Game 22: Pacers vs. Bucks - 12/7/23 - 4:00 - ESPN

sidney lanier · Post #41 » by **sidney lanier** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 2:31 pm

I'll be at the game and am very curious what the crowd will be like. Tickets got pretty cheap after the Celtics and Knicks were eliminated, and the weird start time is likely to make things a little subdued, which is fine with me.

HaroldinGMinor · Post #42 » by **HaroldinGMinor** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 3:15 pm

Bucks 197 - Pacers 6

Profound23 · Post #43 » by **Profound23** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 3:26 pm

I am still pi**ed this game is at 4pm. Rarely get games on national TV, I would like to be able to see them when they are.

Post #44 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 4:21 pm

I have surgery in about 15 minutes so (hopefully!) I’m home and relaxing when the game starts.

Sigra · Post #45 » by **Sigra** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 4:28 pm

The game will start at 11 PM here. I will watch it live and then have 10 hours travel in car. Good thing is that I dont drive so I can sleep in car

If its normal game time I would miss it. Thank you NBA

machu46 · Post #46 » by **machu46** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 4:34 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:I have surgery in about 15 minutes so (hopefully!) I’m home and relaxing when the game starts.

Hope it goes well!

sidney lanier · Post #47 » by **sidney lanier** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 4:41 pm

O/U for this game is 256.5, which I think is the highest I have ever seen. My neck is going to be sore watching those teams go back and forth.

chonestown · Post #48 » by **chonestown** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 4:42 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:I have surgery in about 15 minutes so (hopefully!) I’m home and relaxing when the game starts.

If you can get surgery and recover enough to watch the game mere hours later, I don't see how Middleton can get paid 30M and not play for even 20 minutes and that was MONTHS ago.

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #49 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 4:45 pm

Profound23 wrote:I am still pi**ed this game is at 4pm. Rarely get games on national TV, I would like to be able to see them when they are.

Don't we have like 25 nationally televised games?

Profound23 · Post #50 » by **Profound23** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 4:48 pm

MartyConlonOnTheRun wrote:
Profound23 wrote:I am still pi**ed this game is at 4pm. Rarely get games on national TV, I would like to be able to see them when they are.

Don't we have like 25 nationally televised games?

Not enough for me, need all 82 nationally televised because Bally app lags too much.

greekbuck34 · Post #51 » by **greekbuck34** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 5:13 pm

sidney lanier wrote:O/U for this game is 256.5, which I think is the highest I have ever seen. My neck is going to be sore watching those teams go back and forth.

Don't worry you will get plenty of 1 minute breaks since the Pacers send Giannis to the FT line on purpose from the beginning.

BUCKnation · Post #52 » by **BUCKnation** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 5:19 pm

Other than that they are scared of the NFL boogeyman, is there another reason for the early start?

pifhluk23 · Post #53 » by **pifhluk23** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 5:25 pm

Badgerlander wrote:

Read on Twitter

"Their strategy is fascinating, a clear by-any-means-necessary instruction to forbid 3-point shots. Only 25.3 percent of their opponents’ shots come from behind the arc, which is a league low by nearly 5 percent. The result is an all-out feast at the rim and the free throw line.

Help is not an option. Opponents make only 58.2 percent of drives with a help defender present. That’s not just the lowest number this season. It’s also the lowest number in Second Spectrum’s entire database."

If Giannis didn't look hobbled I'd say he is going for 50+ again.

Ryan5UW · Post #54 » by **Ryan5UW** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 5:28 pm

sidney lanier wrote:O/U for this game is 256.5, which I think is the highest I have ever seen. My neck is going to be sore watching those teams go back and forth.

Your eyes will go long before that from looking at the court.

skbucks1985 · Post #55 » by **skbucks1985** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 5:31 pm

BUCKnation wrote:Other than that they are scared of the NFL boogeyman, is there another reason for the early start?

Its not because of the NFL, the Lakers-Pelicans game starts 45 minutes after the NFL game and so they'll be head-to-head pretty much the entirety of the Lakers game. Its because they put the games in the same location and so they put a 4 hour gap between the games so the Bucks-Pacers can finish, go through all of the postgame rigmarole and give the Lakers-Pelicans sufficient time to go through their pregame routine.

-Jragon- · Post #56 » by **-Jragon-** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 5:33 pm

chonestown wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:I have surgery in about 15 minutes so (hopefully!) I’m home and relaxing when the game starts.

If you can get surgery and recover enough to watch the game mere hours later, I don't see how Middleton can get paid 30M and not play for even 20 minutes and that was MONTHS ago.

Idk.. I was happy last game that Middleton stayed in front of a few dudes on D and obviously was effective on O .... as many minutes as you can do that bro and last through the playoffs I'm cool with it, at this point.. the 3 young dudes have to step up, grow up and help us fill in the blanks.

He's eligible to be traded soon. If we're quietly shopping him and can improve the team, fine. But if he has zero value then we have to take what we can get. Playing him 38 min just for him to be cooked come playoff time seems antiproductive

MiltownHawkeye · Post #57 » by **MiltownHawkeye** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 6:16 pm

-Jragon- wrote:
chonestown wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:I have surgery in about 15 minutes so (hopefully!) I’m home and relaxing when the game starts.

If you can get surgery and recover enough to watch the game mere hours later, I don't see how Middleton can get paid 30M and not play for even 20 minutes and that was MONTHS ago.

Idk.. I was happy last game that Middleton stayed in front of a few dudes on D and obviously was effective on O .... as many minutes as you can do that bro and last through the playoffs I'm cool with it, at this point.. the 3 young dudes have to step up, grow up and help us fill in the blanks.

He's eligible to be traded soon. If we're quietly shopping him and can improve the team, fine. But if he has zero value then we have to take what we can get. Playing him 38 min just for him to be cooked come playoff time seems antiproductive

I remember a few years back we were discussing the idea of Middleton being in the Ginobili role and now that proposition seems a lot more interesting if it's physically all he can do. It's always seemed like he plays better in short bursts rather than bring leaned on for 35-40 MPG even if he had some nice seasons with that type of PT.

If we do acquire a bonafide defensive wing I'm not terribly opposed to trying Middleton off the bench instead of Beasley, provided he and the team were okay with it. Part of that is that I think Beasley has earned the PT he's getting and demoting him might not send the best message, bringing a guy off the bench who can only give us 25 MPG anymore would have different optics at least

GoldenAntlers · Post #58 » by **GoldenAntlers** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 6:25 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:I have surgery in about 15 minutes so (hopefully!) I’m home and relaxing when the game starts.

Sending our best!

RogerMurdock · Post #59 » by **RogerMurdock** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 6:42 pm

sidney lanier wrote:O/U for this game is 256.5, which I think is the highest I have ever seen. My neck is going to be sore watching those teams go back and forth.

ESPN says it's the highest since 1991.

Post #60 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu Dec 7, 2023 6:57 pm

Up to 257 at my book. Opened at 254.5