LivingLegend wrote:Big game Hal with another dud.Not buying the bad leg - especially since he probably put up a triple double back in Indy.
He does have a softness in terms of being way too deferential in many big games --- think he'd understand he can't just check out.
Hate to be that guy, but JB has never disappeared as much as Hali in these playoffs. Or ever.
I wonder if the Pacers fans will find a way to blame the game five loss on Scott Foster?
Watching the physicality and exhaustive pace of this finals our entire team would have been in the hospital by game 2.
Now crush and celebrate all over Indiana's home court, you earned it iHart..
Hali is a good player, but he throws in a dud like this far too often. Just invisible. Jalen might push too hard on a bad shooting night, but he is always gonna be aggressive and has managed to salvage a lot of games
Really weird player. He is the definition of a momentum player. He turns it up another notch when things are already going well.
His issue is he has a bad back, ham issues and a strained calf now.
He was hurt in the olympics last year and last years playoffs.
His issues are nearly chronic.
He is skinny and not durable like Reggie was. The “Checking out” or “Soft” is also due to playing in pain.
Sorry, I won’t revel in another’s misery. The guy is no doubt obnoxious but more times than not he has been brilliant and he got them to a 2-1 lead and its been a close series. In the finals mind you!
Jalen is home resting.
Indy had Thunder on the ropes in game 4. Thunder came back cuz thats what chip winning teams do. They figured it out.
Hali is built like MIkal but is missing the “it” gene when it comes to durability. Making warm up shots vs. lateral movement with a strained calf in real time is not indicative of a mentally soft player. This fucker too many times is ice cold downt the stretch to warrant him as mentally checked out. He is injured. He should sit if he can’t make shots. Remember Ewing and the finger roll vs. dunk? Patrick was hurt and played too much. True warrior and we celebrated that but he has admitted he hurt the teams at times by playing. Haliburtern is a douche. But at least respect what he has done to now.
Naw, f that and f Hali and f Indy. Act like a B, get treated like a B. You reap...
NYStateOfMind wrote:Naw, f that and f Hali and f Indy. Act like a B, get treated like a B. You reap...
Talk the talk, better walk the walk. He deserves to get demolished.
EwingsGlass wrote:NYStateOfMind wrote:Naw, f that and f Hali and f Indy. Act like a B, get treated like a B. You reap...
Talk the talk, better walk the walk. He deserves to get demolished.
Maybe the path to enlightenment is thru humility. The Karma of shit talking and over exuberance comes back him?
He comes off disrespectful to his peers with his display. Its ok to "feel it" and be empowered but this dude over does it.
He needs to watch tape of Clyde and "Be Cool".
Jalen seems to contain his emotions on both sides. I admire that of him.
VDesai wrote:Hali is a good player, but he throws in a dud like this far too often. Just invisible. Jalen might push too hard on a bad shooting night, but he is always gonna be aggressive and has managed to salvage a lot of games Really weird player. He is the definition of a momentum player. He turns it up another notch when things are already going well.
In my neck of the woods we call that...front runner
Obi going for 50 tonight.
Pre-game handshakes or whatever you call them have become the cringiest thing in the NBA.
Please basketball gods… zero buckets for Tyrese. You know it would be hysterical.
Is Jaylen Williams becoming the best player in the NBA?
Reggie looking like Golem on the sideline.
The only conclusion I can come to is that OKC needs to fire their coach tonight. - Leon, probably.
Obi really playing his best ball
Hali must have been SO HURT —— just a remarkable comeback from life threatening bogus calf injury in 48 hours.
ToddTT wrote:Obi going for 50 tonight.
I didn’t flinch when we moved Obi for 2 seconds because we were kind of programmed it was going to go down for cap space and Thibs kind of kept him in a defined box.
I have to say I could not be more proud of Obi for how he has continued to evolve and improve his game.
This was a skinny 6’8” kid who played as a center for small school and really couldn’t shoot from range early on.
Today Obi is showing a lightening quick release from 3 with a high rate of success and the kid is defending and playing more physical around the rim - defending, rebounding in traffic.
Maybe most underrated part of his game is he is a low turnover guy who can expedite the ball up the floor without constant TO’s - he’s super safe with the ball.
He’s better with the ball than all 3 of our starting wings —- not even an argument in that point as our guys need a knife and fork to dribble.
