Game Thread #19: Portland Trail Blazers at Indiana Pacers
by Tom Lewis on Dec 9, 2009 5:00 PM EST
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PrintPortland Trail Blazers at Indiana Pacers, Dec 9, 2009 7:00 PM EST
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| 13-9 | 6-12 | |
| December 9, 2009 - 7:00PM EST | ||
| Conseco Fieldhouse | ||
| Radio: 1070AM WFNI TV: Fox Sports Indiana | ||
| Probable starters: | ||
| Steve Blake | PG | T.J. Ford |
| Brandon Roy | SG | Brandon Rush |
| Martell Webster | SF | Dahntay Jones |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | PF | Troy Murphy |
| Joel Przybilla | C | Roy Hibbert |
The Indiana Pacers begin adjusting to life without Danny Granger tonight when they host the Portland Trail Blazers at Conseco Fieldhouse. The initial shock of losing Granger for a month or two has passed so now it's time to see which players can step up in 33's absence and bring the energy and effort to help lead the team. At this point, expecting wins, especially against the Blazers, might not be fair, but a guts-spilling effort from everyone in the home whites should be a given. I just hope the deep freeze outside doesn't translate to the Pacers' shooting efforts tonight.
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Every time TJ...
..takes a fadeway jumper off one foot, take a drink.
..dribbles into a double team with no one to pass to, take a drink.
..allows dribble penetration, hell, you’ll be dead by then.
So I hear from my parents.
Makes me seem a little silly for complaining about temps in the 40’s here
And maybe
someone to guard Aldridge? I love the fantasy points, but maybe putting Solo on him could slow him down?
I think the freeze
is actually killing my league pass. The Warriors game is coming through nicely. Bummer!
Pacers down 7
hanging around despite cold shooting. Juwan Howard has been offering some good comedy after picking up a few fouls. He’s desperately trying to lure the refs into evening things up.
Ooo
Murph missed a 3-ball that could’ve cut it to 2. Luther looked to have a steal, but was called for a foul. LMA makes 2 FTs to give Blazers 52-45 lead at half
Hibbert started the half with a bucket off a re-post
All involved made it look easy (which it is) and effective (again, which it is).
I thought Roy was going for the MJ reverse there for a second
gravity weighed in forcing him to pass.
Sounds like a good game
Gonna be trying my feed from time to time. It’s not the same with the boxscore refreshing…
just got home
aj price is playing! and scoring! looks like we’re being somewhat competitive tonight
If Youre not First, Youre Last
Roy is
truly a man amongst boys in this game, hopefully he doesnt take over this quarter
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AJ and Hansbrough keeping things working
I wish they could play a 5th quarter. Don’t care about the score, just want to watch them play.
quick shot
especially when we got a chance to take the lead
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I cant wait to see what kind of Hansbrough has
when he consistently hits his fts
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nice little ovation for AJ
(considering theres no one in the building)
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Id love to see all the young guys in there for the final stretch
would make things a lot more exciting and give us a chance to watch them grow up a little bit at the same time
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wtf
that was just nasty by Roy
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glad to see one of our 2 potential "players of the game" is on the bench right now
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we have 8 points the last 6 minutes
not how you finish games, how do you not go with what got you in the game to begin with?
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too bad this is going to be a double digit loss,
young guys played real hard
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Better effort tonight
personally, I still think JOBs job should be on the line come friday, its a must win for him
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