Game Day Thread #36: Indiana Pacers at Los Angeles Lakers
by Tom Lewis on Jan 9, 2009 6:31 PM EST
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PrintIndiana Pacers at Los Angeles Lakers, Jan 9, 2009 10:30 PM EST
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| January 9, 2009 - 10:30PM EST | ||
| Staples Center | ||
| Radio: 1070AM WFNI TV: Fox Sports Indiana | ||
| Probable starters: | ||
| Jarrett Jack | PG | Derek Fisher |
| Stephen Graham | SG | Kobe Bryant |
| Danny Granger | SF | Vladimir Radmanovic |
| Troy Murphy | PF | Pau Gasol |
| Roy Hibbert | C | Andrew Bynum |
The Indiana Pacers won't be able to sneak up on the Los Angeles Lakers tonight at the Staples Center. Despite the disparity to the W-L record of both teams, the Lakers will now doubt remembert that one of their paltry six L's were delivered by the Pacers. Plus, Danny Granger drew some additional attention to the Pacers with his game-winner in Phoenix on Wednesday night.
Obviously, the Lakers are a nightmare matchup, so the Pacers will have to play well, value the ball and concentrate on defense to have a chance at the end of regulation. The Pacers have been full of surprises this year so let's hope they have another one in them.
Jim O'Brien didn't sound too positive about T.J. Ford's health on his radio show Thursday night. Doesn't sound like he'll play again on this road trip, but the back strain remains day-to-day. Marquis Daniels is expected back before the end of the trip, but his availability tonight is unknown. I'm not expecting Quisy to play at this point.
The Lakers are also dealing with some injuries to key bench players on their roster. Lamar Odom, Jordan Farmar and Luke Walton are expected to miss tonight's game.
Here are the Pacers.com matchups.
For a Lakers perspective, check out Forum Blue & Gold, LA Ball Talk and.
Gameday Reading
- Bruno's latest Caught in the Web accounts for the all the heart-stopping games the Pacers have taken part in so far this season and considers the nickname, Pacemakers. I can go with it. If you have a better one, let him know.
- Mike Wells reports on Danny Granger's increasing odds of landing on the Eastern Conference All-Star team. The buzz about Granger's play this year has certainly broken out on a national level.
- Mike Dunleavy joins JMV on The Drive (podcast). Nice to hear him say the knee felt really good, as good as it has felt even dating back to last year. Let's hope that feeling holds throughout the season. He also mentions something I didn't think of after Granger's game winner. Had the game gone into OT, Mike's 20 minutes of allowed playing time were up so he would've had to watch. He thinks he and JOB may have had to battle the training staff. He's trying to negotiate more minutes for tonight's game.
- Mike Bresnahan offers some Laker notes, including Kobe Bryant stepping up his play of late. Yay.
- I answered a few questions for LA Ball Talk.
Leave your comments and observations on the game in the comments.
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by milleniumprince on Jan 9, 2009 10:06 PM EST reply actions
Roy making plays!
Roy came to play tonight. Hopefully he can stay out of foul trouble.
Anyone else staying up?
It's so good to see Dunleavy out there
They’re playing well right now. With Dunleavy back the Pacers have the best offense in the East. They just need anything that looks like a defense. They can score with anyone, but they need TJ to really put pressure on the opponent on D.
Vujavic (spelling is blah)
needs to get his hair cut…He looks like he uses more product than most women.
The Lakers half time tv crew...
was asking one of the coaches if they thought Kobe wasn’t getting the proper ‘calls.’ For some reason I thought that was funny…
No doubt
I know JOB harps on him about it every time he does it too. He has about a 50-50 success rate which makes it a horrible play.
Pacers struggling
to sustain the level of intensity the Lakers are showing. Let up for a second and they’ll make you pay.
I'm not throwing in the towel..
but I don’t think it will any last second heroics this time…or a Troy Murphy tip-in…hey they’re interviewing Big Smooth..
Certainly doesn't have the same vibe, does it?
Of course, I’m a little sleepy so maybe I just can’t feel it.
I'm not familiar with Jack
there isn’t another body they can use? All he has to do is jump over him.
Oh man, Jeff....
Please tell me that didn’t just happen.
This is fun though
But I don’t know how you keep it up every game. Kudos to Cornrows. Good Night everyone!
What a game...
Too bad it ended with Granger fouling out and Foster not getting a shot off. Kind of anticlimactic. Dunleavy looks like he’s back. And what about ex-Pacer Josh Powell. Thanks again for letting me do the guest post and here’s hoping that the Pacers make the playoffs. If they can stay healthy, Danny will get them in.
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