Still, that last second shot and the end of regulation is the kind where you can literally hear the guts being ripped out of the opponents and their fans. Personal experience here.
Still, that last second shot and the end of regulation is the kind where you can literally hear the guts being ripped out of the opponents and their fans. Personal experience here.
It’s an interesting matchup in a lot of ways. I think a big one is the pacers have depth and the bench plays a good amount compared to the Knicks who are the opposite of that. Their coach also may or may not be notorious for playing his starters a lot of mins throughout the season 😂
I am enjoying watching. Rick Carlisle is a great coach and the Pacers have figured out a formula that works. The Knicks are a tough, physical team, but they just are not built to play at the Pacers’ pace for 48 minutes. You have to admire a team that can force their style of play on the opposition and use it to win games that they really have no business winning.
Tbh last night was the first time in a while that the refs didn’t fall for Brunson’s foul bait. He usually turns into a bobblehead and the refs give him a LOT of calls. The first game, he tried taking Nesmiths arm and hitting himself in the face with it. Brunson is a good player that doesn’t need to do all that.
The refereeing is so inconsistent in the NBA. It's a joke. We think the college refs suck. My wife is a big Pacers fan, I could give or take them, doesn't matter. We watched that game last night and it seemed like every possession there was a questionable call or no call. They called a somewhat weak moving screen on Thomas Bryant, yet 90% of the screens set in the NBA are technically moving and illegal. Siakam got an and-one for falling to the floor from the right wing.
Yeah I've seen them run that football play often, and it works quite a bit.
I think it was Chuck maybe that made the point or Draymond(someone on TNT). But against Boston, Knicks were able to conserve a little more energy because the Celtics play a lot more one on one and shooting 3s. And the Pacers are constantly running and trying to find mismatches. Anyone that has ever watched a Thibs team, knows he runs his starters basically all game. This is just a really bad matchup for them.
Brunson also holds the damn ball for 17 seconds of the 24 trying to get 1 on 1 action or PnR and if he doesn’t score, it really hurts his team. Theres a reason the Knicks play with a faster pace with him on the bench.
The Pacers know their chance is to run the legs off them. Certainly can't bang with them.
I don't remember what game it was -- game 2 or 3 against the Cavs .... But Indiana played REAL basketball. Cutting, extra passes. I couId hear Geno yelling "MOVE! I wish I had saved it. It was masterful.
It was really the worst matchup possible for the Knicks in the ECF. They played 6 games in the first 2 rounds and their starters after all 14 games are averaging 35+ mpg. Hali right now is averaging 34.9mpg. He's the highest on the Pacers and has only played in 12 games.
True. Most of the NBA players can hit almost any shot from anywhere on the court. It's pretty remarkable.
CHOICES the coach makes.
Seriously, why watch the whole game when it's only the last 5, 3, 1 seconds that count?
The PG play of the top teams in Indiana is ELITE.
My thoughts on how:
Yeah. Seemed like they let Shea get his, up until crunch time, then they starting bringing more help and making others hit threes, but most of them they really hadn’t gotten into a rhythm.
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IF the Pacers can prevail, I think they'd be the only franchise with both an ABA and NBA title. IIRC, the Nets would be the only franchise able to match that. The Spurs and Nuggets have NBA titles, but neither captured an ABA title.
......have a good evening.
He seems to be in waiting!
