Game 70 Pacers (37-29) @ Wolves (40-29)

gandlogo · Post #61 » by **gandlogo** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:06 am

The Pacers swing by Life Time to fill out their roster and walk out winners. Play-in game elimination incoming.

Loaf_of_bread · Post #62 » by **Loaf_of_bread** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:11 am

life_saver wrote:Just a bad game from Ant decision making wise. He was unstoppable while driving but just kept on going to stepback 3 even when it was not working all night. Until Ant's decision making late in the game improves, Wolves are gonna keep having losses like this

Ant thinks he is better than he is.

winforlose · Post #63 » by **winforlose** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:16 am

They spent the 4th and overtime missing all 5 starters and we lost. What other loss can compare to that?

FrenchMinnyFan · Post #64 » by **FrenchMinnyFan** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:16 am

Finch have to start coaching Ant or some issues will happen all the time. Also Toppin was red hot and we never think to double team him? Coach was not good tonight.

life_saver · Post #65 » by **life_saver** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:19 am

winforlose wrote:They spent the 4th and overtime missing all 5 starters and we lost. What other loss can compare to that?

not to mention how they were up by 4 pts multiple times during late in 4th Qtr & OT but Ant kept on going for stepback 3 when he was unstoppable driving into paint...just horrific decision making all around. This loss might end up being the reason for not avoiding play-in

Neeva · Post #66 » by **Neeva** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:19 am

winforlose wrote:Chris Finch should… resign.

He never has the team ready against lotto teams or teams missing key starters, same **** every season.

Neeva · Post #67 » by **Neeva** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:20 am

FrenchMinnyFan wrote:Finch have to start coaching Ant or some issues will happen all the time. Also Toppin was red hot and we never think to double team him? Coach was not good tonight.

Finch is a diservice to Wolves fans and Ant, smh. We have lost a dozen or more of these games because of bad coaching.

younggunsmn · Post #68 » by **younggunsmn** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:21 am

FrenchMinnyFan wrote:Finch have to start coaching Ant or some issues will happen all the time. Also Toppin was red hot and we never think to double team him? Coach was not good tonight.

He was getting wide open shots because Julius Randle couldn't contain on the pick and roll and it collapsed our defense.
Their guards spent the whole night in our paint.

And Ant's crunch time decision making is going to get a lot of coaches and executives fired during his career.
Combine him with someone as equally bad as Randle,
I'm surprised Finch still has a job, and that's not a knock on him.
I would have closed with Reid over Randle, but thats just me and theres no guarantee that leads to a different result.

IMHO the fact that a team with this low of a BBIQ is 10 games over .500 is a testament to the coaching staff.
You can only coach so much dumb out of players.

life_saver · Post #69 » by **life_saver** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:29 am

you'd think atleast 1 of these shots has to go in at some point of time...this is the reason why this team is gonna end up in play-in rather than 2nd/3rd seed

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younggunsmn · Post #70 » by **younggunsmn** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:33 am

Over/under on how many points Zion scores the next 2 games against us?
80?
100?

FrenchMinnyFan · Post #71 » by **FrenchMinnyFan** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:34 am

ANT is bad at clutch, we all know that. He may become good or not but right now he is just not ready. Coach are so scare to manage big ego star that it's very unlikely to change.

TimberKat · Post #72 » by **TimberKat** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:45 am

younggunsmn wrote:Over/under on how many points Zion scores the next 2 games against us?
80?
100?

110. If Naz and Randle sits 35.

Post #73 » by **Domejandro** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:53 am

_AIJ_ wrote:
Domejandro wrote:The Clutch Time Terrorist strikes again!

Hating on a guy who resurrected this dumbass franchise. nice

Yes, I am absolutely “hating on” the guy who has choked away well over a dozen games down-the-stretch with his ball-hogging and low basketball IQ. Don’t care how talented Anthony Edwards is, he shouldn’t get a pass for playing horribly game after game.

Neeva · Post #74 » by **Neeva** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:54 am

Domejandro wrote:
_AIJ_ wrote:
Domejandro wrote:The Clutch Time Terrorist strikes again!

Hating on a guy who resurrected this dumbass franchise. nice

Yes, I am absolutely “hating on” the guy who has choked away well over a dozen games down-the-stretch with his ball-hogging and low basketball IQ. Don’t care how talented Anthony Edwards is, he shouldn’t get a pass for playing horribly game after game.

Well the head coach does nothing to correct his bad habits…
When wolves get a competent head coach(hopefully soon) wolves will realize they wasted a third of Ant/Naz/Mcd’s career on such a horribly mid coach.

winforlose · Post #75 » by **winforlose** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 4:12 am

We lost the 2nd quarter 30-16. That was inexcusable. If you don’t dig yourself a hole, you don’t have to dig yourself out.

FrenchMinnyFan · Post #76 » by **FrenchMinnyFan** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 4:21 am

I think the only good news tonight is that Mike play fairly well. Also do not understand how a guy who shoot 52% last 25 games at 3 take only 3 shoots when ANT can't hit a 3 tonight. Specially at clutch time. Mike hit the only 3 in OT to give us the lead and then did not see the ball anymore. Annoying.

TimberKat · Post #77 » by **TimberKat** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 4:24 am

That most inexcusable Ant shot was the pull up 3 when the lane was wide open. He made the layup, we won.

winforlose · Post #78 » by **winforlose** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 4:29 am

TimberKat wrote:That most inexcusable Ant shot was the pull up 3 when the lane was wide open. He made the layup, we won.

No, strongly disagree. The most inexcusable Ant shot was on the inbound with 4.6 left in the fourth. Jaden is literally wide open with only one other player on that side of the floor guarding Randle by the basket. Jaden takes two dribbles and is at the rim for a dunk, could pull up and hit is middy or dish to JR for an easy layin. Instead Ant dribbles to the elbow and takes a double teamed off balance 3. That was beyond selfish and stupid. That was down right despicable.

life_saver · Post #79 » by **life_saver** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 4:45 am

What makes this loss even more annoying is that Warriors finally lost today but Wolves failed to make up ground

TimberKat · Post #80 » by **TimberKat** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 4:47 am

winforlose wrote:
TimberKat wrote:That most inexcusable Ant shot was the pull up 3 when the lane was wide open. He made the layup, we won.

No, strongly disagree. The most inexcusable Ant shot was on the inbound with 4.6 left in the fourth. Jaden is literally wide open with only one other player on that side of the floor guarding Randle by the basket. Jaden takes two dribbles and is at the rim for a dunk, could pull up and hit is middy or dish to JR for an easy layin. Instead Ant dribbles to the elbow and takes a double teamed off balance 3. That was beyond selfish and stupid. That was down right despicable.

Yes, I don't know if he could make the pass. Although he had no intention to pass. I think the OT play pass to Randle was what they should had done instead. Basically, Ant shouldn't be the first guy touch the ball.