Game Thread # 21: Indiana Pacers at Washington Wizards
by Tom Lewis on Dec 12, 2009 4:18 PM EST
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PrintIndiana Pacers at Washington Wizards, Dec 12, 2009 7:00 PM EST
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| December 12, 2009 - 7:00PM EST | ||
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| Radio: 1070AM WFNI TV: Fox Sports Indiana | ||
| Probable starters: | ||
| T.J. Ford | PG | Gilbert Arenas |
| Brandon Rush | SG | Nick Young |
| Dahntay Jones | SF | Caron Butler |
| Troy Murphy | PF | Antawn Jamison |
| Roy Hibbert | C | Brendan Haywood |
The Indiana Pacers try to build on their win last night with a good performance on the road tonight against the Washington Wizards. Both teams share a disappointing 7-13 record, although in the Eastern Conference that puts them in the mix for a playoff spot. Just doesn't feel like it.
The playoffs should be the last thing on the Pacers mind tonight, though. Instead they should focus on this 48 minutes as another opportunity to come together and continue growing as a team. A concerted effort to keep the ball moving on offense and communicate and work on defense from start to finish is the only way the Pacers can win these days.
Coming off a big night, Roy Hibbert should be plenty jacked to play in his hometown. Hopefully he doesn't come out too jacked up before the game and end up playing flat. Always a concern for the big fella. Hibbert has been a big part of all of the Pacers' wins but one this year, so staying out of foul trouble on defense while being aggressive on offense will be key for Hibbert and the Pacers.
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Tonight
will be a good test for the young guys. Can they come out and play well for the second part of a back-to-back? Or will the team come out flat? I think JOB should think about playing Solo, AJ, or Luther tonight if the offense gets stagnant. Those three guys played no, or little minutes last night, they could be the spark tonight…
Hope to see another good effort
Win or lose, I want to see Roy and Hansbrough put forth another solid night.
I think
I just saw a guy walking around with a Brendan Haywood jersey on that wasn’t Brendan Haywood. I think tonight’s going to be a good night.
Good game so far
we definately have the better bench and hopefully that will make the difference in the end.
I've been wearing the same clothes for the past 48 hours...
So, we’re good to go. (I’m filled up with sinus meds.)
The announcers just said that the Pacers are the 3rd best rebounding team
Really? I should pay more attention to stats.
Mannnnn
Am I overreacting when I say I haven’t seen this team play this effectively in about ten years??
Oh I know! He looks better of late since he came back from his injury
He was playing ugly before. He needs to dump the black sock / white shoe combo though.
Who do you guys like for the Heisman?
I’m rooting for Gerhart, got to see him tear up opposing teams a few times this year
Though - Heisman winners doesn't exactly translate to the pros
I mean, Ron Dayne, Chris Weinke, Ty Detmer, Danny Wuerffel??
Ricky Williams even won it!
Great second quarter
This team was so streamlined in that quarter it was ridiculous. It was a well oiled machine, a greatness realized. Or something…
Pacers up at half, 66-52
Real nice half for the Pacers. Call me greedy but it feels like they should be up more than 14.
Does it really take an hour to present the Heisman?
Like I said earlier – Ricky tokey Williams won it.
You wanna hear something interesting?
the 30 for 30 Espn documentary that was made about Reggie and the Garden was recently accepted into Sundance.
I'm excited
To see that documentary. I only watched one of those 30 at 30 docs, but I can’t wait for this Reggie one.
I know
I remember listening to that Bill Simmons interview Tom (I think) posted here and it sounded really interesting, and they said March…and this was in July or August. Why does it have to be so long??
March
was the tentative date set during the last year’s playoffs when Simmons first mentioned the doc. He said it would run during March Madness. Not sure if that’s still the set date though.
Was it that long ago?
I was trying to remember what book I was reading at the time because that’s how I am able to tell when something happened, but I couldn’t remember.
The defensive player from Nebraska is extremely well-spoken!
I like to hear someone speak in complete sentences without ending everything with ‘you know what I mean?’
I think my upstairs neighbor just got a keyboard
All I am hearing is the same bass loop, programed drums, and sci-fi noises.
Now this is the Pacers team I'm used to
Second…third chance opportunities that turn into and one situations.
I wonder JOB figures his lineup changes
Earl worked with that group…is he on a minute count too? It’s frustrating to watch.
Jeez
Pacers not doing anything to stop the Wizards to score in that third quarter stretch. Ugly stuff. Time to go second quarter on this team.
Dunleavy
Assist to Hansbrough —> Hanbrough steals pass, ends up to Dunleavy for a deep three.
These guys are doing solid for this team.
These girls
Yelling “TYLER!!” I can’t tell if they’re heckling him or screaming ala fangirls and Twilight.
I'm not against
Not forcing minutes to A.J. for the sake of it, especially if Watson is doing well (which he is tonight), but I would rather get someone in there who can do it.
Ford on the last offensive possession
No, no, no. Did not like it. Has Tyler ready to cut for an EASY layup/dunk, pulls it over to the left and takes a pretty ill advised jumper. No, no, no.
I have to say
Washington’s big three is solid…but none of those guys are ever healthy.
Hibachi has gotten himself a triple double.
Ford does something stupid
(duh). There’s .5 seconds left. Dunleavy is hammered and tehre’s a foul now with .1 left on the clock. Dunleavy should be going to the line.
This is so unreal
"My game’s like the Pythagorean Theorem. It ain’t got no answer." - Shaq
by bleedinblueandgold on Dec 12, 2009 9:36 PM EST reply actions
The man behind the scores table was irate!!!!
"My game’s like the Pythagorean Theorem. It ain’t got no answer." - Shaq
by bleedinblueandgold on Dec 12, 2009 9:37 PM EST reply actions
My ESPN score update sent me two different final scores, pricesless!!
"My game’s like the Pythagorean Theorem. It ain’t got no answer." - Shaq
by bleedinblueandgold on Dec 12, 2009 9:39 PM EST reply actions
yeah it’s not about the foul it was about the time
"My game’s like the Pythagorean Theorem. It ain’t got no answer." - Shaq
by bleedinblueandgold on Dec 12, 2009 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
Too close, all Pacer fans will say yes, all Wiz fans say no
"My game’s like the Pythagorean Theorem. It ain’t got no answer." - Shaq
by bleedinblueandgold on Dec 12, 2009 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
Coming from the other side...
It’s not legit. They called the foul on Haywood who did NOT foul Dunleavy before time expired. Stevenson was the one who fouled Dunleavy before time expired. They cannot reverse the foul call on Haywood and say it was on Stevenson.
I'm not going to argue with you
Tough, from your perspective, to see this one end that way. OT would have been fun!
I'm not trying to poke an arguement.
However, if you read up above just a little you’ll see that the refs were in fact wrong. We should’ve played tougher defense. It’s what we get for having horrible substitution patterns and well, offensively minded players.
We had one of those games last year
against the Cavs. Broke my heart when they called a foul on Granger to send LeBron to the line. Pacers were vindicated on the next possession when Granger got fouled on the exact same play
I'd be looking at Gil
In bricking both of his FTs in crunch time. :) Just goes to show how valuable they are.
Yes - we were pretty equal in terms of TOs, assists, rebounds, stuff like that
They beat us in FG% but the Pacers shot over 90% from the line.
Going back on it
Think that half court shot helped in the end? I love one point games because you can look at EVERY SINGLE SHOT as a swing. Dunleavy’s half court shot…definitely a swing.
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