Franco wrote:Nuntius wrote:Great game, Cavs fans. I think that your team really left it all on the court tonight and has nothing to be embarrassed about. Mitchell and Garland just weren't healthy enough tonight and were clearly bothered by the injuries they were playing through. Still, Mitchell's effort was, once again, almost Herculean and Garland really, really tried to tough it out. He did the best he could but playing through a turf toe as a start and stop player is no joke. It really limits your shiftiness and what you can do.
As for my Pacers, I am so **** happy for them. They really deserved this after all the **** they've heard ever since they made last year's ECF. Well, going there once more is proving that last year was no fluke. So **** happy for them and so damn proud. This has been an awesome playoffs for us. Every single starter contributed immensely to this win and everyone made huge plays down the stretch. Once again, a total team win.
No. We have everything to be embarassed about.
The Pacers won fair and square, I ain't about to use injury excuses, but the effort was absolutely pathetic for most of the night. We rested players all year for them to look this **** gassed after sweeping the first round?
Look, game 4 was indeed embarrassing. They have definitely earned the criticism for that game. But tonight? They really gave it their all, man. They just had nothing left in the tank by the end of the game.
And I will once again second what Sneaky said. Playing against this Pacers team is incredibly taxing. You know how in the end of big games, the stars will take a moment to rest and catch their breath on defense while guarding some non-shooter in the corner? Yeah, the Pacers aren't going to afford you to take those breaks. Everyone is a threat to shoot, eveyone is a threat to score and both the ball and the players in perpetual motion. And we also run. Even off of made baskets, we'll try to run. We quite simply do not let the other team catch their breath. And since Carlisle trusts 11 players, we can afford to play that way. We have the bodies to do it and to give breathers to our guys.
We're a weird team, that's for sure, but there's a method to the madness.
