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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
7:00 PM EST
TNT
Bankers Life Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN


Indiana Pacers

(56-26) 1st in Central Division, 1st in Eastern Conference - Down in series 0-1

Starting 5


Rotation
PG - George Hill | CJ Watson | Donald Sloan
SG - Lance Stephenson | Evan Turner | Rasual Butler
SF - Paul George | Chris Copeland | Solomon Hill
PF - David West | Luis Scola
C - Roy Hibbert | Ian Mahinmi

Stat Leaders
Points - Paul George, 21.7
Rebounds - Lance Stephenson, 7.2
Assists - Lance Stephenson, 4.6
Steals - Paul George, 1.9
Blocks - Roy Hibbert, 2.3

Atlanta Hawks

(38-44) 3rd in Southeast Division, 8th in Eastern Conference - Leading Series 1-0

Starting 5


Rotation
PG - Jeff Teague | Shelvin Mack | Dennis Schroeder
SG - Kyle Korver | Louis Williams
SF - DeMarre Carroll | Cartier Martin
PF - Paul Millsap | Mike Scott
C - Pero Antic | Elton Brand | Mike Muscala

Stat Leaders
Points - Al Horford, 18.6
Rebounds - Paul Millsap, 8.5
Assists - Jeff Teague, 6.7
Steals - Paul Millsap, 1.7
Blocks - Al Horford, 1.5

Injury Reports
Andrew Bynum - Knee, Out
Al Horford - Chest, Out for season
Gustavo ayon - Shoulder, Out for season
John Jenkins - Back, Out for season

Tradition

Thanks Jake!

Well, if we don't win this than it has all been for nothing for sure. I hope we see some proper changes made tonight, I don't even mind if it is in personnel or not, I just want to see more extra passes and open looks on offense and not see Hibbert chase down Antic all the time.

Must win.

Vogel also hinted at a change in strategy for game 2. Hopefully that means Watson is starting, Copeland gets playing time, and PG guards Teague.

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thank you Jake!

Hibbert says they are ready to roll now.... let's see it.

Advice from an NYK fan: Play Copeland!

Jake0890 wrote:Must win.

Vogel also hinted at a change in strategy for game 2. Hopefully that means Watson is starting, Copeland gets playing time, and PG guards Teague.

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And hopefully Hibbert pulls his finger out.

Jake0890 wrote:Must win.

Vogel also hinted at a change in strategy for game 2. Hopefully that means Watson is starting, Copeland gets playing time, and PG guards Teague.

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If all these changes are made, we will crush them.

Jake0890 wrote:Must win.

Vogel also hinted at a change in strategy for game 2. Hopefully that means Watson is starting, Copeland gets playing time, and PG guards Teague.

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So the starting lineup will be Hill, Watson, Stephenson, George and West? If PG guards Teague who guards Millsap?
If Teague gets past PG (and you know he will) who protects the rim? West will still have to be on the perimeter to guard Antic?

jayu70 wrote:

Jake0890 wrote:Must win.

Vogel also hinted at a change in strategy for game 2. Hopefully that means Watson is starting, Copeland gets playing time, and PG guards Teague.

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So the starting lineup will be Hill, Watson, Stephenson, George and West? If PG guards Teague who guards Millsap?
If Teague gets past PG (and you know he will) who protects the rim? West will still have to be on the perimeter to guard Antic?

Not sure how you arrived at that conclusion? If Watson starts he will be replacing George Hill (or Stephenson).

EuroPacer wrote:

jayu70 wrote:

Jake0890 wrote:Must win.

Vogel also hinted at a change in strategy for game 2. Hopefully that means Watson is starting, Copeland gets playing time, and PG guards Teague.

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So the starting lineup will be Hill, Watson, Stephenson, George and West? If PG guards Teague who guards Millsap?
If Teague gets past PG (and you know he will) who protects the rim? West will still have to be on the perimeter to guard Antic?

Not sure how you arrived at that conclusion? If Watson starts he will be replacing George Hill (or Stephenson).

Because I saw an article (ESPN I think) that suggested going small having PG playing PF and DWest C.

jayu70 wrote:

EuroPacer wrote:

jayu70 wrote:
So the starting lineup will be Hill, Watson, Stephenson, George and West? If PG guards Teague who guards Millsap?
If Teague gets past PG (and you know he will) who protects the rim? West will still have to be on the perimeter to guard Antic?

Not sure how you arrived at that conclusion? If Watson starts he will be replacing George Hill (or Stephenson).

Because I saw an article (ESPN I think) that suggested going small having PG playing PF and DWest C.

I don't see that happening at all

If it was ESPN than that is your answer!

I don't think he will have PG play the four, ever. What I could see happening is Lavoy starting over Hibbert to match Antic a lot better. But I think that will be a step too far for Vogel. I can see him start CJ over Hill or Stephenson and mix the rotation up more. Whatever it is, the key for me is that we go back to what we were in our best games this season, an extra-pass, extra tough team.

Roy Hibbert throws the ball away on dunk, David West forces up a bad shot in the post. The camera angles are bad and the commentators are boring. This is bad.

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They're playing like cowards. L. Allen should be in.

To be fair, Atlanta is hitting everything. Lou Williams hit a turnaround fadeaway 3 at the end of the shot clock over Mahinmi and then hit a floater while contested by Mahinmi. They just can't do any wrong.

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^^It certainly feels that way.

I miss Granger a lot.

I stand corrected. It IS that way.

Just hard to sit here an watch this game

I missed the first quarter due to GameTime telling me it would start 1am... Looks like we made no significant changes, did we?

EuroPacer wrote:I missed the first quarter due to GameTime telling me it would start 1am... Looks like we made no significant changes, did we?

More switches on picks. Other than that, no.

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