Game 20, Pacers vs. Thunder

Post #1 » by **Jake0890** » Sun Dec 8, 2013 8:22 pm

VS.

Indiana Pacers, 18-2, 1st in Central Division, 1st in Eastern Conference
Oklahoma City Thunder, 14-4, 2nd in Northwest Division, 3rd in Western Conference

December 8, 2013
7:00 PM
Chesapeake Energy Arena - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Lineups
Pacers
PG - George Hill/CJ Watson/Donald Sloan
SG - Lance Stephenson/Orlando Johnson/Rasual Butler
SF - Paul George/Chris Copeland/Solomon Hill
PF - David West/Luis Scola
C - Roy Hibbert/Ian Mahinmi

Thunder
PG - Russell Westbrook/Reggie Jackson/Derek Fisher
SG - Thabo Sefolosha/Jeremy Lamb
SF - Kevin Durant/Ryan Gomes/Andre Roberson
PF - Serge Ibaka/Nick Collison/Perry Jones
C - Kendrick Perkins/Steven Adams/Hasheem Thabeet

The battle for the second best wing in the league: Kevin Durant vs. Paul George.

mikepacernation · Post #2 » by **mikepacernation** » Sun Dec 8, 2013 9:01 pm

This game will be even more tougher then last nights against the spurs

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EuroPacer · Post #3 » by **EuroPacer** » Sun Dec 8, 2013 9:23 pm

Yup, if we win this I am genuinely going to drink a bottle of vodka to celebrate.

mikepacernation · Post #4 » by **mikepacernation** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 12:46 am

The pacers just aren't ready for the thunder...

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Post #5 » by **Miller4ever** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 12:48 am

Yeah, no time to practice or anything, just sleep and look at some film. There was less than 20 hours between the Spurs game and tip-off here.

I look for the Pacers to make a push out of the locker room in the second half. If that happens, they are on their way to making this game interesting.

Js2k0516 · Post #6 » by **Js2k0516** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 1:53 am

Damn, you guys have no fans. (Atleast on this site)

mikepacernation · Post #7 » by **mikepacernation** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 2:12 am

Js2k0516 wrote:Damn, you guys have no fans. (Atleast on this site)

is that a problem?

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Js2k0516 · Post #8 » by **Js2k0516** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 2:22 am

mikepacernation wrote:
Js2k0516 wrote:Damn, you guys have no fans. (Atleast on this site)
is that a problem?

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Yes it is, best record in the league, playing the Thunder, and only 5post in a game thread JESUS.

Il check back in 3days for a response.

mikepacernation · Post #9 » by **mikepacernation** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 2:29 am

Js2k0516 wrote:
mikepacernation wrote:
Js2k0516 wrote:Damn, you guys have no fans. (Atleast on this site)
is that a problem?

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Yes it is, best record in the league, playing the Thunder, and only 5post in a game thread JESUS.

Il check back in 3days for a response.

okay man we will be waiting here for ya

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MillerTheKiller · Post #10 » by **MillerTheKiller** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 2:37 am

Js2k0516 wrote:
mikepacernation wrote:
Js2k0516 wrote:Damn, you guys have no fans. (Atleast on this site)
is that a problem?

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Yes it is, best record in the league, playing the Thunder, and only 5post in a game thread JESUS.

Il check back in 3days for a response.

I'd prefer it to be like this rather than a bunch on bandwagoners here.

mikepacernation · Post #11 » by **mikepacernation** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 3:04 am

MillerTheKiller wrote:
Js2k0516 wrote:
mikepacernation wrote: is that a problem?

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Yes it is, best record in the league, playing the Thunder, and only 5post in a game thread JESUS.

Il check back in 3days for a response.

I'd prefer it to be like this rather than a bunch on bandwagoners here.

that it very true we all know a lot about the pacers and we can all actually talk about them instead of dumb people coming in here that have no clue about them

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Post #12 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 3:14 am

Js2k0516 wrote:
mikepacernation wrote:
Js2k0516 wrote:Damn, you guys have no fans. (Atleast on this site)
is that a problem?

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Yes it is, best record in the league, playing the Thunder, and only 5post in a game thread JESUS.

Il check back in 3days for a response.

Thanks for your brilliant insight.

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mikepacernation · Post #13 » by **mikepacernation** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 4:03 am

Js2k0516 wrote:
mikepacernation wrote:
Js2k0516 wrote:Damn, you guys have no fans. (Atleast on this site)
is that a problem?

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Yes it is, best record in the league, playing the Thunder, and only 5post in a game thread JESUS.

Il check back in 3days for a response.

I looked on the thunder thread and they didn't even have a game thread

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SmashMouthRod · Post #14 » by **SmashMouthRod** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 4:21 am

mikepacernation wrote:
MillerTheKiller wrote:
Js2k0516 wrote:
Yes it is, best record in the league, playing the Thunder, and only 5post in a game thread JESUS.

Il check back in 3days for a response.

I'd prefer it to be like this rather than a bunch on bandwagoners here.
that it very true we all know a lot about the pacers and we can all actually talk about them instead of dumb people coming in here that have no clue about them

Agreed 100% I always watch the game before I comment on it. I didnt take much away from this game other than the guys looked tired. A growing trend seems to be that the bench didnt provide much outside of Scola and Watson. I think that Sloan should play more mins than OJ. Push Watson to the 2; at least they would likely score more points. They may present a mismatch but the bench scoring and energy would improve.

Hill/Sloan
Stephenson/Watson
George/Granger/Solo
West/Scola/Cope
Hibbert/Mahinmi

spearsy23 · Post #15 » by **spearsy23** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 4:21 am

mikepacernation wrote:
Js2k0516 wrote:
mikepacernation wrote: is that a problem?

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Yes it is, best record in the league, playing the Thunder, and only 5post in a game thread JESUS.

Il check back in 3days for a response.
I looked on the thunder thread and they didn't even have a game thread

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I think there might be 5 people who regularly post on our forum and we never have game threads. Still, those of us who ARE there are every bit as knowledgeable and behind our team as you guys are

As an aside, I really like your team, here's to a dream finals matchup! :beer:

mikepacernation · Post #16 » by **mikepacernation** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 4:23 am

spearsy23 wrote:
mikepacernation wrote:
Js2k0516 wrote:
Yes it is, best record in the league, playing the Thunder, and only 5post in a game thread JESUS.

Il check back in 3days for a response.
I looked on the thunder thread and they didn't even have a game thread

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I think there might be 5 people who regularly post on our forum and we never have game threads. Still, those of us who ARE there are every bit as knowledgeable and behind our team as you guys are

As an aside, I really like your team, here's to a dream finals matchup!

see it doesn't take a whole bunch of people to make a good team thread a couple guys who actually know what they are taking about is fine!

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whitehops · Post #17 » by **whitehops** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 7:06 am

this is a brutal three-game stretch. SAS, OKC and MIA all in a row?

then there's the bobcats, then another tough stretch with the pistons/heat/rockets.

you guys are in for some real basketball.

Post #18 » by **Miller4ever** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 8:51 am

The only real brutal game was the OKC one, since we were heading into it with 20 hours between the buzzer in San Antonio and the tip-off in Oklahoma City against a fresh team. It may have looked like we played okay for stretches, but our defense was not anywhere as good as it could have been. Expect to see a motivated team on Tuseday.

We also won't have any back-to-backs for a while, so we won't be able to fall back on that as an excuse if we lose again anytime soon.

EuroPacer · Post #19 » by **EuroPacer** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 8:56 am

Brutal first half, pretty clear that energy levels were very low, but excellent job by the OKC to capitalise on it.

Shooting 0-9 from the 3 point arc to begin the game with doesn't help. Stephenson struggled immensely throughout. But you can't single him out as I felt almost the entire team was playing weak ball except for a certain mister George.

Getting out-rebounded 46-29 doesn't help either. Having said that, TOs were relatively low. Did I say George played well?

That is enough of a review, tough back to back, can't blame the guys for getting outhustled.

Wizop · Post #20 » by **Wizop** » Mon Dec 9, 2013 2:44 pm

I post here precisely because there are a limited number of knowledgeable people here. we have a high signal to noise ratio unlike other Pacer sites. that said, the is a RealGM forum and so it is busiest in the times of the year when roster moves are likely. as our roster is set, there isn't all that much GM stuff to discuss right now. don't measure our interest by game threads. we tend to watch the games and then post afterwards. not much to post about this one though as 5 games in 9 nights left us without enough gas to compete against a very good team at their place.