Game 3554: Pacers @ Pistons 02/16/11, 7:30 EST

[captaincrunk]

Heartbreaker.

[Aiq]

I'm not saying Posey at the 4 again. I'm more into stretches of time where Hibbert needs a break, inserting T-Hans and McBob at the same time. Anything is better than Solo.

[Indy2thaWindy]

Collison has to play better. Some nights he looks like he has the basketball IQ of a Blatche. He needs to bounceback after the allstar break. The team should have looked for Roy more. When we had our chances to go to him in OT, we didn't and when we after our perimeter game didn't work they didn't let Roy get the ball down low. That was just bad. We shouldn't lose to the Pistons.

[CelticPacer]

Not enough team production. DC we need you!

[Indy2thaWindy]

McRoberts with 15pts/12rebs/3assts/2stls and shot 7/8. He had a good game.

Wilcox had like 10 in the 4th. How does that happen?

[8305]

Third game in a row that Collison has been awful. This team needs a veteran point guard. And no, TJ Ford is not the answer.

Also wonder if at some point the wing rotation becomes Granger, George, Rush and Jones? It seems like there are just so many nights where there is no one for Dunleavy to guard. If you are really serious about smash mouth basketball there is no place for Dunleavy.

[Miller4ever]

Agreed. Plus, Dunleavy seems to falter more than usual on the road.

[Miller4ever]

Danny loses it on the dribble way too much, too.

[captaincrunk]

Danny loses it on the dribble way too much, too.

I've always felt it was his biggest weakness.

[Boneman2]

^^ Tonights loss is due to the Pistons dominance on the glass. Prince was snatching offensive boards like Rodman. We let Channing Frye do the same thing earlier this season, which is to let a tall skinny player push us around.

Somebody needed to put a body on someone and didn't.

Although Darren shot blanks again, the nine assist cancelled out the poor shooting.

Right now Vogel needs to regroup and redefine certain players roles.

We need more picks and screens and more ball movement. I don't like our SG's role of late, which is to camp-out on the weakside, behind the three point line. George, Rush or Dunleavy should all be coming off screens, forcing defenses to switch, creating mismatches. Also, you can take a lot of energy out of the opponent if you make him play defense.

[Miller4ever]

Agreed. Granger could stand to handle the ball less. George could stand to handle the ball more.

[Indy2thaWindy]

Agreed. Granger could stand to handle the ball less. George could stand to handle the ball more.

His handles look a lot better than what they were this summer, but they weren't all that bad in summer league either. His passing is real underrated. We'll see him develop more court vision and become known just as much of a playmaker as he is a scorer in the next few seasons.

[Miller4ever]

It was fun seeing him match up against T-Mac. It's like looking in the mirror and seeing one possibility out of many.

[Indiana4life]

This game showed how much we really need Foster > Solo.

[daschysta]

Yeah, i'd be happy getting a backup C and then standing pat at the deadline honestly.

I love jeff to death, but he is really injury prone, and solo just kills us when we have to play him.