GAME 2 - PACERS (0-1) VS. CELTICS (2-0); 11/1/2008 7pm

[Duganov 34 5 20]

wow, Danny is sick, you're lucky that u resigned him.
Congrats on the win, I'm very impressed.

[StephenJackson]

Excellent, excellent win against the defending champs! Yikes, I still can't believe he lost his two front teeth. I saw him standing at the FT line after he got up and he smiled...and I literally said "what the ****...did he lose his front teeth?" Damn, and he acted like it was nothing and played the rest of the game.

What a baller.

[Bit's]

Poor Danny...he looked funny without two front teeth

But it was a great win, was a back to back for Celtics but we played very well, the defense was very good, the ball moviment was very nice too.

And I read in the thread of the game against Pistons someone talking bad things about Jack but in my opinion tonight he played very well.

And let's hope that nothing serious have happened to Rasho's ankle because he's really important for us, those mid range jumpers are great.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

Jack did play great tonight. He played great at PG, it was when Obie put him at SG that we would get smoked play after play in the other game.

[Kefa461]

Good win...seeya in Boston

[APerna]

Loved tonight...

[Grang33r]

That was an awesome win and an awesome game. TJ Ford totally owned this game and nobody on Boston could even contain him. TJ Ford's speed got Rondo in foul trouble and opened up so much space with him on the bench.

Few quick notes-

-Jack looked awesome tonight. He played alot with Ford and looked awesome. I thought he made all the right plays. When this team doesn't turn the ball over the 25 or whatever times it did opening night, it's going to have a solid chance to win and they did tonight.

-My unsung hero in this game was Marquis Daniels. The way he ran past the Celtics defense was hard for them to stop him. He made clutch shots, seemed to always be in the right spot for rebounds and made several key plays, either with a steal or a block. Also, his defense was excellent. Besides Granger, he was hands down our best defender.

-Hibbert and Rush looked very good. I really love watching Rush play. I know many of you who didn't see the game and checked out the box score are like "wtf" but most of those shots by Rush were just short. And the layups were just basic rookie mistakes. Those will be gone with a few games under his belt. He showed signs for stardom tonight IMO. Hibbert looked much better i thought. On defense he stood tall and played well and i LOVE his hook shoot. Even though it only worked once, but you can tell, when he's a multi-game veteran of like 20 games, he can be a go-to-guy in many games if need be.

-What can i say about Danny Granger? He's our star. No doubt about it. If anyone had any questions about him being the leader or the star of this team, then those doubts have to be gone by now. He started the game off really hot. Scored 7 quick points. I thought our team looked worried and scared of Boston, as many teams would, but Granger put alot of ease to our team. He made it look simple. But the defense he also brought was unreal. Granger is the total player. I'm so glad we have him locked up.

-It was so great seeing a sell out crowd again. The crowd was into it. I can't remember the last time i saw our arena packed like that? It had to have been a while, i watch alot of games. Hopefully the fans were impressed and will return. This is a good team, they are young and will make mistakes but i'm looking forward to the game on Wednesday night. As Granger said, we can play with anybody and tonight proves it.

[Grang33r]

Some cool pictures i found.

[J Dilla]

Damn, was it Danny who lost his teeth? Or was it someone else?

Raptor fan here, just to let you guys know whenever TJ faces Rondo, he's guaranteed to smoke him. He might have some personal vendetta against him. I watched a little bit of the Indiana Boston game, and I was surprised to see TJ Ford attacking the hoop like that. Granger and Ford will be a deadly duo IMO.

Cheers.

[AlCelticFan]

I never should have given you that #$^@ing rabbit's foot.

#$%#$TT@T@#

I have to add, "good game guys", but also point out that this was just a HORRIBALE game from our guys. We had like 14 turnovers in the first half. That isn't normal, and they weren't really forced TO's. Hopefully next time we play each other that we play much better.

[Pacersike]

You mean they weren't all forced turnovers.

It was an exciting night in Conseco. Let's hope more people will find their way to the stadium this way.

[greenway84]

I went to the game. Best game I've been to in a LONG time. Wish you guys could have went. Also Danny's two front teeth. No worries. It was a bridge. So he will be okay. I don't know about Rasho though. I did have a question. Why is it Hibbert did not play in the second half again. He played more this game than the first. But still not many minutes. Not even after Rasho went down. Also when we got the lead. Why did McRoberts, Baston, and Graham get some playing time. I mean we were up by almost 30.

[bruno sundov]

Celts fan here. that was an ass kicking from beginning to end.

To answer the questions about playing time for pacers players. It is OB nothing makes sense with his rotations. I hope you guys have a good season.

[Celtics_Champs]

Granger is awesome. Just a good game by you guys, and a bad game for the celts.

[cdash]

Great weekend for Indy sports. I unfortunately couldnt make the Pacers/Celtics game, but attending the Sunday night Colts/Pats game was fantastic. Big weekend for both the Pacers and Colts. Let's hope they both build off of it.