T-Wolves @ Pacers

[PR07]

In a battle of the bad...



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[PR07]

Hibbert's looking pretty good, ditto for Dunleavy. Not much defense being played.

[Miller4ever]

Brandon Rush has arrived.

[Ojmayo]

You guys must be enjoying what you're seeing.

[8305]

Another nice game from Hibbert. TWolves had no one to guard him in the paint. Head, Rush and Watson were all solid.

The most interesting story line however, TJ Ford DNP coaches decision. I didn't hear anything about injury and he appeared to be dressed. Could it be that O'Brien is finally concluding this team's best chance of winning is with Watson getting the lion's share of the minutes at point guard? And, as bad as TJ has been the team is better served by AJ Price getting the backup minutes? Price had 6 assists in 14 minutes. That's twice as many assists as TJ is averaging and TJ generally gets twice as many minutes.

[Miller4ever]

It helped a lot that we were playing a lottery team on their back-to-back's second night, but Earl Watson and AJ Price combined for 20 and 15, assist production that we NEVER saw with TJ Ford and whoever else took PG minutes. Hibbert managed to help a lot. This win helped support the "play Hibbert more, play TJ less" theory of Pacer success, but we still need a real test.

[Gremz]

Well that was a close escape. Glad to see us hold off the onslaught (although barely).

Good games all round tonight. Was very interesting to see the adaptations made due to foul trouble. I also really enjoyed the ball movement, seemed as though everyone was in rhythm. AJ did well in his stinit, and McRoberts looked quite comfortable as a starter.