12/4 - @Pacers - Tyrese Haliburton has an evil last name

[JCizzle]

JFC

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

How?

 

[RSN Diaspora]

Ouch

 

[The Mort Report]

Haliburton is fucking awesome

 

[Ale Xander]

They didn’t use to have this energy in the building when Vern Fleming was Pg

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

If he is going to play like the greatest NBA player every what can you do?

 

[HomeRunBaker]

There is no such thing as Hot Hand they said. Confidence and rhythm does not matter they said.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Hauser should be in for Horford, so they can't hunt him with Halliburton

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Tatum tried to make the big shot and missed it. Big miss.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Too much.

 

[Ale Xander]

Well that does it for sure

so we have home game Friday?

 

[FelixMantilla]

Blow it up.

 

[CaptainLaddie]

this is a clinic

 

[RSN Diaspora]

Say good night, Gracie

 

[SteveF]

Just not good enough tonight. Some of it was shot variance. Some of it shot selection in that first half. Too many turnovers.

Ah well. Come back next game.

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

Indy treating this like Game 7 or the Finals. The Celtics who’ve been there before…not so much.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Did they get one stop down the stretch? Don't think so.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Sigh.

 

[timelysarcasm]

47% from 3, goodnight

 

[Ale Xander]

Better in December than April at least

(well except for the 500k for the players)

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Dagger

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

no one wanted to go to Vegas anyway

 

[Salem's Lot]

Fucking losers.

 

[Ale Xander]

KP should be MVP this year

 

[Pablo's TB Lover]

The Pacers freaking want it, I think some streamers are going to fall after this one.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Pacers rose to the occasion. Shot the hell out of the ball. Fed off the crowd and made the plays. Fun game.

 

[128]

Well that does it for sure

so we have home game Friday?

I believe so, versus the Knicks-Bucks loser.

 

[bankshot1]

It was a great game for 47 minutes

Nice to see one team has a killer instinct

 

[patinorange]

One man team beat them. Not good.

 

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

I mean, it's an embarrassing performance in the second half.

The level of peacocking and the celebrating of a regular season game might be just as embarrassing

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Tough playing 3 on 5.

 

[mostman]

I actually love Nesmith being a villain. He played his ass off.

 

[benhogan]

Great game.

Pacers played better

probably feels good to avenge a 51pt loss

 

[kieckeredinthehead]

Starters 6/28 from three. Pritchard 0 for 4. One of their worst nights in the past two seasons from deep.

now 6/29

 

[JCizzle]

So don't get to the tournament, and now we have a harder schedule than the Sixers or is that incorrect?

 

[Dr. Gonzo]

Jrue hurt

 

[TrapperAB]

Fuck Nesmith

that is all

 

[DeadlySplitter]

White also have 5 turnovers tonight which is pretty crazy for him

 

[NJ_Sox_Fan]

Indy treating this like Game 7 or the Finals. The Celtics who’ve been there before…not so much.

Yeah. Just can’t get excited over an in-season meaningless tournament. Still annoying to see them end the game like that.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Turns out how hard you play, at least how energized you are, matters...

 

[CreedBratton]

Oh well one less game on horford & Porzingas knees is a good thing

 

[djbayko]

Had to watch the second half on my phone. Is it me or is Haliburton’s shot incredibly ugly? Frustrating to see him make everything late.

 

[Helmet Head]

Pacers have scored in what seems like 12 strait possessions. Defense has sucked. Yes they have hit some ridiculous shots but they also had easy buckets at the rim

Not gonna lie, I kind of hate nessmith

 

[lexrageorge]

Exhibit A on the vagaries and excitement of the one-and-done format.

 

[radsoxfan]

KP is out, this isn't our full squad.

But the # of "big games" we seem to lose continues to be troubling.

 

[teddykgb]

I actually love Nesmith being a villain. He played his ass off.

I can’t believe he’s making big 4th quarter plays on a good team. He looked so slow in Boston laterally and he looks fine now. Big credit to him for finding his way

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Pacers rose to the occasion. Shot the hell out of the ball. Fed off the crowd and made the plays. Fun game.

This is correct.

Some of the other takes in this thread are why game threads exist, I guess.

 

[azsoxpatsfan]

I’m pretty pissed off, which I never would have been other than the IST, so good job NBA. It’s annoying though

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

Yeah. Just can’t get excited over an in-season meaningless tournament. Still annoying to see them end the game like that.

This is the Super Bowl for regular season teams that play hard and are going to be first or second round exits when it actually matters. I am not surprised at the outcome tonight in the slightest. They played at playoff intensity and the Celtics didn’t match.

 

[benhogan]

Had to watch the second half on my phone. Is it me or is Haliburton’s shot incredibly ugly? Frustrating to see him make everything late.

plenty of arc and soft, worlds better than the JAYs 3-pt shooting

 

[Lazy vs Crazy]

I'm not lying when I say the team simply doesn't set screens:
https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/hustle?dir=D&sort=SCREEN_ASSISTS

Dead last in the league in screen assists by a mile.