hugh613
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*Thanks Metallica. Well, if the steam's any indication, guess I can already chalk up that Sixers total (which is up to 100.5 at 5Dimes) as a loss. And, yeah, I know what you're thinking - that Pacers defense is terrible. Well, that Sixers offense comes in dead last in PPG and ORtg, as well as missing their most dangerous threat in Joel Embiid. Figured after that shellacking at the hands of the Hornets, Indiana might try to hunker down in this one a bit. Whether or not they actually can is obviously a different matter (kind of like the way I've been blasting Tom Thibodeau's supposed defensive genius...) but when I read stuff like this, I don't know, makes me think they slow the pace down a bit to step up their defensive efforts:
Several Hornets baskets were followed by the Pacers looking at each other with either confusion or irritation. In transition, many Pacers ran back on defense without locating the player they were assigned with guarding. George and C.J. Miles, on separate occasions, raised their arms to ask their teammates who was going to defend the opposing guard dribbling up the court. Both times, no other Pacers answered. George and Miles were left to try to stop the Hornets’ dribble penetration.
Miles’ expression throughout the second half was to look up and shake his head in disgust. George voiced his displeasure in the locker room with sharp criticism for how the Pacers were not a cohesive team.
http://www.indystar.com/story/sport...16/11/07/hornets-have-pacers-number/93418968/
Of course, another way of looking at it would be to say this team is lost, and even a hapless offense like Philadelphia's can take advantage. At least HCA favours the Pacers defense to step it up a bit, maybe... *sigh*
:idk:
Several Hornets baskets were followed by the Pacers looking at each other with either confusion or irritation. In transition, many Pacers ran back on defense without locating the player they were assigned with guarding. George and C.J. Miles, on separate occasions, raised their arms to ask their teammates who was going to defend the opposing guard dribbling up the court. Both times, no other Pacers answered. George and Miles were left to try to stop the Hornets’ dribble penetration.
Miles’ expression throughout the second half was to look up and shake his head in disgust. George voiced his displeasure in the locker room with sharp criticism for how the Pacers were not a cohesive team.
http://www.indystar.com/story/sport...16/11/07/hornets-have-pacers-number/93418968/
Of course, another way of looking at it would be to say this team is lost, and even a hapless offense like Philadelphia's can take advantage. At least HCA favours the Pacers defense to step it up a bit, maybe... *sigh*
:idk:
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