Preseason Open Thread #4: Indiana Pacers vs. Houston Rockets
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 6:00 PM EDT
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Houston Rockets at Indiana Pacers, Oct 16, 2009 7:00 PM EDT
The Indiana Pacers play the front end of back-to-back games tonight at Conseco Fieldhouse against the Houston Rockets. The Rockets are on the back end of a back-to-back after beating the Toronto Raptors last night 124-112.
Here is some great pre-game reading material from Conrad Brunner on the Pacers dealing with a challenging preseason schedule as well as adjusting back to the local time zone.
No local TV for this one so you'll have to rely on the HD visuals from the call by Mark Boyle and Slick Leonard, unless you can track down the Rockets' broadcast at which point I'd suggest muting the broadcast and still listening to Boyle and Slick.
For the Houston perspective, check out The Dream Shake. Please leave your thoughts and observations on the game in the comments.
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Same starters for the Pacers
TJ, Rush, Granger, Murph, Hibbert
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 7:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice little start
Creating a few turnovers to jump out 7-2.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 7:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Murph hits a shot INSIDE the arc
after a Hibby block. I guess Murph has been practicing the mid-range game.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 7:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Roy runs the floor
but misses the alley-oop dunk. Fortunately TJ cleaned it up with a 3.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 7:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Pacers 10-0 points off turnovers
TJ started out well tonight.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 7:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Foster sighting
along with Watson and DJones
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 7:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dhantay making some plays
I like how he grabs the defensive board and takes it up court quickly.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 7:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
There's some classic Foster
Tangled up with a couple of Rockets, he gets a one-armed rebound and draws a shooting foul.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 7:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Pacers up 34-21
Off and running. 8 players have scored. 5 steals, 2 blocks.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 7:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
TJ
9 points 2 assists ZERO turnovers in only 5:37 of run.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 7:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Solo and McBobs in
with Granger, TJ, Luther.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How has Rush looked so far?
Glad to see some offense and no turnovers from TJ.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
by giants9107 on Oct 16, 2009 7:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Rush didn't score in his first run
He’s still on the bench. Had one of the early steals.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Splashed nothing but net
He just about shot another but was covered and swung it to TJ who eventually set up Granger for a 3.
P’s up 51-32
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Umm, fellas
Roy and Foster just muffed a free throw rebound and lost it out of bounds.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 7:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is it necessary for Jeff Foster to wear a headband with his face mask?
It’s sort of like wearing tube socks with Birkenstocks
by Gwen on Oct 16, 2009 7:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Good point
Maybe he should go all the way with knee high socks.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh
mid-range clank from DJones. Too much time to think about it.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Foster and Scola are swapping mini-jump hooks
with little jumping involved.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 8:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Luther!
Splash and one from behind the arc. Beautiful. He was run over by Brian Cook but the ball just popped the net clean. May have had a toe on the line.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 8:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Count the three
missed the FT, though.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Halftime box highlights
Rockets shooting 39.5%, Pacers have 8 steals and only 3 turnovers.
Granger 19 points, TJ 11 points, 5 assists, 3 steals
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 8:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Pacers up 84-64 midway through 3Q
offense coming easy. Murph has it going this quarter.
Foster won’t play in the second half. Precautionary back rest after first 13 minutes of playing time in the first half.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 8:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
End 3Q P's up 100-77
Murph now has 17. DJones with 11.
Luther and Dhantay love to get out and run. Fun to watch.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 8:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Lead down to 19
Deep bench struggling to score some buckets.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 9:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice take by AJ breaks the drought
Roberts, Benson and Nichols on with AJ and Luther. Landry and Pops are having their way inside for the Rockets.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 9:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
AJ making some nice offensive plays to set up teammates
they’re just struggling to make the shots.
by Tom Lewis on Oct 16, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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