Game Thread #6: Oklahoma City Thunder at Indiana Pacers
by Tom Lewis on Nov 10, 2008 12:00 PM EST
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PrintOklahoma City Thunder at Indiana Pacers, Nov 10, 2008 7:00 PM EST
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| November 10, 2008 - 7:00PM EST | ||
| Conseco Fieldhouse | ||
| Radio: 1070AM WFNI TV: Fox Sports Indiana | ||
| Probable starters: | ||
| Earl Watson | PG | T.J. Ford |
| Kevin Durant | SG | Marquis Daniels |
| Jeff Green | SF | Danny Granger |
| Nick Collison | PF | Troy Murphy |
| Johan Petro | C | Jeff Foster |
The Indiana Pacers host the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Fieldhouse Monday night. The Thunder will try to bounce back from letting a potential win slip away against the Atlanta Hawks at home on Sunday.
This game sets up as a perfect chance for the Pacers to even their record at 3-3. This also sets up as the type of game the Pacers have bungled over the past few years. Last year for example, the Pacers solid start showed signs of crumbling when they dumped a game on the road to the then Seattle Supersonics (ooo, that was tougher to type than I thought).
This is a different Pacers team with a completely different make up and I can't imagine THIS Pacers team, with Jim O'Brien coaching, letting any team sneak up on them this year. For one, their margin of error is too slim so they should constantly be in "something to prove" mode. Also, with Mike Dunleavy and Rasho Nesterovice still nursing injuries, the Pacers are going ten deep and using an all-hands-on-deck approach. Ten guys aren't going to come out flat or caught off guard.
A good indicator will be the first six minutes of the game. The Pacers have played ten halves of basketball so far this season and the starting unit has had a plus score after six minutes in each of the ten halves with the exception of the second half against Phoenix. This is a team that comes out ready to play with a game plan to execute. The idea of playing hard for 48 minutes doesn't allow the starters to ease into the game. Get the ball and go from the opening tip. The competition has provided the juice to come out firing, so I'm looking forward to seeing the team reacts to playing a Thunder team they should be able to handle at home.
Game Day Reading
Blue Blitz and The Thunderworld have your OKC perspective.
Mike Wells on Roy Hibbert trying to avoid fouls so he can play a bigger role.
Wells blog post on the Ws there for the taking in the next few games.
Feel free to leave your thoughts on the game in the comments.
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Nice effort Danny
Chased down an open break-away dunk by Petro and forced him to earn it at the line, which he did. OKC up 14-10, mix in some D.
I think we’re playing pretty well though. OKC’s just making everything. We need to slow them down definitely though.
Great move by Hibbert.
Hopefully they cool down
Not sure the Pacers will stop them at this point. At this rate, the winner will be putting up plenty of points, so there’s a long way to go.
Giving up too many possessions
with missed bunnies and turnovers. Pacers down 34-24 after 1Q.
Tighten it up and the Pacers should be fine, but you know, anytime now…
Ack! Granger charge
Back to the bench with 3 fouls. Murphy illin with the flu. Time for the bench to step up.
Nice run from Baston, too.
Nice to have him for spot duty. Hopefully he won’t foul out in another five minutes.
Now is the time to put 'em down
Thunder should start feeling their game last night. Pacers can’t dump this game at home for several reasons.
wish i could've watched
It’s gonna be tough being in Minnesota and not being able to watch any games, especially if the effort stays this high and the results continue to follow.
I always appreciate these comment threads, though. Lets me capture some of the fan’s experience, even when I can’t watch. Thanks.
you have to get league pass…it’s the greatest thing ever created
by captain flitzy on Nov 11, 2008 9:48 AM EST up reply actions
Nice to see us pull out a close game
even if the game was kinda hard to watch. OKC is a better team than a lot of people think. They’ve been right there in a lot of games and it was of course good to see us get a W against them.
Yeah, wow, that Robert Swift guy looked disgusting haha.
Also, I was flipping through the channels and I caught some of the Raptors- Celtics game. Boy, do I not miss JO. Another putrid turn around jumper in crunch time blocked. And his new free-throw routine takes like 10 minutes ha
Anyways, good win by the Pacers tonight
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