Nancy Leonard: Indianapolis indebted to matriarch of Indiana Pacers

Nancy Leonard always said goodbye with two words, and no, those words were not ”good” and “bye.” Talk to Nancy Leonard on the phone, and it didn’t matter if it was your first call with her or your last. This is what she’d say, always, at the end of the call:

Love you.

That was Nancy Leonard, matriarch of the Indiana Pacers and widow of Pacers Hall of Fame coach Bobby “Slick” Leonard. Nancy’s enormous heart, which for decades beat so loudly for her husband and five children – and for the Pacers , and for the city of Indianapolis – went silent Tuesday night.