Game Thread 11/20: Pacers vs. Magic

[basketballwacko2]

Great game Vic and Bogey! Victor with the crazy stat line.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

Also, Bojan has made more clutch 3s this year alone than Paul George has in his entire career.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

But on Myles, he was absolutely horrid tonight. Missed 5 layups while allowing Vucevic to get more offensive rebounds than he had total rebounds.

[boomershadow]

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[basketballwacko2]

But on Myles, he was absolutely horrid tonight. Missed 5 layups while allowing Vucevic to get more offensive rebounds than he had total rebounds.

2nd night of a back to back he was probably a little tired.

[Wizop]

give some credit to the magic centers

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[Nuntius]

What a game by Oladipo. He was absolutely dominant out there. Bojan as well. There are no words for this man. I feel that tonight we got very unlucky with our shooting. A lot of shots just danced around the rim and rolled out. If some of those rolls had rolled in then this game would have been much easier to take. We still won, though, on the back of Oladipo and Bojan. Cut the gameball in half and just give it to them. They deserve it.

[boomershadow]

I get a Westbrook-esque vibe of like...."relentlessness" from Victor Oladipo. Except that while I'm not really that big a Westbrook fan, I can't get enough Oladipo.

[Nuntius]

On Myles. He definitely struggled today. Nikola Vučević outplayed him. But I have to commend Myles on not giving up. Yes, he struggled but he kept fighting out there. He was very physical out there with Biyombo and he didn't let him go up for offensive rebounds a lot of times.

Sabonis, on the other hand, wasn't able to shake off Biyombo's physicality but he was absolutely great against Vučević.

Nights like these prove why it's such a luxury that we have two bigs like that. Neither of them took over the game tonight but they both fought like hell on the boards even if the boxscore doesn't reflect this.

[Miller4ever]

Myles was putting the effort on the boards, not necessarily grabbing them, but by boxing out on what are probably tired legs.

[Pacersike]

That's the second time Vic goes off against a former team. Dude could have been special if he had that motivation all the time.

Turner in for a rough year it seems.

Coaches They all start with good intentions but in the end they only play 8 guys on a back to back.
Next game, next excuse: we didn't have the legs to execute in the end.

[Pacersike]

Also, Bojan has made more clutch 3s this year alone than Paul George has in his entire career.

Bojan grew up in a war zone dudging bullets. PG grew up in California dodging water squirts

[Yunsen]

That's the second time Vic goes off against a former team. Dude could have been special if he had that motivation all the time.

Turner in for a rough year it seems.

Coaches They all start with good intentions but in the end they only play 8 guys on a back to back.
Next game, next excuse: we didn't have the legs to execute in the end.

The middle of the east is so tight that middling teams (like us) are playing for wins instead of development. Korkmaz isn't playing regularly for Philly, Bam Adebayo is not getting consistent minutes in Miami and Monk for Charlotte is now out of the rotation apparently. Not saying Leaf has deserved minutes lately but it's been happening everywhere.

[winter_mute_13]

Lots of things went wrong (except for Bojan) but we still gritted out a win. Nice!

Oladipo's effort is impressive. His shot wasn't falling, but he got to the line instead. That's exactly what we need from him.

I'm sorry for Frank (5 straight L's) but I'm still glad we got the win

[Vorda]

Also, Bojan has made more clutch 3s this year alone than Paul George has in his entire career.

Bojan grew up in a war zone dudging bullets. PG grew up in California dodging water squirts

The war ended when he was six year old... he doesnt remember the war... he is just good offensive player...

[Pacers_Freak]

Man this team is really starting to get me hooked. That wasn't pretty. But it was a win. Just grit and effort. That's Indiana basketball.

[Nuntius]

That's the second time Vic goes off against a former team. Dude could have been special if he had that motivation all the time.

Turner in for a rough year it seems.

Coaches They all start with good intentions but in the end they only play 8 guys on a back to back.
Next game, next excuse: we didn't have the legs to execute in the end.

The middle of the east is so tight that middling teams (like us) are playing for wins instead of development. Korkmaz isn't playing regularly for Philly, Bam Adebayo is not getting consistent minutes in Miami and Monk for Charlotte is now out of the rotation apparently. Not saying Leaf has deserved minutes lately but it's been happening everywhere.

TJ Leaf has definitely deserved a few minutes. He can definitely play.

But I don't have an issue with the 8-man rotation. It sucks for TJ but the minutes he isn't playing are going to Domantas and Lance. I'm fine with that.