2014 NBA EC Finals: IND (1) vs MIA (2)

[Left Side Drive]

If you told me the Pacers would only be 3 games away from reaching the finals after their early series with hawks id be shocked.

Am I weird for thinking that the Pacers were always going to make it this far? Wizards have no "playoff experience" and the Heat are a match up the Pacers are always up for.

It's not weird thinking that it's just after the way pacers played the past few months including the Hawks series I just didn't believe this team would even make it out of semifinals. What should of been the worst #1 seed in recent times is actually looking much better now.

I honestly think the team was coasting the last few weeks of the season. And even in the first round for a bit.

However, I can't explain why Hibbert was putting double zero games because even if you were coasting it's not really ideal to completely embarrass yourself

[cavs4life03]

to tell you the truth i knew this pacers werent scared of the heat but man they came out on a mission yesterday. They played like an unit something we havent seen in months and they seem to be on the same page and thats trying to win a ship. If they are clicking right now is the perfect time. And like others have said game 2 is huge if indy wins it theyll put a lot of pressure on the heat and we all know indiana can win in miami.

[will]

Good matchup.

[SunsRback4Good]

Am I weird for thinking that the Pacers were always going to make it this far? Wizards have no "playoff experience" and the Heat are a match up the Pacers are always up for.

It's not weird thinking that it's just after the way pacers played the past few months including the Hawks series I just didn't believe this team would even make it out of semifinals. What should of been the worst #1 seed in recent times is actually looking much better now.

I honestly think the team was coasting the last few weeks of the season. And even in the first round for a bit.

However, I can't explain why Hibbert was putting double zero games because even if you were coasting it's not really ideal to completely embarrass yourself

Hibbert was saving himself for the Heat series and decided a vacation was needed even when on the court the first two rounds.

[ZUDAMAGIC]

impressive performance from the pacers. David west just did whatever he wanted today and the shooting was just lights out.

Its over pacers in 5 ..they'll bless heat game 4 to close it at home

[Tuff Gong]

pacers HAD to win game 1 to have a chance in the series. Opposed to the heat who can still win in 6 regardless.

but now game 2 becomes huge for indy, if the pacers can go up 2-0 they will put big pressure on miami going back to south beach.

as far as indy being back i think their rivalry with the heat will keep them from sucking. Much like Chicago the pacers get up to play miami, unlike Chicago the pacers got health.

I agree. This series will be a dogfight. Indy may not be clicking like yesterday every game, but I don't think they will put up a stinker like the past couple series either.

What really irks me is the idea of the Pacers making it to the Finals. They've had their sights so solely set on Miami for so long and figuring out specifically how to beat Miami (rather than figuring out how to be great) that they would get embarrassed in the Finals. This is their championship right now

They're pretty much a lock to be swept.

[ZUDAMAGIC]

Also, that crowd was ****ing amazing tonight.

Seriously, you don't see a crowd like that in the NBA often.

Boost Toronto, gsw, okc portland all better by far

[freakon0mics]

Obviously every game in the series is a must win but Game 2 is really important for both teams. Heat can't go down 0-2 and Pacers need to win out both games at at home before they head down to Miami.

[greg4012]

Also, that crowd was ****ing amazing tonight.

Seriously, you don't see a crowd like that in the NBA often.

Boost Toronto, gsw, okc portland all better by far

Seriously. Maybe the Pacers crowd isn't usually very good, but many NBA arenas have similar (if not better) crowds, especially in the playoffs.

I've noticed Indy fans in particular tend to get down on things related to their squad at the first sign of trouble, but also tend to over-value anything related to their squad at the drop of a dime. On their other forum, I saw one of their fans comparing Paul George to prime Kobe, and others saying the Pacers have the positional advantage against the Heat at every spot but SF (which they stated was close)

[Sign5]

Miami fans were really confident coming into this
Series. Now you can see the subtle signs of nervousness... I can't wait to see how this series plays out

Not even close to being nervous, if the Heat take game 2 then it's the perfect situation. They take "HCA" and have momentum going back to South Beach. This isn't the first time this Heat big 3 era were down in a series.

[matt6715]

I think the key was George Hill showing up and putting tons of pressure on the Heat... He seems to be the weakest link of that starting 5 and when he sets the tone like he did in game 1 they are hard to beat

[teh_nick]

Pacers easily will beat western champion in the Finals.

[Dupas]

Pacers easily will beat western champion in the Finals.

so they won the first game of the series , game 1 that the opponent always plays like crap while shooting the best they ve did in the whole playoffs and perhaps the season and the heat was in the game late into the 4th while playing the worst game from the defense side ive ever seen.
I feel good about this loss , just come with sense of urgency and actually CONTEST the shots. Heat in 5

[Wizop]

Um no considering that you can't do that. The ref clearly called a technical despite the replay showing that Chalmers didn't say anything after the call. So how could his demeanor have determine a technical should be called?

not all technicals are based on demeanor. some technicals are sort of a flagrant zero. in any event, the key in these situations with the current replay rules is to call something that lets them go to the monitor and decide what to do. the final call was indeed unusual but very understandable once the reasoning was explained. they said that Chalmers fouled Watson around the free throw line which then made the push a second foul and a dead ball foul. the rule is the same as when a shooter is fouled and then a second flagrant foul is called on the rebound.

now if you think the rules on technical fouls should be changed, you won't get any argument from me. I think the double technical call is a bad rule although it has an effect of calming players down. in general I think we'd get a major improvement if we simply made technical fouls count as personal fouls too.

[daschysta]

Pacers easily will beat western champion in the Finals.

so they won the first game of the series , game 1 that the opponent always plays like crap while shooting the best they ve did in the whole playoffs and perhaps the season and the heat was in the game late into the 4th while playing the worst game from the defense side ive ever seen.
I feel good about this loss , just come with sense of urgency and actually CONTEST the shots. Heat in 5

Miami was down 16 with 415 left in the game, and cut it to single digits exactly once after halftime. They weren't really in it unless you have a pretty loose definition.

[Wizop]

it was a experiment starting Battier.. but Spo needs to roll with Haslem.. when he was in, the defence was way better

Haslem did start the 2nd half and the result wasn't enough better. George Karl on Mike and Mike suggested they should think about starting Anderson. Playing the Birdman and Bosh together does make sense to me.

[2thehoopand1]

The offense was there although sloppy. Miami let the pacers get almost everything down low. Turnovers were a push Miami with 11 and the pacers with 12. Pacers controlled the free throw line and rebounds. Miami's bench played better but that's a given. Can't expect to win games getting muscled down low like that


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[LuxHeat]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mT59yAc6ZM[/youtube]

good video showing what the Heat did wrong

[Wizop]

I honestly think the team was coasting the last few weeks of the season. And even in the first round for a bit.

However, I can't explain why Hibbert was putting double zero games because even if you were coasting it's not really ideal to completely embarrass yourself

I don't think coasting is quite right. as a team that had real trouble dealing with success and Lance had real trouble dealing with not making the all star team. with everyone playing down to the level of the expected competition and Lance being overly concerned with stats we just didn't respond well to every opponent bringing their A game.

as for Roy, he thinks too much. he's very introspective and gets down on himself and then everything spirals down the drain. somewhere in the middle of the Washington series he started having fun again. perhaps the fishing trip did it. perhaps it was a conversation with his high school coach or his college coach. perhaps DWest got through to him. the least likely explanation is that he read a comment I posted on the IndyStar website. in any event, he didn't need anyone to tell him that no matter how much trouble he was having with Antic and Gortat, Miami would be easier.

[2thehoopand1]

Winning able game up till the middle of the 3rd but I see the trolls are looking towards the future and writing this series off


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