Game 52: Nets @ Pacers

[Jake0890]

February 11, 2013
7:00 PM
Bankers Life Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN


Indiana Pacers

(31-20) 1st in Central Division, 3rd in Eastern Conference

Rotation
PG - George Hill/DJ Augustin/Ben Hansbrough
SG - Lance Stephenson/Orlando Johnson/Gerald Green
SF - Paul George/Sam Young
PF - David West/Tyler Hansbrough
C - Roy Hibbert/Ian Mahinmi

Stat Leaders
Points - Paul George (17.8)
Rebounds - Roy Hibbert (8.3)
Assists - George Hill (4.9)

Brooklyn Nets

(29-21) 2nd in Atlantic Division, 5th in Eastern Conference

Rotation
PG - Deron Williams/C.J. Watson/Tyshawn Taylor
SG - Joe Johnson/MarShon Brooks /Keith Bogans
SF - Gerald Wallace/Jerry Stackhouse/Tornike Shengelia/Damion James
PF - Reggie Evans/Kris Humphries/Mirza Teletovic
C - Brook Lopez/Andray Blatche

Stat Leaders
Points - Brook Lopez (18.8)
Rebounds - Reggie Evans (9.0)
Assists - Deron Williams (7.7)

Injury Reports
Pacers
None

Nets
None

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Tradition






^ the last 4 photos are Rosie Jones.

And I will be at Bankers Life for this game, so I won't be posting with you guys.

[Grang33r]

Great thread! Looking forward to starting a new home winning streak!

[TSC25]

I agree another long winning streak would be nice,and to start it against the Nets would be big!

[chatard5]

Deron Williams is out. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nb ... y/1910389/

[Jake0890]

Deron Williams is out. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nb ... y/1910389/

Great. We're only 2 games ahead of them, and if we win, we pull within a game of New York.

[Jake0890]

Go Pacers!

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[Nuntius]

Great thread. Big game.

Not a good 1st quarter, though.

David West was scratched in the eye and was forced to leave the game early. He is probable to return.

We're down 20 - 13 at the end of the 1st.

[Jake0890]

LOL Pendy with 6 straight points!

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[Nuntius]

Pendy is going ham

[Jake0890]

Career night for Pendergraph.

I'd like to see him get some more playing time against Charlotte

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[Nuntius]

Not a good 3rd quarter.

Can Pendy (or anyone) save us?

We're down by 4.

[Nuntius]

We're down 70 - 69 with 3:58 left in the 4th quarter.

[Nuntius]

And it goes to OT.

[Nuntius]

That loss sucked

[chube]

Well, that was frustrating. As has often been the case this year, 3 quarters of solid/good basketball is un-done by 1 quarter of horrific basketball. At least we gave ourselves a chance. The last couple games have proven how much we could really use Danny. Rumor has it he could suit up on Wednesday.

[Jake0890]

Some things I noted:
- Vogel sticks to his starting 5 so much in the 2nd half, it hurts us. Our bench was playing a hell of a lot better than the starters this game.

- Rot Hibbert played extremely weak in the post. Let Lopez get over 20 points and missed a lot of gimmes.

- George Hill inbouding the ball late has to be one of the most stupid coaching decisions this year. He was our only scorer out there when PG fouled out, so the ball was unbounded to West and he had to take a tough shot.

- Pendy should get more playing time when they play Charlotte next time.

- Gerald Green is bad.

- I havent been to a winning Pacers game in over 3 years.

- David West shouldn't have been in there most of the 2nd half. He wad just atrocious.

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[chube]

On the plus side, Chicago is about to lose to San Antonio, so at least we didn't lose any ground in the division.