Preseason Game 1: Pacers vs Bulls GDT

[Indy2thaWindy]

Not only is he a tank, but he's also a chef.

[jnzook]

Psycho T OWNING Boozer on Offense and Defense

[MAQ]

Good game guys. Your team came out ready to play, I can't say the same for my Bulls. I think we caught up with the readiness factor as the game went on though.

Boozer's suckiness continues, as does Tyler's ownership of him.

Paul George looks much improved as far as him jump shot goes...Especially off the dribble.

George Hill is going to be a great addition to your bench as well as someone else who will bother Rose defensively.

The 2nd preseason game should be even better, and so will the season series.

[Indy2thaWindy]

Pacers > Bulls

Sig bet

[jnzook]

IF Granger would have showed up tonight, we probably would have won. Also if those d-league scrubs lazar and famous(including dahntay jones with the way he played tonight) wouldn't have played we might not have sucked so bad when the bench was in. No excuses though, Chicago outplayed us. My boy Paul George TORE it up though. He's going to be something fierce.

[SpeedyWindRose]

Pacers > Bulls

Sig bet

wut

[Solid]

Missed 57 shots.
Shot ten more free throws. Didn't make any more.
Rebounded adequatly.

Our starters outplayed theirs.
Their bench smoked ours.

We just didn't have anyone who could score for the second unit.
Tyler will help that tremendously.
Hill will pass more when he doesn't feel the need to shoulder the second unit offense (I hope).

We could use one more big body and a reliable scorer but what we most lack right now is experience.

Guys need to learn their roles. Like who should be doing the shooting... (don't just take turns).
Pace, patience, will power...it'll come.

[Kuq_e_Zi91]

No wonder George Karl had Dahntay on such a short leash in Denver.

Also, why isn't Taj Gibson starting for the Bulls yet? Boozer is awful. Just a bunch of yelling and shoving people out of the way like he's Black Friday shopping for buckets in the paint.

[basketballwacko2]

How about that preseason game? Tyler had 19 pts 11 rbs and Paul George 17 and 10!! If this is any indication of what we are gonna see look out baby!


It'd Gonna be Awesume baby!

[Miller4ever]

Positives abound to look forward to, especially with West in and George Hill not shooting like a mason. You can tell there was some rust, but I'm looking forward to when everyone's in the swing of things. Hibbert had 14 and 7 in 25 minutes, but fouled a lot again. Really happy about it, and can't wait for next.

[Dreamz]

Lance looked decent at point.

[Indy2thaWindy]

Lance looked decent at point.

Almost every time he brought the ball down he would pass it to Dahntay. Then Dahntay would Iso and throw up a stupid shot.

[Miller4ever]

Both teams showed rustiness, with the Pacers shooting 33% (horrible...) and the Bulls turning it over 24 times (terrible...). The fact that we DIDN'T turn it over more than 15 times is actually a positive with such lack of practice.

[Dreamz]

Lance looked decent at point.

Almost every time he brought the ball down he would pass it to Dahntay. Then Dahntay would Iso and throw up a stupid shot.

That must have been in the first quarter, when I was having trouble getting in lol

[Boneman2]

Foster is still a beast. Hibbert better be taking notes, cause he needs to.

Hansbrough looked great. I really believe both he and West will be able to share the floor when Hibbert needs a blow. Vogel mentioned not using Foster much at all over the first half of the season, we'll see.

If Danny and Paul develop better chemistry, the sky is the limit.

Collison looked superb.

Hill looked brand new to the system. Going 1for7 didn't help, but his percentage will only improve. When he and Lance were in, Lance ran the point, as I expected. Basically Hill is the b/u pg, unless Lance is on the floor.

Rush deserves to see the floor over DJones. Dahntey shouldn't get off the bench, along with AJ Price. Rush should be #3 on the depth chart at the 2&3 spots, and Lance the same at pont.

Can't wait for the rematch. For Boozer's sake he'd better hope West plays, otherwise Tyler will dominate him again. I wonder if the Duke/NCarolina rivalry adds extra incentive to this hard-fought matchup, I bet it does.