Game 19, Pacers vs. Spurs

[Jake0890]

VS.

Pacers, 17-2, 1st in Central Division, 1st in Eastern Conference
Spurs, 15-3, 1st in Southwest Division, 2nd in Western Conference

December 7 - 2013
8:30 PM EST
AT&T Center - San Antonio, Texas

Lineups
Pacers
PG - George Hill/CJ Watson/Donald Sloan
SG - Lance Stephenson/Orlando Johnson/Rasual Butler
SF - Paul George/Chris Copeland/Solomon Hill
PF - David West/Luis Scola
C - Roy Hibbert/Ian Mahinmi

Spurs
PG - Tony Parker/Patty Mills/Cory Joseph
SG - Danny Green/Manu Ginobili
SF - Marco Belinelli/Kawhi Leonard
PF - Tim Duncan/Matt Bonner/Jeff Ayres
C - Tiago Splitter/Boris Diaw/Aron Baynes

Two of our biggest enemies in recent years team up to play us this year: Marco Belinelli and the Spurs.

[EuroPacer]

Thunder or Spurs?

[Jake0890]

Thunder or Spurs?

lol, fixed.

[EuroPacer]

In my streak prediction I have this down as a loss. I still think it will with my head, but my heart says that we are due a great game by Hibbert, if Hibbert can dominate the paint offensively I think we are in with a great chance.

[Nolan]

Good luck tonight gents.

[mikepacernation]

Pacers are 17-2


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[mikepacernation]

Wait the spurs start Marco instead of Kawhi?!


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[Jake0890]

Wait the spurs start Marco instead of Kawhi?!


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Honestly, I don't know. I pulled this depth chart from ESPN and haven't actually watched any Spurs games this year to confirm it.

[mikepacernation]

That's crazy cause I went and looked and it says Marco was in the starting lineup. I just find that hard to believe


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[SmashMouthRod]

Kawhi has def been starting and playing more mins than Belinelli. I think that Indy has a shot. They have to defend that three point line and dominate the glass. Stephenson needs to get back to playing how he was in the games before the loss. I wonder if hes being less aggressive after listening to pundits.

[mikepacernation]

The only reason I can see a lose is if belinelli and ginobili get going which isn't hard for those two to get it going


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[mikepacernation]

This is the game where we need lance to show up he is gonna be the pacers X factor tonight.


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[Jake0890]

Good lawd Lance's jump shot has just been awful recently.

[mikepacernation]

Good lawd Lance's jump shot has just been awful recently.

it's disgusting


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[Miller4ever]

And then he hits 2 3's on the way to a Pacers victory that looked dominating in the 3rd.

[mikepacernation]

And then he hits 2 3's on the way to a Pacers victory that looked dominating in the 3rd.

haha he sure did!!


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[EuroPacer]

Yes! My heart won, not my head. Awesome win.

Our offense is flowing now, really nice to watch. The play for 14-15 (1st Q) was emblematic for good passing basketball. The starting five is really feeling things offensively now and that has to be bad news for other teams.

Also good to see Vogel use a near play-off rotation, only Watson, Scola and OJ got serious minutes off the bench, it shows that Vogel is serious about trying to get to #1 in the East. Scola and CJ also managed to put decent numbers up. Still not impressed with OJ though, I really hoped he would become more consistent, but he looks a liability out on the court, I can't wait for DG to be fully healthy.

[SmashMouthRod]

Still not impressed with OJ though, I really hoped he would become more consistent, but he looks a liability out on the court, I can't wait for DG to be fully healthy.

I agree. OJ and Solo need more time to develop. Granger will def be appreciated once he's back in the rotation. Hopefully he develops a good chemistry with everyone quickly. Scola seems to be getting better and better. They should prob play Sloan more than OJ. Sloan with Watson at the backup guards.

[EuroPacer]

Still not impressed with OJ though, I really hoped he would become more consistent, but he looks a liability out on the court, I can't wait for DG to be fully healthy.

I agree. OJ and Solo need more time to develop. Granger will def be appreciated once he's back in the rotation. Hopefully he develops a good chemistry with everyone quickly. Scola seems to be getting better and better. They should prob play Sloan more than OJ. Sloan with Watson at the backup guards.

Yeah Sloan is a more interesting option than OJ at the moment I think. I also still wonder about Copeland on the three, admittedly you can only do that if the opponent has a big three lumbering around so that makes things awkward, but at least Copeland has some offensive threat if he can get it going.

Just watched the whole game, West was awesome, the key was Splitter going off and SA having to put Timmy on Roy and Bonner on West, but we did a great job capitalising on that. Very impressive coaching.

[Jake0890]

Awesome win. 7 players with 12+ points!

Still, Ian, OJ, and Solo just looked bad. Need more from them, and we almost let the Spurs back in it at the end with them in.