Game 16: Pacers vs Magic 01/24/12, 7:00 EST

[chube]

You never wanna give up on a game, but I give this thing 2 more minutes and if we haven't cut into the score much, go ahead and concede defeat because we have to go to Chicago tomorrow night.

[chube]

Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.

[Miller4ever]

Perimeter defense is so scared of the three it's letting guys get by.

[frizzledizzle]

I'm willing to throw in the towel ha. They looked like they'd given up when Orlando went on their run. That's why I was amazed Granger ended the drought and Collison burned it down the floor to score 4 in a row. The only reason that happened though was because Redick missed a wide open 3. The Magic's ball movement has made the Pacers defense look like trash. They were able to make two-three passes and get wide open just about every time for a three. That's gotta be fixed because it was horrible

[frizzledizzle]

Btw, glad I went with beer. My college team is getting thrashed too. smh

Almost done with number 2! Number 2 is what this game has been.

[frizzledizzle]

We've got these guys number in the 2. Yeeeeeaaah

[chube]

While, yes, the Pacers did not play well, when Orlando shoots the way they have, especially from midway through the second quarter on, not much you can do about that. A handful of these threes have been fairly contested, they just caught fire.

Bounce-back against Chicago tomorrow night.

[Solid]

Shaw at halftime said the Pacers needed to push the ball and get shots before the defense is set.
While I don't at all mind getting some quickies (if they're napping) I thought that his take was just the wrong approach.

I've rarely seen us look sharp playing that way. Most ofen the D does get back and a young team can find switching gears and being patient hard to do.

Pace in general is hard for us.

Rush back on D-
Work the ball on O (inside out when possible)-
is our best bet.

[Pacersike]

Coach has hopefully learned a few things out of this match.

- you don't want Paul George chasing down dwarfs over several screens
he is so much better one on one and putting pressure on the ballhandler
- when Hibbert is tired, take him out
he cost us a few easy buckets

And I hope Bird has seen what I have seen

- we need a guy who can create and generate double teams before they can trap one of our guys with a double team
- if teams offer the max for a player who gives up easy layups like that (I count 7), I would let them