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Post#1661 » by jschligs » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:12 am

How do these teams miss these late FTs against Indy ALL the time.
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Post#1662 » by mattg » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:13 am

jschligs wrote:How do these teams miss these late FTs against Indy ALL the time.

They are always gassed. Indy forces teams to play fast as heck and actually RUN and SPRINT. Other teams flat out do not do that.
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Post#1663 » by paulpressey25 » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:16 am

Pacers just keep getting great performances from the entire roster. Mathurin with 27 tonight.
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Post#1664 » by stellation » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:16 am

Wonka wrote:Chet refuses to make any effort to build a professional level body, and it’s finally showing. Should’ve benched him 4 minutes ago.

As a fellow too skinny, chicken legged fella- HE IS AN ADONIS!
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Post#1665 » by CharityStripe34 » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:19 am

Wonka wrote:Chet refuses to make any effort to build a professional level body, and it’s finally showing. Should’ve benched him 4 minutes ago.
Dude the fact that some mustache twirling hipster nerds think he can be a star is a joke

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Post#1666 » by Badgerlander » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:20 am

Okc 1 vs 5 offense not gonna get it done
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Post#1667 » by MissKhriddleton » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:23 am

Lotttttta people here didn’t want to give up a minor asset for Mathurin when it was rumored he was available. Show yourselves.
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Post#1668 » by ShootingtheJ » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:24 am

Badgerlander wrote:Okc 1 vs 5 offense not gonna get it done


Daigneault is a really poor Xs and Os coach.
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Post#1669 » by RiotPunch » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:24 am

MissKhriddleton wrote:Lotttttta people here didn’t want to give up a minor asset for Mathurin when it was rumored he was available. Show yourselves.

I think he's a chump, but I was down to buy low.
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Post#1670 » by jschligs » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:25 am

paulpressey25 wrote:Pacers just keep getting great performances from the entire roster. Mathurin with 27 tonight.


I think this is why I'm now thinking they will get it done (I took them +500 to win after ECF ended). I looked back at our Finals win. How the **** did we do it. The best bench performance we got was 16 by Bobby one game, and 14 by Pat another. I guess I really know why, Giannis and Khris, but still. Just insane we won. As much as I hate seeing Indy win, they just are too good top to bottom.
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Post#1671 » by buckboy » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:29 am

Well, I got this series wrong.
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Post#1672 » by paulpressey25 » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:39 am

buckboy wrote:Well, I got this series wrong.


This can still easily go 7. Think OKC splits these two in Indy.
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Post#1673 » by Plossum » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:41 am

Indy looks the better team atm. Interesting to see what OKC tries to steady the ship. They got three good games from Chet, JDub and Shai tonight. They out rebounded Indy, took more FTs and shot better from three. But again, they can’t keep up in the final 6 mins of the game when Indy accelerates.

Not sure what bullets OKC has left in the chamber. But they need to be a lot better on offence. Too slow and predictable atm.
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Post#1674 » by Badgerlander » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:48 am

RiotPunch wrote:
MissKhriddleton wrote:Lotttttta people here didn’t want to give up a minor asset for Mathurin when it was rumored he was available. Show yourselves.

I think he's a chump, but I was down to buy low.


I like Mathurin but a minor asset obviously wasn’t getting it done
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Post#1675 » by Bernman » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:48 am

"I thought Chet was the best player on the court for the 1st 3 quarters of this game". - Vecenie. He struggled in the 4th, but there's definitely an anti-Chet agenda on this board, & I think it stems from the Giannis trade talk. He's had a good playoffs, & this is his 2nd season. Relax.
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Post#1676 » by Badgerlander » Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:56 am

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Post#1677 » by fansinceforever » Thu Jun 12, 2025 4:03 am

MissKhriddleton wrote:Lotttttta people here didn’t want to give up a minor asset for Mathurin when it was rumored he was available. Show yourselves.


This was ridiculous long before tonight
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Post#1678 » by mattg » Thu Jun 12, 2025 4:05 am

Does anyone else like to think that Coach K watches Pacers games and just sits there all rat-faced and seethes angrily that he didn't get to have T.J. McConnell be his white starting PG at Duke?
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Post#1680 » by CharityStripe34 » Thu Jun 12, 2025 4:39 am

Profound23 wrote:So Windy followed up his statement about Giannis not wanting out of Milwaukee by selling Knicks fans on the belief that having KAT is better than trading for Giannis.

"He is an in his prime, all NBA player than contributed significantly to the Knicks...." What a spin!

Going to be funny to watch the reverse spin if KAT is traded for KD.
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