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  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,510 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Indiana could improve its roster and coaching staff by adding:

    1. Jimmy Chitwood to the roster; and

    2. Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper to the coaching staff.

      :)

    Maybe even consider adding Bobby Knight to the coaching staff. :o

    Does anyone think that the Knicks are cursed and will find a way to lose the ECF?

    As for the WCF, unless Minnesota finds a way for someone other than Edwards to make some shots it seems that OKC will have a cake walk to the Finals.

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As for the Timberwolves: I said earlier they might steal one game - right now it sure looks like that.............

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,469 ✭✭✭✭✭

    thanks for playing Knicks

    you had a nice season

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Gave up the 1st half lead and let Indiana come back! Now they go back to Indiana? Lots of luck with that!

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 24, 2025 6:00AM

    I'm officially rooting for Indiana to win it all

    I got them at +750 and +900 to win the championship

    Tough sledding if they make it and face OKC but it's the NBA where the impossible happens!!!

  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,510 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If the Pacers win the title that will result in 3 of the 4 ABA teams that joined the NBA in 1976 will have won a title (San Antonio, Denver and Indiana) leaving only the New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets without an NBA title.

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Coach sitting out Edwards for 7 minutes in the 4th? WTF??????

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well it seems to be futile - Wolves fans cheering in the first half - and then the second half they score 30 and OKC scores 70

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OUCH - looks like this is the "Steal" game for the Wolves! :D

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Minnesota reminding OKC that there are more games to play lol

  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 9,626 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like it was Indiana’s turn to blow a 20pt lead on the way to losing at home.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 26, 2025 5:11AM

    And Indiana is quickly reminded that there are more games to be played in their series lol

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Should be a good game tonight - if Indy goes up 3-1 it's over for the Kicks.

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Steven59 said:
    Should be a good game tonight - if Indy goes up 3-1 it's over for the Kicks.

    It seems the road is the better option for these teams, I really Hope Indy can clean up and win tonight

  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 9,626 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Damn - here ya go - whatever Indiana is doing to try to win a championship, the Eastern teams better learn from them - because whatever NY and Cleveland is doing ain't working!
    And where is that other guy who was rooting for Boston been !!!??? :D

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 9,626 ✭✭✭✭✭

    i don't think that Indiana is doing anything out of the ordinary to have made it this far, they just matched up well with both Cleveland & NY in these playoffs and its possible that that may not be the case against the Wolves or Thunder if they move onto the Finals. This Indy core is still the same group that got swept by Boston at this time a year ago.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Indy one win away just like OKC

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like the Timberwolves came into this game tonight with their bags already packed to go on vacation.

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OKC on a rampage

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,469 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 29, 2025 7:58AM

    i don't see either Indy or NY touching the Thunder in the finals

    hope i'm wrong for perk's sake, but right now they are firing on all cylinders and are extremely difficult to beat on their home court (43-7 on the season). the Pacers or Knicks will have to do it at least once, and if they give up one in their own house they'll have to do it twice.

    good luck with that

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:
    i don't see either Indy or NY touching the Thunder in the finals

    hope i'm wrong for perk's sake, but right now they are firing on all cylinders and are extremely difficult to beat on their home court (43-7 on the season). the Pacers or Knicks will have to do it at least once, and if they give up one in their own house they'll have to do it twice.

    good luck with that

    I think OKC is such a force that it won't even be possible for me to hedge my bet really, only thing I can think of is just betting OKC each game or something IDK

    If I get a cash out option for any positive money I might just do it.

    OKC is beastly

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OKC vs Indiana

    I think OKC wins the series in 5

    I win $1000 if Indiana somehow finds a way to win lol

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Go Pacers!!!!!!!!!

  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 9,626 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 1, 2025 9:23AM

    I'd love to see Indy win their first championship but OKC's defense has been fantastic in these playoffs and will probably slowdown the Pacers ability to get out and score on the fastbreak, That was the real difference in the ECF other than the proverbial hitting your threes, NY never really found a way to slow down the Pacers offense.
    That team goes as Tyrese Hailburton goes and if he's able to rack up 20+pts & 10+ast it likely means that the Pacers are scoring at a high clip. The Thunder have some dogs on defense that can take you completely off your game so it should make for a fun series. Either way, a long suffereing fanbase will finally see the Larry O'B trophy come home for once.

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Should be interesting to watch if Indy will try to knock OKC around and intimidate them like they did to Cleveland.

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:
    OKC vs Indiana

    I think OKC wins the series in 5

    I win $1000 if Indiana somehow finds a way to win lol

    My Pacers play is small time, but I will be rooting for you as well as for myself.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,469 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tonight's prediction:

    OKC flexes on Indy

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

    WOW! I'd like to watch the game but every time I try to watch it all I see is commercials!!!!!!!!!!

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

    WOW!!!!!!!!!! All of a sudden the referees start calling traveling in the finals on Indy???????????????

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,469 ✭✭✭✭✭

    oh-em-gee

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 9,626 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Down 15 in the 4th and still pulled out the win.

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,469 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @erikthredd said:

    Down 15 in the 4th and still pulled out the win.

    Welcome to the NBA

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Damn! Indy does it again!

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BLUEJAYWAY said:

    I think OKC wins the series in 5

    5 What! :D

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,469 ✭✭✭✭✭

    the Pacers led one time the entire game......with .3 remaining

    the Thunder scored 2 points in the final 2:52

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Halliburton is now called MR.NBA Playoffs

  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 9,626 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:
    the Pacers led one time the entire game......with .3 remaining

    the Thunder scored 2 points in the final 2:52

    That was their second time over the past 8 games where the blew a 14pt 4th quarter lead and lost.

    Does this mean SGA isn’t a closer?
    Am I doing it right? 😉

  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 9,626 ✭✭✭✭✭

    We’ve officially reached the point where having the home court advantage in basketball doesn’t mean a thing anymore.

    OKC, Cleveland,Boston, Houston, NY, LAL we’re all the top 6 teams in winning percentage this season and each team lost game one on their own home court. 5 of the 6 ultimately lost that series with OKC still TBD.

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,469 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @erikthredd said:

    @galaxy27 said:
    the Pacers led one time the entire game......with .3 remaining

    the Thunder scored 2 points in the final 2:52

    That was their second time over the past 8 games where the blew a 14pt 4th quarter lead and lost.

    Does this mean SGA isn’t a closer?
    Am I doing it right? 😉

    what's your interpretation of why they gagged it?

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,469 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @erikthredd said:

    We’ve officially reached the point where having a big lead in basketball doesn’t mean a thing anymore.

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 9,626 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 6, 2025 8:04AM

    @galaxy27 said:

    @erikthredd said:

    @galaxy27 said:
    the Pacers led one time the entire game......with .3 remaining

    the Thunder scored 2 points in the final 2:52

    That was their second time over the past 8 games where the blew a 14pt 4th quarter lead and lost.

    Does this mean SGA isn’t a closer?
    Am I doing it right? 😉

    what's your interpretation of why they gagged it?

    I'd put this loss on OKC's 4th quarter defense, which has been their bread & butter all season. Indy scored 35pts in the 4th with 6/10 from three. It also didn't help that OKC forced 25 turnovers for the game but only scored 11pts off of them.
    I wouldn't throw the blame at SGA but I'm sure someone out there will look at him going 2/4 from the field and try saying he didn't take enough shots. He went 6/6 from the line and scored 10 of OKC's 25pts in the 4th.

    Credit the Pacers for making just one more play than the Thunder, that being said, this series is far from over.

  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 9,626 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 6, 2025 8:06AM

    @galaxy27 said:
    We’ve officially reached the point where having a big lead in basketball doesn’t mean a thing anymore.

    Do you know who's been saying that here for years?
    This guy \/ \/ \/ 😎

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,469 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @erikthredd said:

    I'd put this loss on OKC's 4th quarter defense, which has been their bread & butter all season. Indy scored 35pts in the 4th with 6/10 from three. It also didn't help that OKC forced 25 turnovers for the game but only scored 11pts off of them.
    I wouldn't throw the blame at SGA but I'm sure someone out there will look at him going 2/4 from the field and try saying he didn't take enough shots. He went 6/6 from the line and scored 10 of OKC's 25pts in the 4th.

    i certainly wouldn't pin the loss on SGA, but the fact of the matter is that he missed and Haliburton hit

    the bigger problem is that the Pacers are well-balanced and the Thunder are not. Jalen Williams comes and goes, and there was an APB out for Chet Holmgren's game last night. between the two of them they shot 8-28. they rely on SGA to be a volume scorer far too often. conversely, the Pacers didn't have anyone score 20 points and had 6 guys in double figures (and were one point away from having 7).

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 9,626 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:

    @erikthredd said:

    I'd put this loss on OKC's 4th quarter defense, which has been their bread & butter all season. Indy scored 35pts in the 4th with 6/10 from three. It also didn't help that OKC forced 25 turnovers for the game but only scored 11pts off of them.
    I wouldn't throw the blame at SGA but I'm sure someone out there will look at him going 2/4 from the field and try saying he didn't take enough shots. He went 6/6 from the line and scored 10 of OKC's 25pts in the 4th.

    i certainly wouldn't pin the loss on SGA, but the fact of the matter is that he missed and Haliburton hit

    the bigger problem is that the Pacers are well-balanced and the Thunder are not. Jalen Williams comes and goes, and there was an APB out for Chet Holmgren's game last night. between the two of them they shot 8-28.

    I wouldn't say that that first part is entirely true, the Thunder are very balanced on offense and on most nights their defense creates a ton of points by getting stops then scoring in transition, that just wasn't the case last night.

    I do agree though that those two need to step up more when the game is on the line. I remember one play late in the 4th where Chet got the ball out beyond the 3pt line and had a wide open lane to the rim with just his defender in the area and rather than using his 7'-6' wingspan to dunk the ball, he finessed it and missed.

    SGA will ultimately get the blame though, just like Tatum did even though for most of that Bos/NY series his supporting cast was M.I.A.

    they rely on SGA to be a volume scorer far too often. conversely, the Pacers didn't have anyone score 20 points and had 6 guys in double figures (and were one point away from having 7).

    To add to this part,especially that first bit about SGA, I think what's so refreshing about watching this Pacers offense has been, they have an actual ball distributing point guard in Haliburton and even his backup, TJ McConnell.
    Since Lebron came into the league the NBA has shifted into that high volume/heavy usage run the offense though me type of playmaker on offense...LBJ, Luka, Harden, KD ,Giannis, Tatum, SGA, Kawhi. It works great when you're winning but after losses there's usually a ton of MMQB'ing about changing their offensive gameplan up.

    The Pacers run their offense in more of a traditional sense where they tend to get everyone involved. Its no surprise that they've buil;t their offense by playing this way when their head coach was a key contributor on the '86 Celtics. There's a lot of offensive similarities between these Pacers and that great C's team.

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