Game 11, Pacers vs. Bulls

Post #1 » by **Jake0890** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 6:39 pm

November 15, 2014
8:00 PM ET
United Center - Chicago, IL

Indiana Pacers
3-7, 4th in Central Division, 13th in Eastern Conference

Starting 5

Rotation
PG - Aaron Brooks
SG - Kirk Hinrich | Tony Snell | E'Twaun Moore
SF - Mike Dunleavy | Doug McDermott
PF - Pau Gasol | Taj Gibson | Nikola Mirotic
C - Joakim Noah | Nazr Mohammed | Cameron Bairstow

Injury Report
Pacers
George Hill (knee contusion) - Out multiple weeks
C.J. Watson (foot) - Out multiple weeks
David West (ankle) - Out
Paul George (leg) - Likely out for season
Rodney Stuckey (foot) - Questionable
C.J. Miles (calf) - Questionable

Bulls
Derrick Rose (hamstring) - Out
Jimmy Butler (thumb) - Probable

The Tradition

Spoiler:

Post #2 » by **boomershadow** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 7:40 pm

I am all for optimism, but we are gonna get crushed.

Post #3 » by **pacers33granger** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 8:37 pm

I expect Aaron Brooks to have a field day against our PG defense. Way too quick and too good a shooter for us right now. I didn't think Rose was playing though.

Post #4 » by **Jake0890** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 9:47 pm

pacers33granger wrote:I expect Aaron Brooks to have a field day against our PG defense. Way too quick and too good a shooter for us right now. I didn't think Rose was playing though.

He's not. Forgot to take him out of the rotation.

Justrec · Post #5 » by **Justrec** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:20 pm

Why are some team boards booming with activity while others have little to none? I've never seen anything like this on a forum before.

jc23 · Post #6 » by **jc23** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:36 pm

Justrec wrote:Why are some team boards booming with activity while others have little to none? I've never seen anything like this on a forum before.

plenty of forums are inactive on realgm, i think there is a popular pacer website where fans discuss the team, dont remember the name though.

Justrec · Post #7 » by **Justrec** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:46 pm

jc23 wrote:
Justrec wrote:Why are some team boards booming with activity while others have little to none? I've never seen anything like this on a forum before.

plenty of forums are inactive on realgm, i think there is a popular pacer website where fans discuss the team, dont remember the name though.

Yeah I figured, I recently joined this site and it was the first one that popped up on google when I searched. Is there a popular one for the Bulls other than RealGM? Do you know?

Also, OT. Goodluck Pacers lol.

jc23 · Post #8 » by **jc23** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:53 pm

Justrec wrote:
jc23 wrote:
Justrec wrote:Why are some team boards booming with activity while others have little to none? I've never seen anything like this on a forum before.

plenty of forums are inactive on realgm, i think there is a popular pacer website where fans discuss the team, dont remember the name though.

Yeah I figured, I recently joined this site and it was the first one that popped up on google when I searched. Is there a popular one for the Bulls other than RealGM? Do you know?

Also, OT. Goodluck Pacers lol.

Bulls realgm forum have it all.

Post #9 » by **Jake0890** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 1:26 am

Looks like Pau shrunk his shorts a little, :lol:

Playing pretty well so far, hitting a lot of shots.

Post #10 » by **Jake0890** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 1:41 am

Did the Bulls commentator just call 28 y/o AJ Price a "very good young guard"? C'mon.

Post #11 » by **pacers33granger** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 1:58 am

I have to believe the only reason Bird signed Rudez is because he looks a bit like him and has similar measurements. Because it can't be because of his basketball skills.

Post #12 » by **Jake0890** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 2:06 am

There's no way in hell that was Bulls ball there. Bad call.

Can't believe the Bulls let Kirk shoot as much as he does. Takes so many bad shots and doesn't hit them.

On a positive note, we're somehow in this game. I'm still amazed with how the Pacers have played this season despite all the setbacks and injuries, seriously contending every. damn. game. (minus the Nuggets game)

MillerTheKiller · Post #13 » by **MillerTheKiller** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 2:45 am

Scola playing the game of his Indiana career.

Post #14 » by **Jake0890** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 3:29 am

2nd night of a back to back in Chicago, and we beat the Bulls? The hell...

Vogel did a great job tonight. Kept going back to those mid range jumpers and the Bulls didn't adjust. Scola was 10 of **** 12. Let that sink in. Price had 21 off the bench, 7/11 shooting. Solo had 21 as well. Everything was just firing on all cylinders tonight.

Butler torched us tonight though, 32 points. Thibs kinda ran him into the ground even when the game was out of reach, over 40 minutes, which was dumb. Pau shot less that 33% from the field. And Kirk was just real bad.

Overall, great game. Charlotte on Wednesday.

Post #15 » by **pacers33granger** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 3:35 am

Hill continues to impress me. Oddly enough reminds me of Butler a bit. Only I think his offense is a little better than Butler's 2nd season, but his defense isn't quite as good.

Price had a hot shooting night, but still made some bad plays and took some questionable shots. Scola had one too, and I'm glad for him despite being one of his biggest detractors. Still think that's something that would happen a few times over a season and the rest would be garbage to average so this game doesn't change anything for my opinion on him. He just doesn't have it anymore most nights, tonight being the exception.

And I'm glad we're still playing hard. Would have been easy to lay down after last night. I think it's pretty telling that we're only a bit under average right now with Cope as the first option (even with the relatively easy schedule). Speaks a lot to Hibbert's value and Vogel's coaching.

Post #16 » by **Nuntius** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 3:47 am

Extremely proud of the team tonight. They gave it their all and they gutted a win against the Bulls in Chicago. Impressive.

I thought that Scola was going to struggle against Pau but it in the end it was Pau who was struggling against Scola.

AJ Price had another great game and I just read that we're applying for a 2nd hardship waiver so we'll probably get to keep him for 10 more days. He really carried our second unit tonight.

Solo had another very strong game. I love how aggressive he is when driving to the rim.

Roy didn't shot very well but he played great defense and distributed the ball nicely (5 assists).

Copeland shot well from 3 but struggled defensively and turned the ball over a few times.

Sloan didn't score a lot (he did make a key basket when the game was tied in the 3rd, though) but he had 7 assists and only 1 turnover.

Damjan did a solid job but he has to know where the 3-point line is. It's infuriating that he only makes his long shots when his foot is on the line :lol:

Lavoy's shot wasn't on tonight but he kept playing great defense and fighting for boards.

Ian had a good game tonight. Yeah, he committed a ton of fouls but he played great defense and fought on the boards.

All in all, everyone was great tonight. I'm really proud of their performance.

mikepacernation · Post #17 » by **mikepacernation** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 4:36 am

Jake0890 wrote:2nd night of a back to back in Chicago, and we beat the Bulls? The hell...

Vogel did a great job tonight. Kept going back to those mid range jumpers and the Bulls didn't adjust. Scola was 10 of **** 12. Let that sink in. Price had 21 off the bench, 7/11 shooting. Solo had 21 as well. Everything was just firing on all cylinders tonight.

Butler torched us tonight though, 32 points. Thibs kinda ran him into the ground even when the game was out of reach, over 40 minutes, which was dumb. Pau shot less that 33% from the field. And Kirk was just real bad.

Overall, great game. Charlotte on Wednesday.

Thibs is know for killin his players with playing them way to much. That's why in my opinion that the Bulls will never make is to the playoffs in one piece

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Post #18 » by **boomershadow** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:36 am

I don't hate being wrong.

Wizop · Post #19 » by **Wizop** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 1:25 pm

Justrec wrote:Why are some team boards booming with activity while others have little to none? I've never seen anything like this on a forum before.

I like it just the way it is. we have a high signal to noise ratio here. I know there are forums that generate pages of messages within each game, but I like what we have here.

Wizop · Post #20 » by **Wizop** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 1:26 pm

pacers33granger wrote:I have to believe the only reason Bird signed Rudez is because he looks a bit like him and has similar measurements. Because it can't be because of his basketball skills.

I didn't watch the game put Rudez had the highest +/- on the team with a +15 so good things happened when he was on the court. Ian also had a big number.