It all starts with Hali being able to contort the Knicks defense. And Bridges doesn't do much to stop it. Towns proved he has a fight in him. Bridges hasn't.
Pacers look like contenders, we look like scrappy upstarts. More work to be done.
GustavBahler wrote:Pacers look like contenders, we look like scrappy upstarts. More work to be done.
I agree. They are a year ahead of us. They took their lumps in the ECF last year.
DuckVader wrote:It all starts with Hali being able to contort the Knicks defense. And Bridges doesn't do much to stop it. Towns proved he has a fight in him. Bridges hasn't.
Have to put a more physical defender on Hali. Make him work harder for his buckets.
DLeethal wrote:Bridges should be the X factor in this series. They hiding Haliburton on him. It’s pathetic he can’t make him work on either end.
Just venting and pissed but like I have said many times before,
Bridges is a solid Role player but not a SG on a chip team.
Hart has a great motor but he is not a PF on a chip team.
Is Brunson a PG/#1 on a chip team?
Is KAT worth $60M of your Cap?
We will see.
I hate Halliburton. And his dad! But man did he have a good game.
Josh Hart is such a problem and I don’t give a crap about his meaningless double/double.
He guarded nobody, he pushed/hacked and played undisciplined all night.
Jalen guarded on 2 possessions the entire night both with under a minute to play. Otherwise he just got in the way or screwed defense up. F Thibs for going away from switching.
F Thibs for not playing Wright/Shamet and even Precious over Hart & Invisa-Mitch.
While I’m being critical by my calculations Mitch basically gave us 2 or 3 good games this year - per usual.
Mikal OMG. Duece come on man guard TJ.
Outside of 2 egregious TO’s Wright may have been 2nd best player on court tonight.
Kat I thought was valiant and OG played as tough as he can without falling down.
I don’t say this much but Thibs and love affair with Josh is a KILLER.
Brunson is a HUGE issue going forward as he ages, gets slower, more injuries and can’t guard paper bag - SERIOUSLY.
Honestly it was going be hard to win 2 straight road games but we have to win game 5 can’t let those idiots celebrate on our home court
Philc1 wrote:Thibs needs to get Hart off the floor
He was an abomination. Both Hart and Thibs.
Wright looks to me like the closest thing to a Hali stopper we have on the roster. But I’m kind of shocked we haven’t even tried OG on him after OG shadowed Cade for 6 straight games.
EwingsGlass wrote:Team looks ill prepared for this Pacers squad. Gotta give Carlisle the nod on preparedness. They are really sticking it to us.
Pacers can dribble and chew gum without losing ball or falling down.
LivingLegend wrote:Philc1 wrote:Thibs needs to get Hart off the floor
He was an abomination. Both Hart and Thibs.
What’s the point of not starting hart then giving him 36 minutes?
ToddTT wrote:Losing sucks. Losing to a massive douche is salt in the wound.
absolutely!
somehow I am hoping that we're just getting the Pacers' hopes that much higher so when we win the series the pain is that much stronger
realistically there are a lot of pacers's players I like. but I truly hate Hali
EwingsGlass wrote:Philc1 wrote:Thibs needs to get Hart off the floor
Agreed
I wanted to scream it was so obvious but there was a squad of suspects tonight (Mikal/Jalen/Mitch/Duece) but Hart OMG
DLeethal wrote:Wright looks to me like the closest thing to a Hali stopper we have on the roster. But I’m kind of shocked we haven’t even tried OG on him after OG shadowed Cade for 6 straight games.
If you give Wright minutes that means less minutes for Hart
OG is an offensively stunted player. How is he so strong and so bad down low?
He is NOT a $40m player. Sorry.
Philc1 wrote:LivingLegend wrote:Philc1 wrote:Thibs needs to get Hart off the floor
He was an abomination. Both Hart and Thibs.
What’s the point of not starting hart then giving him 36 minutes?
Limiting the minutes our worst net rtg unit plays together
DLeethal wrote:EwingsGlass wrote:Team looks ill prepared for this Pacers squad. Gotta give Carlisle the nod on preparedness. They are really sticking it to us.
They look like a team that belongs here. We honestly look like a team that found dumb luck to get here. We play moronic basketball and have no identity besides pulling games out of our ass we have no business winning.
This +100.
All year it’s been the same thing.
There is a discipline issue, an accountability issue and a basic dribble/pass/shoot skill issue.
That sucked! Cannot say I liked how anyone played in this one. Defensively we were in preseason mode with no urgency or focus. Most disappointed in Hart. He's my dawg and I love and will always support him but he had a really bad game. But so did everyone else! That includes Thibs.
But it's not over! We have to keep fighting! One game at a time!
Panos wrote:OG is an offensively stunted player. How is he so strong and so bad down low?
He is NOT a $40m player. Sorry.
I’m fine with OG. He’s close to his pay grade. The big problem is Towns and his salary when he can’t even share the floor with Brunson.
You can’t have your top 2 players horrible on the court together and be a legit finals team. I’m still on the KAT for Durant train.
DuckVader wrote:Bridges' defense is overrated
He offered zero deterrence and simply allowed Hali to get right all night long.
He looked like he was on meds —- maybe drank a bottle of Vicks cough syrup.
