Preseason Game #1 vs. MIN

[SuperReggie31]

Against: Minnesota Timberwolves
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: The Fargodome
Fargo, ND



The Lineups:




Indiana Starters
George Hill
Paul George
Sam Young
David West
Ian Mahinmi

Minnesota
Jose Barea
Brandon Roy
Andrei Kirlenko
Kevin Love
Nikola Peckovic

Reserves (2nd & 3rd String):


IND:


D.J. Augustin--------Sundiata Gaines
Lance Stephenson---Orlando Johnson
Gerald Green---????
Tyler Hansbrough----Jeff Pendergraph
Miles Plumlee--------Luke Nevill

MIN

Will Conroy-----Jermaine Taylor
Alexey Shved---Mike Harris
Chase Budinger--Dante Cunningham
Derrick Williams--Loooouuuuuuuu Amundson
Greg Stiemsma----Chris Johnson

Notes:
IND: Granger and Hibbert will not play.
MIN: Rubio, Ridnour, and Malcolm Lee are out

Preseason Tradition:











Remember This?:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccMuFJvPErI[/youtube]

Go Pacers!!!!

[jowglenn]

GO Pacers!!!!!

[Jake0890]

I do enjoy the preseason tradition.

I think it'll be interesting to see Love against the Hibbert-less Pacers.

[LaViggins]

MIN

Will Conroy-----Jermaine Taylor
Alexey Shved---Mike Harris
Chase Budinger--Dante Christmas
Derrick Williams--Phil Tarver
Greg Steisma----Chris Johnson


Just fyi, its actually Dante Cunningham.

[Gunny]

Good luck tonight, fellas.

[SuperReggie31]

Just fyi, its actually Dante Cunningham.

My bad, I was looking at the Celtics training camp roster as well on Hoopshype.

Thanks!

[LaViggins]

Just fyi, its actually Dante Cunningham.

My bad, I was looking at the Celtics training camp roster as well on Hoopshype.

Thanks!

Oh yeah similar names. Yeah no problem, good luck to both teams tonight!

[Grang33r]

Awesome thread. Love that basketball is back tonight.

[Pacersike]

What's up with Hibbert?

Thank you very much for continuing the tradition.

Go Pacers!

[Nuntius]

Let's go, let's go.

Any working links?

[Klomp]

Good game, fellas!

[Miller4ever]

I'm so proud.

[Wizop]

looks like at this point in the season our thread makers are in mid-season form and are well ahead of the team.

[SuperReggie31]

looks like at this point in the season our thread makers are in mid-season form and are well ahead of the team

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Ha! This was actually my first "official" game thread. I wanted to give it a try and fun even though I mainly thread on summer leagues and fee agent moves. I just followed the recipe from past game threads. Thank you to those before me

As for the game, at least we got to see action from those we don't normally see. It was good to see Pendergraph (ugghh....), Lance, and OJ get minutes. I was more impressed with Sam Young and what he brought to the table.

Hopefully, we can improve our shooting for the next game. It was the first preseason game after all and we didn't have Hill, West, or Granger.

Things will only go up from here.

[Grang33r]

Things will only go up from here.

This is true, because it's nearly impossible for things to get worse.

Orlando Johnson looked exactly like he did in summer league. Scared and shooting bricks.

Lance Stephenson looked awful.

Sam Young was over matched on defense.

Hibbert said the team was rusty. I personally think it was more. They were under prepared and maybe didn't take the T-Wolves too serious, and missing Granger and West hurt big time for a team no prepared. Maybe it was rust. Who knows, either way, this was UGLY.

[Klomp]

“@JerryZgoda: New Wolf Lou Amundson smiled when I asked if he contributed to contentious Wolves-Pacers games last season. "Of course I did," he said.”

[Wizop]

They were under prepared.

hope you right. looking bad in the preseason because you didn't prepare for a particular game is fine by me. I don't even mind looking bad in the preseason if it teaches a lesson.