Post#180 » by tsamo » Wed Apr 23, 2025 7:06 am
Honeslty, we always thought we'd be here after 2 games. It would have been nice to have stolen one of the first two in their home court, but it was always going to be hard, especially with Dame not at 100%.
And for people shiting on Dame, the guy has not played at NBA speed, let alone NBA Playoffs speed for a while. Even if he's 100% healthy, he's not going to be at playoff form in his first game back. It is what it is. He may not have been ready for this game, but if he does not play in this one, he cannot get ready for the next ones.
The Pacers barely beat us yesterday and they did it with absurd shot-making, home court advantage, refs on their side(slightly, but still) and some bone headed plays by us. We've been a mid away team all season long, with a record of 20-20, same as the Pacers. We play our best ball at home and as a lot of people know, a series has not started until a home team loses.
Hell even in our title year, we went down 0-2 twice and had to dig ourselves out of those ditches to win it all in the end. It's never easy.
Honestly the biggest factor right now, is Doc actively playing bad/uneven lineups. Our best lineup these past few weeks, was the KPJr/Green/Trent/Bobby/Giannis lineup, if I'm not mistaken, yet we didn't see it once tonight.
We need to be better going forward, but being back home should help us a ton.