2010 Summer Game Thread #4: Indiana Pacers vs. Boston Celtics
by Tom Lewis on Jul 8, 2010 1:30 PM EDT
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It's Day 4 so the Indiana Pacers have a quick turnaround after last night's game when they tip off against the Boston Celtics at 3:00PM today. Former Andrean High and Notre Dame biggin' Luke Harangody has been playing a lot and playing well for the Celtics down in Orlando averaging 16.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in the first three games.
The real job will keep me from watching this one live so if you have a chance let me know your thoughts and observations in the comments.
Rosters after the jump.
INDIANA PACERS
| No. | Player | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Birthdate | College/Last Team |
| 24 | Paul George | F | 6-9 | 210 | 5/2/90 | Fresno State |
| 11 | Richard Hendrix | F | 6-8 | 265 | 11/15/86 | Alabama/CB Granada (Spain) |
| 7 | Thomas Heurtel | G | 6-2 | 180 | 4/10/89 | France/Strasbourg IG (France) |
| 4 | Adam Koch | F | 6-8 | 255 | 5/4/88 | Northern Iowa |
| 7 | Chris Kramer | G | 6-3 | 214 | 4/4/88 | Purdue |
| 21 | Marcus Landry | G/F | 6-7 | 230 | 11/1/85 | Wisconsin/Boston (NBA) |
| 20 | James Mays | F | 6-9 | 230 | 3/8/86 | Clemson/Humacao (Puerto Rico) |
| 32 | Josh McRoberts | F | 6-10 | 240 | 2/28/87 | Duke/Indiana (NBA) |
| 2 | Russell Robinson | G | 6-1 | 205 | 1/24/86 | Kansas/Maine (NBADL) |
| 15 | Magnum Rolle | C/F | 6-11 | 225 | 2/23/86 | Louisiana Tech |
| 6 | Lance Stephenson | G | 6-5 | 210 | 9/5/90 | Cincinnati |
| 9 | Bryce Taylor | G/F | 6-5 | 210 | 9/27/86 | Oregon/Telekom Baskets Bonn (Germany) |
| 8 | Darryl Watkins | C | 6-11 | 258 | 11/8/84 | Syracuse/TianJin Rongcheng (China) |
| 12 | Marcus Williams | F | 6-7 | 205 | 11/18/86 | Arizona/Austin (NBADL) |
BOSTON CELTICS
| No. | Player | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | College |
| 41 | Jaycee Carroll | G | 6-2 | 180 | Utah State |
| 27 | Tony Gaffney | F | 6-8 | 215 | Massachusetts |
| 55 | Luke Harangody | F | 6-8 | 255 | Notre Dame |
| 46 | Matt Janning | G | 6-4 | 198 | Northeastern |
| 60 | Vyacheslav Kravstov | C | 7-0 | 270 | Ukraine |
| 40 | Oliver Lafayette | G | 6-2 | 190 | Houston |
| 56 | Art Parkahouski | C | 6-11 | 260 | Radford |
| 47 | DeShawn Sims | F | 6-8 | 225 | Michigan |
| 48 | Ryan Thompson | G | 6-6 | 220 | Rider |
| 49 | Ryan Wittman | F | 6-7 | 215 | Cornell |
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Glad there's no late game tonight
NBA TV seems to be starting LeBronageddon at 8:30.
Also looks like a Summer League MVP showdown between Stephenson and Harangody.
Speaking of the Celtics
Our good buddy J.O. signed for the mid-level. Thanks, ESPN text alerts. You’ve been pissing me off way too much lately.
Marcus Williams puts the Pacers on the board
Smooth jumper. Harangody just got a beautiful turn around. Phew.
Celtics look cohesive
Pacers lack direction. Wonder if McRoberts’s leadership was that important to them.
Nice work from George
To find Rolle.
Whoa, ugly free throw attempt. Front iron getting plenty of work, though I’m not entirely sure that even hit rim.
Bad defensive effort as Harangody drills a wide open three
Harangody sets the pick. Koch switches his man even though George doesn’t. Hmm.
Stephenson hurt again
Ran into Krastov, bumped knees, his thigh hurting, limping roughly off the floor, but it didn’t look all too seriously. Hopefully he can get back on the floor.
Krastov
Didn’t dribble once as he banged his way down low. Awesome. George driving to get to the line. That’s what we need him to be doing while he figures his offensive game out.
End of 1
30-15 Celtics. Pacers not giving me much to talk about, I’m afraid. They look tired and are just getting beaten on both ends.
"We've seen some... ...good...basketball from both sides."
Clearly that’s a lie if you have to pause for that long, haha.
Solid jumper from Rolle
Fights hard for the board on the other end. No doubt in my mind Magnum is on the team. It’ll be surprising if he isn’t.
Too much watching on the defensive end
Lots of fundamentals, not a lot of action. Let’s see if Kramer can help out there.
Magnum P.F. knocks down the short J
Dude’s impressed me a lot for a 52nd pick or whatever he was. I’d take him over Solo.
Hey, 3 year plan y'know
Robinson in for Heurtel
Still no Lance.
And yet another George three left short. I have a bad feeling about his playing time this year if those shots don’t start falling.
Sims gets the tough tough shot to fall for Boston
George played solid defense on that one, just better offense.
Team has 25 points
Nearing half. This is a troubling sign without the offensive abilities of Lance and Bob. Thankfully, George getting to the line and living up to that percentage.
I can certainly understand why he "only" averaged 16.8
He’s got a lot of work to do to become a quality offensive player.
Where's Marcus Williams at anyway?
A big scorer last year in the D-League, showing absolutely nothing when the team needs some points.
Halftime, 58-31
Ugly game. We have to watch another half? Team is lost, absolutely lost, without Stephenson and McRoberts.
Whats the chances of paul george even getting to play a game in this upcoming season? I’d say no chance, if he’s having this much trouble against people in the summer league, i’m not sure. we should just sit him down on the bench and work him out in practice to get his game on track. maybe even send him to the d-league
Still plenty of time before the year starts
No clue how the wing situation even looks by then. Will need to see lots of work though.
Sorry guys but
Paul George sucks.
Im out, peace!
Pacers forcing turnovers in this third quarter
Unfortunately, when you have the offensive capacity of the 2009-10 Indiana Pacers, these things do you little good. But it has been trimmed to 19.
Celtics finally looking frustrated
Pacers need to get some points with this unit while they’ve got the momentum. Taylor cuts it to 10.
Figures
Team gets some positives going, and start settling for threes. Little brother much like the big one.
Rolle called for the elbow
Shows the ref what an elbow is, haha. Quick apology on the inadvertent whack to the head.
You know it's a rough day
When you force in for an easy shot and get a bad roll on the and one. Hitting his free throws though. 6-6.
Rolle keeping the Pacers in this one at the end
Big transition jumper, 19 points for Rolle. I’m pleased with this kind of offensive showcase. I wasn’t a big fan of his offense this week, but he’s stepping up when the team needs him. Glad someone is.
George redemption!
Big steal. 8.7 to go, two point game. Final play. If this were the regular season, Obie would take out Rolle (best player) and draw up a three pointer for George. I expect a three pointer drawn up for George regardless.
Call to George
Drives it baseline…lays it up…GOOD. AND the foul! Who would you rather have at the line right now?
final play from paul george
Fantastic final play by paul george, also Magnum Rolle was fantastic at the end. Back from 19 points in the end of the third quarter
Ahh
The time before JOB ruins all these players is wonderful.
by infinityzero.systemerror on Jul 8, 2010 5:05 PM EDT reply actions
rookies show mettle
even though george was struggling all day, he had the confidence to step up when it counted. i like this. rolle better make the team
WHAT A GAME!!!
Ok at first the game was way boring…but then i decided to give the fourth qtr a chance just cause…and then I witness A great deficit get flipped and it gets turned into a Win…I know its just summer league but that made my day.
and i totally agree with you wesleyY who ever is coaching that summer league team should be considered for a bigger role.
Haha
JOB outdone by his assistant again. Guess that means he’s gonna be fired.
by infinityzero.systemerror on Jul 8, 2010 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
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