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Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Go Pacers :toot:

Try not to get blown out

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Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Typical JVG, a bad call on the Cavs is an injustice against the world, then has no comment with that bad call.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Athanatos posted:

Bad calls on both sides, at least it's even junky.

As junky as the Pacers defense looks.

Ellis and Teague both seem rather disinterested in playing, that's not great.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Tae posted:

Dunced on guys are doing live commentary if you want to listen to actual basketball people instead of mark jackson: https://www.pscp.tv/NateDuncanNBA/1mrGmePbojMGy

This is a nice compliment to the game, wish the periscope app on browsers could adjust volume though.


Tae posted:

The Pacers are going to lose the series because they have no one to guard Irving when the non-lebron line-up is out

Aaron Brooks/Seraphim will be pickNrolled to death for no effort.

Yeah, having a single good perimeter defender on the entire team is something a good GM would have fixed when Solomon Hill left. There's not a whole lot Nate can do.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Aaron Brooks is so bad defensively, he should not be playing a minute in this series and Miles should be the starting SG.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Teague is suffering some speed and jumping from that ankle and it really kills the few good things he can do.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Brolander posted:

Teague beleaguered, fatigued?

He rolled his ankle in the last game of the season in the final 2 minutes. He's able to play but his prime skillset is being fast so it's hurting any offense and his already poor defense.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.



Codependent Poster posted:

I'm gonna miss PG when he's traded to the Lakers.

Lakers don't want him, he's not good enough.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.



This is fun but Korver destroys the Pacers no matter what team he is on, I expect him to come in and bomb 3-4 straight 3's and end the game.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.



pubic works project posted:

So when is Nate McMillan going to realize that Teague can't guard LeBron?

I mean, what are his options? The team is filled with poor defenders, this is where Solomon Hill is sorely missed because you can just switch off of PG and every other option is great for Lebron if Young is out of the game.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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pubic works project posted:

Fire Larry for letting him go.

I mean, I can't blame Larry for not picking up his option at the time it could have been. BUT, if he is leaving then you loving replace him with a perimeter defender. It's not like a no-offensive defensive player like Hill would have been hard to find.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Also the Grizz are led by the Extreme Gentleman Mike Conley.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Teague is going to have to get healthy between games, which probably ain't happening. If GRIII can come back then hopefully that takes away all of Brooks minutes.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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George is gonna have to settle for a lovely shot, I have seen the future.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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lol Nate is so bad, though it's not like there were some great shooters on the bench.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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People are giving PG poo poo for not passing to Lance under the basket, but that's a very tough pass to get past Lebron and if it DOES get past him, Lance has 2 guys smothering him. That's on Lance for not flashing up.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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I think it's a basketball net. The Raps going to the Final Four??

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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oof

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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gently caress yeah Go Grizz

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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I hope IT scores 70, man this is rough.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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PG has had to deal with a ton of crap in Indy about not being selfish enough and not being a leader, that's why he answered the way he did. He made the right pass, CJ had a decent shot, it just didn't go down. They gotta have something to talk about though, and that's more exciting than the return of GRIII.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Panzeh posted:

Watching Monta Ellis stand in a corner getting no respect from the defense is hilarious. I have no idea why they're playing him if he's just going to be standing in the corner. Why not use him with the bench unit?

The Pacers don't have any shooters or defenders, there is nobody besides Miles or George that you actually have to defend at the 3pt line.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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5 point deficit ain't bad considering the Cavs just shot open 3's all half.

Problem is, they will shoot open 3's all 2nd half.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Finger injuries are a bitch, Turner hurt his in April and hasn't shot the same since.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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AggressivelyStupid posted:

lol what foul, Thad got denied by the rim

Actually this is a foul

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Imagine if Monte Ellis was replaced by even an average shooting SG. This team would be so much better, instead Nate keeps Miles on the bench and Ellis sits out there useless with starter minutes next to a PG that can't shoot.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Gosh I don't know Nate, maybe your backup SG can't guard Love, just a thought. Feel free to make some kind of adjustment.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Ghost Dog posted:

how are the pacers not just absuing the poo poo out of the cavs for their slow rear end rotations on trapping. they are the laziest, slowest defensive team and they look like the loving bucks vs this team lmao

Well I mean, do you think they are going to pass to Lavoy Allen out of the trap and he's going to do work? He's Lavoy Allen. This Cavs defense isn't good, but they can sag off of almost all the Pacers players. Even Thad Young can't shoot since he came back from a wrist injury.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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milk milk lemonade posted:

I'm way behind cause I paused but holy poo poo Lavoy Allen is still in the NBA?!

Yeah he's maybe a 12th man that Pacers fans really want to be an 8th man because GRIT and HUSTLE. He'll fail to box out, play poo poo defense, but then hit an elbow jumper and we'll all swoon.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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It was a fun run, but now time for the Cavs to bomb a few 3's and end it.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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lmao really? You are going to give them the flop when the game is already over?

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Oh great, now I can watch the Grizz lose to the Spurs for an ultimate bad night.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Pacers will thankfully be starting Miles at SG tonight, so the Cavs will have to guard TWO players from shooting on the perimeter. Of course this now creates a Monta-Lance bench rotation situation which is...less good.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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A lesson in leadership, by Charles Barkley.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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I've been made to dance

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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We'll see if it can keep up when Monta replaces Teague, but the passing in the first quarter was really good.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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:stare:

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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Odd that Turner is playing so much tougher and better tonight, what with a terrible leader that threw him under the bus.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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The rare double block.

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Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

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I want to hope that the Cavs beat the Warriors again but this defense is soooo bad.

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