JO is Back. Pacers vs. Raptors Thread

[TJFordisGod]

What? Granger drove it? I thought he was allergic to the paint

[JarrettJackSG]

What? Granger drove it? I thought he was allergic to the paint

that's hilarious. It could explain a lot.

[chatard5]

I was on the Raptors board and they have like 75 pages for their thread, and they said they usually have 90-100. Man, we need to get this board going again. Personally I think that's a little too much b/c you can't read every post, but our boards have been a ghost town.

[chatard5]

Well we sucked in the 4th, but got the W at least.

[PR07]

Just got back from the game. Looked like we packed it in way too early. We stopped running any sort of offense, and we almost got burned for it.

The officiating was pretty tick-tacky, but there's no way a 22 point lead should turn into a 1 point game. Granger's shot wasn't falling like it normally does, but I still thought he played relatively well. A lot of guys made some contributions, but no on really stood out completely.

I think the problem with this team is that Granger is really the one guy, we can run an offense around. Maybe Dunleavy, but I think at all times, at least one of these guys has to be on the court.

At one point, we had four guys on the perimeter and only one guy was posting up (I think Rasho), no one was cutting after passing, and we just kept swinging the ball on the perimeter. That's not going to get it done. Not only is that really easy to defend, but you get killed in the rebounding department.

Defense has got to tighten up. Too many easy baskets, and there were too many times that guys in the paint were unaccounted for. Bosh had a field day down there tonight. A shotblocker/intimidator would be nice, but that's something to look into next season.

[IndyDave02]

I went to the game last night and sat two rows behind the Pacer's bench. I was the one yelling at OB when we had a 5-pt lead with 2:00 minutes left and guys are taking shots with :20 or :16 on the shot clock and bricking them (yes- I mean you Danny Granger). That is an issue of coaching. We have to play smarter than that. Thank God Dunleavy was smart enough to draw a 3-pt foul to put us up by 4.

I felt bad for McBob on his Tech. He picked up a foul and expressed frustration (and a little profanity) but no more than the average player. He certainly wasn't "showing up the ref" and he got the "T" anyways. That was ridiculous. I found it funny when Haywood Workman called a foul on Murphy-- I wonder if he saw the irony in calling out his old number.

Sitting that close, it was surprising to hear how much Foster either says "D*** It" or "G** D*** It". Oh well, I hope Jeff enjoyed his Birthday.

I was disappointed to hear how many people booed JO. It was time for him to go and he knew it which is why he demanded a trade. We are better for it. He didn't ruin our franchise like S Jackson or R. Artest. I am looking forward to next Friday because I will definately boo Ron Artest every time he touches the ball.