ATL - Dame Back to Portland

Post #1 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:10 am

Bad timing but we maxed out

Post #2 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:12 am

Yeah dumb

Wonka wrote:Too late to put TJ in now

jschligs · Post #3 » by **jschligs** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:13 am

I just don't get how coaches can be so dumb. You have a guy on fire and you put in a guy who is struggling. Just ride the hot hand. Waiting until 3 min left does you no favors.

blazza18 · Post #4 » by **blazza18** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:13 am

Lol what a bonkers putback and only Doris has a clue what happened.

Wonka · Post #5 » by **Wonka** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:15 am

And now pulling the starters? What a wildly odd coaching performance from Rick.

rilamann · Post #6 » by **rilamann** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:16 am

Where's your dad now Tyrese?

Post #7 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:17 am

Good job OKC

jschligs · Post #8 » by **jschligs** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:18 am

If OKC wins do you think KD ever sits and wonders what would've happened if he'd have stayed?

Bernman · Post #9 » by **Bernman** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:19 am

BUCKnation wrote:Was going to quote someone, but if Hali is really hurt he wouldn’t be out there when they need defensive stops right now

He'd be out there because of being the best clutch performer ever, living in that past which didn't exist on 1 leg. He couldn't change speeds & jump for passing. It's changed the series. Rick should have given the Pacers the best chance & played McConnell after the Herculean performance.

midranger · Post #10 » by **midranger** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:20 am

Jalen Williams is prime Khris Middleton

WeekapaugGroove · Post #11 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:21 am

That 4th quarter of game 4 is going to give Pacers fans nightmares for years to come. That felt like their shot.

jschligs · Post #12 » by **jschligs** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:26 am

WeekapaugGroove wrote:That 4th quarter of game 4 is going to give Pacers fans nightmares for years to come. That felt like their shot.

Not as big of stakes but like game 3 of the ECF in 2019.

Coach Carter · Post #13 » by **Coach Carter** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:30 am

One game away from being able to sleep easy

rilamann · Post #14 » by **rilamann** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:33 am

WeekapaugGroove wrote:That 4th quarter of game 4 is going to give Pacers fans nightmares for years to come. That felt like their shot.

Yeah, they will. Especially if the Pacers end up losing this in 7 games.

For us it's the double OT loss in game 3 vs the Raptors in 2019.

But game 4 for the Pacers will be 100X worse just because it's in the Finals and because the Pacers have never won an championship.

Our game 3 in 2019 sucked big time and it still stings a bit 6 years later. But had we won that game, there was no guarantee that we would have won the Finals.

Bernman · Post #15 » by **Bernman** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:39 am

Coach Carter wrote:One game away from being able to sleep easy

That it looks worse for the Bucks?
That OKC could have a mini dynasty while we hope to win one soon again?

rilamann · Post #16 » by **rilamann** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:39 am

It is ironic that Haliburton probably just had the clutchest 3 month stretch in NBA history.

But then lays his biggest egg of the season in the biggest game of his life with arguably an NBA championship on the line.

Baddy Chuck · Post #17 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:40 am

Hali will get a brunt of it because he's the star but Nembhard was insanely bad.

Coach Carter · Post #18 » by **Coach Carter** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:42 am

Bernman wrote:
Coach Carter wrote:One game away from being able to sleep easy

That it looks worse for the Bucks?
That OKC could have a mini dynasty while we hope to win one soon again?

Bucks did that on their own, nothing to do with the Pacers. Couldn't care less what happens in the west.

Plossum · Post #19 » by **Plossum** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 5:42 am

Baddy Chuck wrote:Hali will get a brunt of it because he's the star but Nembhard was insanely bad.

He gets much more of a pass though due to his salary.

Baddy Chuck · Post #20 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Tue Jun 17, 2025 6:05 am

Plossum wrote:
Baddy Chuck wrote:Hali will get a brunt of it because he's the star but Nembhard was insanely bad.

He gets much more of a pass though due to his salary.

I have no illusions to the dichotomy of expectations between the pair but Nembhard is a dude they gave a max extension to after their run last season and has been a big part of their current run. His role isn't to be exceptional but he made a handful of extremely poor turnovers (that led to points) and gave them nothing offensively. They're in the finals and he's a guy they rely upon heavily. He's gotta do better.