Game Thread 10/20: Pacers vs. Blazers

Post #1 » by **boomershadow** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:31 pm

Well. We gonna be seeing some Big Al tonight? Get better Myles my man.

pizza guy · Post #2 » by **pizza guy** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:35 pm

Hopefully it's just the one game for Myles and he can get healthy quickly! Portland was probably gonna beat us anyways, but without Myles it'll be tough. Gonna need Oladipo to rock again, and Lance to have a better game, and obviously Sabonis has to step up as the starter tonight. Hopefully they've found some defense lying around somewhere in the last couple days as well.

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #3 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:17 pm

I have a feeling we will get blown out tonight. Hoping they prove me wrong.

EDIT: Never mind, just saw Turner is out, we are definitely getting blown out.

Naptownmade · Post #4 » by **Naptownmade** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:25 pm

Myles Turner out, could get uglier now. Already was gonna be ugly

Pacers_Freak · Post #5 » by **Pacers_Freak** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:30 pm

This is not going to be pretty. Myles is out tomorrow as well but saw on Twitter that Whiteside will miss the game tomorrow.

Sakkreth · Post #6 » by **Sakkreth** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:34 pm

@Portland without Turner... ouch.

2am on Friday? Will tune in.

pacers70 · Post #7 » by **pacers70** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:46 pm

In my opinion, Myles is the one player that we can not afford to lose.

Maybe Ike gets some minutes and proves he is ready to contribute in the NBA already.

basketballwacko2 · Post #8 » by **basketballwacko2** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:56 pm

Sakkreth wrote:@Portland without Turner... ouch.

2am on Friday? Will tune in.

The game is in Indianapolis not at portland. It will be interesting to see Sabonis starting at Center.

Sakkreth · Post #9 » by **Sakkreth** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:58 pm

basketballwacko2 wrote:
Sakkreth wrote:@Portland without Turner... ouch.

2am on Friday? Will tune in.

The game is in Indianapolis not at portland. It will be interesting to see Sabonis starting at Center.

Ohh ok, but thread name says otherwise.

Post #10 » by **boomershadow** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:13 pm

Woops

Post #11 » by **pacers33granger** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:19 pm

Not having Myles will be a big blow, but at least we have Sabonis to fill in now. Sabonis is probably a better defender on Nurkic either way and luckily Portland's backup centers aren't world beaters by any means.

Possibly means more minutes for Leaf, which is likely to be rough, but good long term. Or Big Al...

Jstock12 · Post #12 » by **Jstock12** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:49 pm

pacers33granger wrote:Not having Myles will be a big blow, but at least we have Sabonis to fill in now. Sabonis is probably a better defender on Nurkic either way and luckily Portland's backup centers aren't world beaters by any means.

Possibly means more minutes for Leaf, which is likely to be rough, but good long term. Or Big Al...

Nurkic is so big though. Not sure how much he weighs now, but he used to weigh close to 300 lbs.

Post #13 » by **pacers33granger** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:51 pm

Jstock12 wrote:
pacers33granger wrote:Not having Myles will be a big blow, but at least we have Sabonis to fill in now. Sabonis is probably a better defender on Nurkic either way and luckily Portland's backup centers aren't world beaters by any means.

Possibly means more minutes for Leaf, which is likely to be rough, but good long term. Or Big Al...

Nurkic is so big though. Not sure how much he weighs now, but he used to weigh close to 300 lbs.

Yeah the guy is huge, but Sabonis probably has a better chance of containing him than Myles does.

winter_mute_13 · Post #14 » by **winter_mute_13** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:54 pm

Make him run on the other end. Other teams used to do that to us when we still had Hibbert. With Sabonis (or Turner), we can punish the slower bulky guys from the perimeter.

basketballwacko2 · Post #15 » by **basketballwacko2** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:56 pm

Sakkreth wrote:
basketballwacko2 wrote:
Sakkreth wrote:@Portland without Turner... ouch.

2am on Friday? Will tune in.

The game is in Indianapolis not at portland. It will be interesting to see Sabonis starting at Center.

Ohh ok, but thread name says otherwise.

Yeah looks like who ever made the thread messed up.

Jstock12 · Post #16 » by **Jstock12** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:59 pm

pacers33granger wrote:
Jstock12 wrote:
pacers33granger wrote:Not having Myles will be a big blow, but at least we have Sabonis to fill in now. Sabonis is probably a better defender on Nurkic either way and luckily Portland's backup centers aren't world beaters by any means.

Possibly means more minutes for Leaf, which is likely to be rough, but good long term. Or Big Al...

Nurkic is so big though. Not sure how much he weighs now, but he used to weigh close to 300 lbs.

Yeah the guy is huge, but Sabonis probably has a better chance of containing him than Myles does.

I've checked youtube and found a cool highlight of Sabonis going at Nurkic at 0:15 mark in this vid:

Watch on YouTube

winter_mute_13 · Post #17 » by **winter_mute_13** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:11 pm

It's official

Read on Twitter

It's Domas' chance to shine.

ducler · Post #18 » by **ducler** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:39 pm

AussiePacer · Post #19 » by **AussiePacer** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:49 pm

Going to be tough without Turner.

Hope we play a good game defensively and continue our pace from the last one.

cruwinas · Post #20 » by **cruwinas** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:58 pm

Pacers are going to be just fine. They need a W, cause first game was fun, this one - for confidence.

POR 94 - IND 103