Game Thread 03/10: Pacers vs. 76ers

Post #1 » by **boomershadow** » Sat Mar 9, 2019 7:05 pm

The Pacers will play their most important game yet this season on Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia. The game will air nationally on ABC, and rightly so, as this contest will have major ramifications on the Eastern Conference playoff race.

Indiana will enter the showdown at 42-24, a game ahead of the 76ers (41-25) for third place in the East.

The winner of Sunday's contest will in all likelihood secure the head-to-head tiebreaker over the other. The Sixers have a 2-1 lead in the season series and will definitely have the tiebreaker if they win on Sunday. If the Pacers win and force a split in the season series, the next tiebreaker is conference record. Indiana is currently 29-14 against Eastern Conference opponents, two games better than Philadelphia (23-16) in the loss column.

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https://www.nba.com/pacers/preview-pacers-76ers-190310

Vorda · Post #2 » by **Vorda** » Sat Mar 9, 2019 11:09 pm

Sabonis? Embiid? Who will play?

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Post #3 » by **boomershadow** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 1:06 am

Vorda wrote:Sabonis? Embiid? Who will play?

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Both listed as questionable. Haven't seen anything definitive on either yet.

ducler · Post #4 » by **ducler** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 5:17 pm

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Wizop · Post #5 » by **Wizop** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:11 pm

free throws!!!!

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BooomBaby · Post #6 » by **BooomBaby** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:19 pm

Let's go Indy! Playing great basketball and so glad to see my man Sabonis back.

gmc5032 · Post #7 » by **gmc5032** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:41 pm

Holiday looked good while he was in there in the 1st half. I wish Nate would play him more.

Post #8 » by **boomershadow** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 9:32 pm

This one is a real nail biter so far.

Post #9 » by **Miller4ever** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 9:57 pm

Sometimes the ball doesn't go in

Vorda · Post #10 » by **Vorda** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 10:11 pm

What just happened?

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DoubleEagle4 · Post #11 » by **DoubleEagle4** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 10:44 pm

I had to leave my house at halftime and didn’t have signal where I was. Looks like the 2nd half didn’t go well?!

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Post #12 » by **Jake0890** » Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:20 am

yikes.

Vorda · Post #13 » by **Vorda** » Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:25 am

Very soon we will be No 5... that is just our reality...

Post #14 » by **boomershadow** » Mon Mar 11, 2019 2:28 pm

Embiid is just unstoppable

Wizop · Post #15 » by **Wizop** » Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:05 pm

Vorda wrote:Very soon we will be No 5... that is just our reality...

we have two games left again Boston. if we win them both, we'll have a shot at 4. if not, I'd almost rather be 6 than 5.

Vorda · Post #16 » by **Vorda** » Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:42 pm

boomershadow wrote:Embiid is just unstoppable

We missed 14 FT... we played bad... thats why we lost

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Wizop · Post #17 » by **Wizop** » Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:48 pm

Vorda wrote:
boomershadow wrote:Embiid is just unstoppable

We missed 14 FT... we played bad... thats why we lost

While Embiid scored about the same number of points as we did down the stretch, the problem was not that he scored too much but that we scored too little. I agree with Vorda. I think we panicked a little when we got behind and that wouldn't have happened had we hit our free throws.

I suppose there is an argument that Embiid intimidated our bigs, or that Sabonis was rusty, or that Young used up his legs on defense, but you aren't going to win a lot of games missing free throws and layups.

Post #18 » by **pacers33granger** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:11 am

Wizop wrote:
Vorda wrote:Very soon we will be No 5... that is just our reality...

we have two games left again Boston. if we win them both, we'll have a shot at 4. if not, I'd almost rather be 6 than 5.

You'd rather play Philly than Boston? Philly is the better team and just has our number (mainly because our bigs are basically neutralized against Embiid).

Wizop · Post #19 » by **Wizop** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:28 am

pacers33granger wrote:
Wizop wrote:
Vorda wrote:Very soon we will be No 5... that is just our reality...

we have two games left again Boston. if we win them both, we'll have a shot at 4. if not, I'd almost rather be 6 than 5.

You'd rather play Philly than Boston? Philly is the better team and just has our number (mainly because our bigs are basically neutralized against Embiid).

I'd rather be in Toronto's bracket than Milwaukee's. almost.

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Post #20 » by **pacers33granger** » Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:29 am

Wizop wrote:
pacers33granger wrote:
Wizop wrote:
we have two games left again Boston. if we win them both, we'll have a shot at 4. if not, I'd almost rather be 6 than 5.

You'd rather play Philly than Boston? Philly is the better team and just has our number (mainly because our bigs are basically neutralized against Embiid).
I'd rather be in Toronto's bracket than Milwaukee's. almost.

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Eh I'm not sure we should be looking past the first round. We have a chance of beating Boston but not Philly imo.