Since there isn't always gamedays, I thought I'd make this thread so we have a place we can talk about the games if there isn't another thread to post in.
Anyone see last nights game? I missed it. First thing to that popped out at me when I looked at the box score is it looks like the combo of Hibbert, West and Hansbrough are still rebounding amazingly well. Only 3 games in but a nice sign so far.
Rough night for George going 0-4. He get locked down, or just have a bad game?
I forgot that missing Pacers games is the part I miss most about being back in the dorms. IU Cable doesn't get FSI (among other channels), NBALP blocks me from all locally televised games, and I don't want to go to the bars on a weeknight. I think our first nationally televised game is in January. Hope I can catch a few games before then.
I forgot that missing Pacers games is the part I miss most about being back in the dorms. IU Cable doesn't get FSI (among other channels), NBALP blocks me from all locally televised games, and I don't want to go to the bars on a weeknight. I think our first nationally televised game is in January. Hope I can catch a few games before then.
Wow, I thought this one was over. Looks like West is having a solid scoring game, although he only has 2 boards. And Hill just scored for hopefully the win.
We're not looking like a second/third seed team so far... Granger must be hurting us more than we thought. So much for the whole normal length training camp and preseason, our offense is ****ing terrible.
Stephenson probably had his best game as a pro, that's about the only highlight of the night. He should have been in the game instead of Augustin there in the end, but oh well. I'm gonna go on a limb and say that we could really use Danny. I'll admit I was wrong thinking that him being out wouldn't really pose that much of a problem.
Danny Granger is a valuable piece to the puzzle. As Gonzo said, we definitely don't look like a threat in the East at all right now. Luckily there's 80 games left.
I managed to catch the last 5 minutes of regulation and both overtimes at a bar across the street from a play I went to last night. What a frustrating game that was. It seemed like we had no idea how to execute. Anything going through West or Hibbert just went horribly wrong aside from West's floater, which still wasn't a good shot. George Hill seemed pretty healthy and made two good plays down the stretch, but the Kings defense really bothered him. Paul George had an excellent step-back jumper to seal the game, and really hit the boards hard. I'm also glad we had Lance Stephenson in there down the stretch. It's always nice having two playmakers in the game, and although his defense is still really bad, he tries. His jump shot looks entirely different and he looks like he's slimmed down some. You can tell he's less of a freight train now and that he believes every jump shot he takes will go in.
I didn't catch the crazy game against the Kings but I don't get how Roy Hibbert can only have 12 points and 10 rebounds in a double OT game. That's not an all-star performance.
And we need role players, not a bunch of mediocre guys that don't stand out. Oh and Hibbert is getting embarrassed by Duncan, we'll see how this max contract pans out.
So y'all's best player is out and you guys are surprised that the team doesn't look as good as they did last year? Huh?
The Pacers are a sum greater than their parts, but when the biggest part is missing there's obviously going to be a dropoff. Once Granger comes back everything will be fine.
^ there is a long held belief around these parts that Granger is not the teams best player, in fact it's up in the air if he is even the 2nd best player.
Hibbert looks like he played like shit.
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