Preseason Game Thread #7: Indiana Pacers vs. Chicago Bulls
by Tom Lewis on Oct 22, 2010 5:00 PM EDT
in Indiana Pacers Preseason
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PrintIndiana Pacers at Chicago Bulls, Oct 22, 2010 8:00 PM EDT
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| October 22, 2010 - 8:00PM EST | ||
| United Center | ||
| Radio: 93.1FM WIBC TV: No local TV | ||
| Probable starters: | ||
| Darren Collison | PG | Derrick Rose |
| Brandon Rush | SG | Kyle Korver |
| Mike Dunleavy | SF | Luol Deng |
| Josh McRoberts | PF | Taj Gibson |
| Roy Hibbert | C | Omer Asik |
The Indiana Pacers close out the preseason tonight against the Chicago Bulls at the UC. Kyle Korver is expected to return to action tonight for the Bulls, but Joakim Noah is not.
If Danny Granger is healthy enough to go for the Pacers I can't imagine he'll play much. T.J. Ford is still out dealing with a hamstring injury.
No local TV, but Mark Boyle and Slick Leonard provide hi def visuals with their radio call on 93.1 FM or NBA.com. The game is being televised in Chicago so it may be on League Pass.
For a Chicago perspective, check out Blog A Bull.
Leave your thoughts and observations in the comments.
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Working tonight so I won't get to see this one
As always I look forward to reading game comments on here! The season is right around the corner, this will be our last look at Magnum and Lance for awhile, hopefully they get a chance to show some stuff tonight. Go Pacers!
Granger and Ford will both sit tonight
No reason to play them right now. Be interesting to see how Ford gets shuffled into the rotation.
Stephenson heading to the line
Halfway through the first. 15-12 Chicago. Some defensive issues in the sense of fouls especially, and why not keep up the turnover concern?
Price and Hansbrough in
With Stephenson, Hibbert, and George. I think some people would like this to be the lineup all night.
George with two fouls already
Deng is destroying the Pacers defense. Heading to the line for FT seven & eight.
Scalabrine isn't a Celtic still?
Guess I shouldn’t be surprised. I didn’t know Morrison didn’t resign with the Lakers.
One done.
Bulls up 32-17.
Deng has 15.
Pacers shooting somewhere between 5% and 7% from the floor with 25 TOs and 2 rebounds.
Pacers making a mini-run
Thanks to Rush and Hansbrough.
Getting stops and converting on the other end. Finally.
This is Chicago’s second unit though.
Sounds like the guys need to settle down and focus on one basket at a time.
When we have the ball, focus on getting off a good shot, and following up if it misses. When we’re on defence, focusing on your man and making sure you don’t lose him.
It's a little frustrating, I think
They’re not playing sharp at all.
Posey gets drilled by James Johnson on a long shot because, as Slick put it, “Posey was afraid to get on him for fear of him going around him.”
Totally agree. I can’t stand the Indiana Credit Union commercials either.
by Captain Crunch on Nov 10, 2010 12:56 AM EST up reply actions
Could almost turn the second half into a "who gets cut game"
Turn to those guys who are on the cusp of getting dropped from the roster and tell them “you have 24mins to go out there and show me why you shouldn’t be dropped from this Pacers squad”
I think it's down to Magnum and Solo
No way D.Jones or Lance get cut.
Shame Magnum and Solo play the same position, but with this game already out of reach, it’d be a good time to see them get a quarter of action, see who is out.
Let's see...
25-15 rebounding deficit, 20-7 FTA deficit (19-6 FTM), 9-4 turnovers, Pacers 2-10 from the three point line, 48-38 FG%. Roy is 2-8 from the field (4-4 FT). Foster leads team with three assists.
Duns update:
Bruised knee. Questionable return. No reason to have him back, so that’ll be his night.
Ah poor George
Looks like Deng is running a school for him. Should be good experience for him though, as it shows that if you don’t defend well you get lit up for everyone to see
Collison's Box Score is reasonably solid so far
0 turnovers too
Rolle anyone? Give the guy a chance to perform
1 quarter to see him in action is what we want. We already know Solo can do zip
The Pacers need a Dale Davis type of PF...
If Indiana dosen’t make a trade for some interior defense and rebounding help, it’s going to be a long season.
I think McRoberts is doing alright at the PF
Hibbert is the one that should be grabbing most of the boards though. He’s got the height over McBob
What we've got with Roy
Is what we’ve got with Roy in terms of rebounding. He’s never been a rebounder, and I don’t think he ever will be, save for a big game every so often.
A Dale Davis type of rebounder, tenacious, high percentage scorer is what we need. It’s what Josh could be, but he’s not looked too good the last couple of games.
I have the same sick feeling.
another long disappointing season. I try to stay positive but down almost 30 to the Bulls is hard to swallow.
Know what's not hard to swallow?
A beer. I need one.
But I’m going to remain positive on this effort. I’m going to assume they’re looking past this one. It’s a terrible effort by everyone. Even George seems to be coasting. I don’t know if that’s ominous, but I’d be surprised if this is how much better the Bulls are from us. They’re going to be good. But they’re not 30 points better.
To be fair
Solo hasn’t gotten any time tonight either.
I really don’t know where the team goes with this cut.
Rangers up 5-1. Yankees in some trouble.
I know George has had a rough day
But 9 boards! Good stuff from the guy working on the glass. He should at least be praised for that
Team missed Dunleavy's contributions as well
I’ll take 14 from Hibbert and Collison on most nights. Though Roy needs to do better than 5-16.
Geesh
I would have put in more effort than what I saw my Pacers put in tonight and I am a 5’7 white lawyer. Aye yay yay.
Price beats the buzzer on the three
102-74 final.
Lack of effort tonight that I wouldn’t worry too much about it, but we will have to worry about turnovers, poor shooting, and defense, to be fair. They were dreadful tonight, they’ve been dreadful all preseason.
George shot poorly tonight
2-14 including 0-6 from downtown. He also had 5 fouls and 6 turnovers.
However, he did have 10 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals.
In my opinion, he still starts at SG for the season opener.
It's just a preseason game - sure
but the season starts in 5 days and we should be ramping UP not down! This was just plain sad. Got the Spurs opener coming up in a few days and we still don’t have a solid starting 5. Pathetic game.
George had a poor shooting night but...
at least he was very aggressive on the defensive end. He got his hands on alot of deflections.I think with a little more time playing in the NBA, he’s going to be a very solid player.
Ummm
I want the Stephenson I saw in Summer League. So, can’t the rest of the real NBA dumb it down a bit so we can have that guy?
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