IC Cold Links: Pacers Leave Cleveland Frustrated
Here are a few items of interest after the Pacers loss in Cleveland last night:
- Mike Wells reports on the Pacers' frustration over letting a lead slip away in the fourth quarter. The players were looking at the mistakes they made, especially the turnovers, as the difference on the road.
The Pacers, who led by as many as 10 points, turned the ball over 24 times, leading to 26 Cleveland points.
"I think that's our next step," said forward Danny Granger, who committed a game-high six turnovers. "That's been our Achilles' heel. If we can take care of the ball more, we might only have one loss instead of three."
- Jim O'Brien couldn't get past the free throw differential in his post-game comments. Funny, I'm so used to the Pacers never getting calls when they go to the hoop, I no longer get worked up about it. I can think of at least three or four non-calls on Granger and Jack alone without looking at the tape. I'm sure JOB has a longer list.
Danny Granger also took exception to the elbow LeBron James threw in plain view of the refs that was overlooked. No justice for the young and developing team."The 17 free throw differential was the difference in the game," he said. "We only shot 11 foul shots and they shot 28. A very physical game with a team that takes it to the rack as much as we do and to only get to the foul line 11 times, that's puzzling to me."
What about your team's turnovers?
"The fact that they had 28 free throws and we had 11, I just shake my head at that one," O'Brien responded, obviously not thinking about his team's 24 turnovers. "I'm just going to continue to scratch my head over that one."
- From the Cleveland perspective, the Cavs did just enough to win regardless of anything the Pacers did in the game.
- Full postgame report with notes and quotes.
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The fact that the Pacers put the Cavs in the Bonus with about nine minutes left in the fourth quarter didn’t help their case much. In fact, that seemed to be the only thing to get Mo Williams going.
Granger looked great, but while I think he has the makings of an elite SF, he’s got to do a bit more than score at this stage.
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by scottsargent on
Nov 8, 2008 9:57 AM EST
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Oh…and any time Anderson Varejao puts up 18 and 8 with three steals, it’s going to be a tough night for the opposition. That doesn’t happen often…
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by scottsargent on
Nov 8, 2008 10:00 AM EST
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Yeah, looking at the numbers
and some of the contributions the Cavs got from AV, West and Williams, it is surprising the game was so close.
by Cornrows on
Nov 8, 2008 10:31 AM EST
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