York City. He finds throwback Pacers gear online and tracks his team’s lottery odds on Tankathon.com. She reads books by David Foster Wallace. Then last week in Brooklyn, while sitting a few rows up from courtside at the Pacers-Nets game, Grace and Michael were having a private conversation.Advertisement