Game Thread 03/13: Pacers vs. 76ers

[Jake0890]

The big takeaway here has to be Sabonis injury. If he can’t get back soon Booker and Al Jeff are gonna have to step up. Leaf may also have to get back into the rotation.

maybe even Ike.

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I shudder...

Really don’t think he’s ready yet. Maybe there’s a mad ants player we’ll see get a 10 day?

[Wizop]

maybe even Ike.

I shudder...

Really don’t think he’s ready yet. Maybe there’s a mad ants player we’ll see get a 10 day?

only realistic moves would be to cut a 2 way and sign a new one or cut Poythress.

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[kuclas]

As sixers fan. Feel Pacers would beat sixers in a 7 game series. Even with oladipo playing like crap. They still win. Thought the sixers would win the game tonight since they haven’t lost at home in 2018. But Indiana lead basically the entire way and I didn’t feel Indiana shot the ball well especially after the 1st quarter.

Sixers Achilles hell all season is their turnovers. 21-9 Turnover margin tonight. That’s the game there. Cause Indiana didn’t shoot well tonight. It was the turnovers.

[Jake0890]

They announced Sabonis x Rays are NEGATIVE.

Good news.

[cruwinas]

They announced Sabonis x Rays are NEGATIVE.

Good news.

Good news.

But timing still sucks. He never had ankle problems before, hopefully he heels fast.

Impressed by last two wins.

[boomershadow]

I think Turner has been looking a lot better lately. Doing some of the things we heard KP tell the media he was hoping to see Turner improve on. Contested rebounds. Being physical inside. Trying to use his post game more. He's knocked down some 3s also.

[JermaineOYea]

Myles Turner's confidence is sky high right now. Pretty special to watch him grow in front of our eyes like this.

I tell ya though, the Pacers are figuring out many many ways to win games. It's extremely impressive. Might not always be pretty, but man if it isn't impressive. Gonna come in handy come playoff time.

[winter_mute_13]

Sixers Achilles hell all season is their turnovers. 21-9 Turnover margin tonight. That’s the game there. Cause Indiana didn’t shoot well tonight. It was the turnovers.

Pacers are pretty good at forcing turnovers (4th in the league). But I just checked and the Sixers are LAST in the league in turnovers. Yikes.

It could be just a function of playing young guys heavy minutes. Simmons and Embiid are TO machines. They'll get better I think.

Saric always seems to kill us so it's nice to get a win despite him and Embiid going off.

[winter_mute_13]

If Sabonis misses time, Al Jeff will see the court. Not a time for the raw young dudes right now. But hopefully Domas is fine.

[Vorda]

Great win... First Boston and Philly last night... and Dipo played bad game for him... Bojan to... but everybody are ready... there is no injury... we have good bench... Raptors are next... if we win that will make a huge step for PO position...

[AussiePacer]

Huge win!

[Kolkmania]

Sixers Achilles hell all season is their turnovers. 21-9 Turnover margin tonight. That’s the game there. Cause Indiana didn’t shoot well tonight. It was the turnovers.

Pacers are pretty good at forcing turnovers (4th in the league). But I just checked and the Sixers are LAST in the league in turnovers. Yikes.

It could be just a function of playing young guys heavy minutes. Simmons and Embiid are TO machines. They'll get better I think.

Saric always seems to kill us so it's nice to get a win despite him and Embiid going off.

It's the result of having zero guys who can shoot off the dribble. We can't run P&R's like you can with Oladipo, Joseph, Collison and even Stephenson at times. Therefore we're way too dependent on three point shooting, transition and post offense (which are turnover prone plays).

Came here to see how Sabonis is doing, glad to hear he's fine, great player to watch because of his BB IQ. Congratulations with the win.

[Pacers_Freak]

Great win against a very good team. As the sixer poster mentioned we did not shoot the ball well and still found a way to win. How about Boogie making a heads up play at the end of the game! Quite a change of course for him. Hope Sabonis heals quickly. We need him come playoff time. In the meantime Big Al is gonna have to lay off the fried chicken for a couple of weeks and give us some minutes. This team continues to impress me.