The Pacers couldn’t close out the Nets late. The Indiana Pacers have the worst net rating in the first quarter in the entire NBA this season, and they are 7.5 points per 100 possessions worse than the next-worst first quarter squad. The blue and gold have been atrocious to open games, and it has cost them multiple wins. That happened again on Monday night when the Pacers took on the Brooklyn Nets in the final game of their road trip. Over the final 33:34 of the game, Indiana outscored Brooklyn 85-68, a dominant stretch. Yet the Pacers still lost by…