Game Thread #61: Indiana Pacers at Portland Trail Blazers
by Tom Lewis on Mar 3, 2010 5:33 PM EST
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PrintIndiana Pacers at Portland Trail Blazers, Mar 3, 2010 10:00 PM EST
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| 20-40 | 36-27 | |
| March 4, 2010 - 10:00PM EST | ||
| The Rose Garden | ||
| Radio: 1070AM WFNI TV: Fox Sports Indiana | ||
| Probable starters: | ||
| Earl Watson | PG | Andre Miller |
| Brandon Rush | SG | Brandon Roy |
| Danny Granger | SF | Nicolas Batum |
| Troy Murphy | PF | LaMarcus Aldridge |
| Roy Hibbert | C | Marcus Camby |
The Indiana Pacers have to pick themselves up off the canvas to take on the Portland Trail Blazers tonight.
After last night's second half TKO, the issues surrounding the Pacers have become more entertaining than the actual play of the Pacers. Consider the case of T.J. Ford after his play last night brought strong criticism from Slick Leonard and Mark Boyle, two respected icons of the franchise. Now if it's me and my actions bring about such a pointed response from Slick, I'm finding my way to a mirror to have a good introspective look at what's going on. Not T.J., he went to Twitter instead and lobbed some not so cryptic tweets. That helps.
After the crazy game in L.A. last night, the Pacers have to find a way to come together or they'll leave Portland resembling Mt. St. Helens. Actually, that might no be all bad.
For a Portland perspective, check out Blazers Edge. The Blazers signed Travis Diener today so I assume he'll be chirping away at his old teammates from the other bench tonight.
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AJ?
Is he actually going to play?!?!?!? More then 8 minutes that is.
God forbid JOB let’s the young guys get a little burn.
Why buy the cow, when you get the sex for free?
by return2greatness on Mar 3, 2010 8:29 PM EST up reply actions
The only way TD plays tonight is if Miller, Bayless, Roy AND Rudy get injured.
But based on The Blazers’ luck this season, that isn;t out of the realm of possibility… knocking on wood
Good luck tonight, should be a good game.
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being at the right place at the right time"
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...but when I do... I read Blazers Edge."
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by FiveOhThree-RipCity!! on Mar 3, 2010 7:48 PM EST up reply actions
I actually think the Pacers match up relatively well
but good game might be stretching it! It will certainly be a game!
Man...according to the graphic we get a cloned Pacers team to help us tonight!
And yet we’re still underdogs. sigh
Good luck tonight Pacers fans
I’m always nervous about matching up against Granger. That guy is flat out incredible. I think one of the most under-rated players in the game. I don’t follow the Pacers too much, but my guess is only 20 wins probly means he doesn’t have enough supporting talent. Should be interesting to see how Nic Batum does pasting himself to Granger all night. Nic is very active and can shoot the 3, so Granger will have to play some D.
"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him."
We've been playing with a small lineup recently
Granger is probably excited he doesn’t have to guard the opposing power forward for a night! Thanks for the wishes, you guys have a good young team, one that is fun to watch. I spent three months in PDX at the end of 07 beginning of 08 when you guys went on that 12-15 game winning streak. I was watching Pacers games at Claudia’s bar at 4 and the place would fill up at 7 for the Blazers game. You guys got a good fan base and a lot to be proud of. Good luck to you guys also
thanks
I’m really saddened about the Tyler Hansbrough situation. I really wanted to see him succeed. Is he going to be back this year?
"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him."
negative...
its the ear infection from hell
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
hows the saying go?
defensive wins what???? a team this bad doesnt need this much offensive freedom, they need structure and to be told their going to bust their ass and play defense first and foremost. We’re rebuilding and I want to keep the guys that can play tough D first and foremost. 90 percent of the guys who get drafted get drafted because they can score. I wanna see us play some D
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
it will be fun to see how camby fitrs in with portland though
that was a very underated pick up for the blazers
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 10:07 PM EST reply actions
tj starting? interesting
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 10:12 PM EST reply actions
TJ...always interesting
One handed pass into the 10th row after a nice effort to keep an offensive reb alive against Aldridge.
too much freedom. be was best when he came off the bench in a controlled playing situation
danny already with more points than he had yesterday tho, so thats a good sign
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
gotta love mascot birthday night...
always a very underated part of any season
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 10:24 PM EST reply actions
theres been a lot of dumb passes so far
what happened to just makin the simple play?
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
dahntay and roy coming in
in my opinion they both should of been startin….
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 10:27 PM EST reply actions
ill agree with u its a coin toss between the two
since they both have multi contracts tho we need to see them both on the floor as much as possible and see if they sink or swim
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
bye bye ford
you dont deserve to play another possession all game
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 10:31 PM EST reply actions
If I had never seen Hibby play
and saw that hook shot, I would be like “How did that go in?” But I’ve seen him play…
Didn't even notice Head out there
guess he took care of whatever it was he needed to take care of in Chi-town huh?
from the blazer blog right now....
“I usually don’t like matching up to the other team But in this case I wouldn’t mind us going small because I think our smalls are better.”
uh oh…..i think they figured us out…..
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 10:37 PM EST reply actions
Nice shot Dahntay but really, what are they doing
Four players clear out for DJones to shoot a jumper?
Shocker
awful last possession. It’s like they have no clue what to do out there if they take the time to think. Not good
i dont like where this is going
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 10:43 PM EST reply actions
juwan howard, wow
my money says he gets 15 on us tonight
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 10:44 PM EST reply actions
6 already, i mean really? its a 1,000 year old juwan howard
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 10:53 PM EST up reply actions
no mcbobs tonite.....
sad
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 10:58 PM EST reply actions
its by the grace of god were only down 11
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
I know I'm preaching to the choir
But when the offense gets stagnant and players aren’t moving like they should, shouldn’t you put in some young high-energy guys? I mean we know what we have in TJ. For God’s sake, try playing AJ and see if he can spark a little run. While we are at it, give McBobs another chance to try a coast-to-coast drive. This is becoming maddening!
Blazers
are just toying with the Pacers
by Slick4President on Mar 3, 2010 11:38 PM EST reply actions
his 30 "irrelevant" points are about the only reason im watchin at this point
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
i mean the man has 30 and its still only the 3rd quarter
whats his career high btw?
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
I wonder..
if JOB will bench Granger the next game because he is the leading scorer but still got the Loss
by Slick4President on Mar 3, 2010 11:47 PM EST reply actions
ugh
i know ur excited to play aj but let the game come to you
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
grangers career high is 42 against detroit in 2008
maybe something to shoot for this quarter, assuming we actually try to get him shots
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 11:55 PM EST reply actions
wow
nice dahntay.
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I would trade our entire team for
Brandon Roy
by Slick4President on Mar 3, 2010 11:57 PM EST reply actions
he would def be a good base to start with
hopefully we’ll get our brandon roy in the draft coming up
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 3, 2010 11:58 PM EST up reply actions
lol
tj had no chance there
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 4, 2010 12:00 AM EST reply actions
By putting him in
It’s obvious we’re not saving him for next game.
So tell me again why the kids aren’t getting more run?
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for them to play the coach has to tell them to check into the game
something in the process is keeping them from playing….not sure what it could be though….
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 4, 2010 12:06 AM EST up reply actions
shoot it!
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 4, 2010 12:04 AM EST up reply actions
There's a Bright Side to All This
We still have the Michael Redd safety commercial.
just to make sure u dont feel left out record it on ur phone and make it your ring
thats pretty much the equivalent of what we go through
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 4, 2010 12:09 AM EST up reply actions
Love how numbers on a break
don’t mean nothing but jacking up another three.
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4 points this quarter.....
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 4, 2010 12:12 AM EST reply actions
For being an offensively minded team
Nice job Obie!
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what was that
go hibby!
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 4, 2010 12:17 AM EST reply actions
He told Hibbert
what a good coach JOB was and set Hibby off
by Slick4President on Mar 4, 2010 12:18 AM EST up reply actions
Oh Lord
don’t they know brawls don’t solve anything? :)
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hubby got in a little sissy shoving match with a blazer scrub
nothing too crazy but probably the most exciting thing in the last hour with the exception of seeing aj strip out of his warmups
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 4, 2010 12:20 AM EST up reply actions
hibby*
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 4, 2010 12:22 AM EST up reply actions
JOB
is a offensive genius according to Bird
by Slick4President on Mar 4, 2010 12:23 AM EST reply actions
run and gun shows its true face with this team yet again
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 4, 2010 12:24 AM EST up reply actions
im sure clark's so disappointed to leave the pacers to do march madness....
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 4, 2010 12:24 AM EST reply actions
yea, got a feeling its going to be an ugly month and a half,
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by drsuessrunner07 on Mar 4, 2010 12:27 AM EST up reply actions
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