games until mid feb and start of mar are scary.

by denggoy7 on Jan 23, 2012 9:15 PM EST

We passed the west coast trip in my opinion but the next 13 games will be brutal. We will be able to gauge how far the pacers will go this season. Imagine facing Orlando 3 times (hope they trade howard soon), boston, chicago, dallas, utah, atlanta, memphis, denver and miami and half of them are on the road. After that, we get to play the bottom feeders until the end of feb. We then start March with a bunch of back-to-back games against playoff teams. Chicago then atlanta, Miami then Orlando, Portland then Philly.

We could sure use a healthy and efficient squad during this stretch. We could also use additional scorers off the bench and hope by that time, Danny has regained his shooting touch.

Hope we win at least 70% of those games or am i being a shameless fan?

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here's the sked by the way

Orlando Tuesday, January 24 2012 7:00 PM EST coverage
@ Chicago Wednesday, January 25 2012 8:00 PM EST coverage
@ Boston Friday, January 27 2012 7:30 PM EST coverage
@ Orlando Sunday, January 29 2012 6:00 PM EST coverage
New Jersey Tuesday, January 31 2012 7:00 PM EST coverage

February
@ Minnesota Wednesday, February 01 2012 8:00 PM EST coverage
@ Dallas Friday, February 03 2012 8:30 PM EST coverage
Orlando Saturday, February 04 2012 7:00 PM EST coverage
Utah Tuesday, February 07 2012 7:00 PM EST coverage
@ Atlanta Wednesday, February 08 2012 7:30 PM EST coverage
@ Memphis Friday, February 10 2012 8:00 PM EST coverage
Denver Saturday, February 11 2012 7:00 PM EST coverage
Miami Tuesday, February 14 2012 7:00 PM EST coverage
@ Cleveland Wednesday, February 15 2012 7:30 PM EST coverage
New Jersey Thursday, February 16 2012 7:00 PM EST coverage
Charlotte Sunday, February 19 2012 6:00 PM EST coverage
New Orleans Tuesday, February 21 2012 7:00 PM EST coverage
@ Charlotte Wednesday, February 22 2012 7:00 PM EST coverage
Golden State Tuesday, February 28 2012 7:00 PM EST coverage
March
@ New Orleans Saturday, March 03 2012 8:00 PM EST coverage
@ Chicago Monday, March 05 2012 8:00 PM EST coverage
Atlanta Tuesday, March 06 2012 7:00 PM EST coverage
@ Miami Saturday, March 10 2012 7:30 PM EST coverage
@ Orlando Sunday, March 11 2012 6:00 PM EDT coverage
Portland Tuesday, March 13 2012 7:00 PM EDT coverage
Philadelphia Wednesday, March 14 2012 7:00 PM EDT coverage
@ New York Friday, March 16 2012 7:30 PM EDT coverage
New York Saturday, March 17 2012 7:00 PM EDT coverage
Los A Clippers Tuesday, March 20 2012 7:00 PM EDT coverage

by denggoy7 on Jan 23, 2012 9:21 PM EST reply actions

It sure can be scary

But for some strange reason I feel like we could win a decent percentage of those games. This is a different squad. They know how to come back. They know when it’s time to get serious. It was an amazing game last night, and as it shows, it’s only going to get tougher from here on out. We do need to bring our A game, and I have a feeling a trade is going to take place between now and some of those tougher matchups come next month.

by The_Dawson on Jan 23, 2012 10:15 PM EST up reply actions

Why not just edit ur post and add this?

Whatever, doesn’t matter. I’m glad they have such a tough stretch of games. Let’s build that mental fortitude early for the playoffs.

"A champion is someone who gets up when he can't."
- Jack Dempsey

by infinityzero.systemerror on Jan 23, 2012 11:16 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

posting the sked was an afterthought.

not sure why i didn’t just edit it. the sked sure looks like an eyesore.

by denggoy7 on Jan 23, 2012 11:30 PM EST up reply actions

Eh

I think we win tonight and split the next four. That may be optimistic, but if we can do it, that’s 14-6 heading into February, and we could easily win like 9 of the first 11 games of that month. That would give us a chance to suck it up in March with the @ CHI to vs. PHI skid we’re facing through the middle of that month, and still come out smelling rosy for the home stretch of the season.

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by LukeNukem on Jan 24, 2012 8:15 AM EST up reply actions

This squad versus Chicago in last years playoffs?

It certainly feels like we could have come out on top. The first three games were decided in the waning minutes of their respective fourth quarters. Given this teams penchant for closing out close games (Sacramento doesn’t count, because, like… I don’t know. It just doesn’t. Shut up.), there’s no reasonable argument that can be made that says we wouldn’t have beaten the Bulls.

Good teams in this league are just that. Good. When two good teams go head to head, one has to win. So if we play the top teams in the league and split those games 50-50, we’ll have proven we belong in the upper echelon.

I would have said that tomorrow and Wednesday’s match-ups were going to be very indicative of how we rank against elite opponents, but given Orlando’s franchise-low scoring and shots made totals, we may end up seeing a very demoralized Orlando team. Naturally, the adverse is also true.

I say all of this just to point out that going .500 over our next 13 games would be fine, and certainly no reason to panic. We play Orlando thrice, and each game a team has to win. We play Chicago, Miami, and some other hot teams, and in each of those someone has to win. Splitting with good teams may not be what we want, but it’s certainly better than losing. .700 may be a bit optimistic, denggoy7. 6-6 against the good teams with a win in New Jersey would put us over .500 for the next 13, and I’d consider that a victory.

by Jmahoney on Jan 23, 2012 11:44 PM EST reply actions

The Orlando stats, by the way...

… are a reference to their match-up with Boston this evening.

by Jmahoney on Jan 23, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions

the good news is that Pacers could go 3-10 over that stretch and still have a winning record overall

by full sail on Jan 24, 2012 12:23 AM EST up reply actions

.7 is really a stretch.

just a lot of wishful thinking on my part. if only we can have some sort of good karma going our way considering the bad ones we had since the brawl started by mr. peace.

by denggoy7 on Jan 24, 2012 12:43 AM EST up reply actions

if we go .500, i'll be pretty happy

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by dbcb on Jan 24, 2012 6:16 AM EST reply actions

hey, if we want to be the best, we got to beat the best,

truthfully, the Pacers just have to stay focus, and play like they are the better and more talented team. really other than playing against Chicago and Miami, there isn’t really a team in that schedule that you can say are heads and toes better than the Pacers.
Looking for a big win tonight, and the crowd better show up to support these guys, there’s zero reason for the crappy attendence so far.

by latrell spreewel on Jan 24, 2012 3:03 PM EST reply actions

utah, memphis, Portland, and the Clips are all good teams this year, but the key is we get to host those games, so we do get a break there and should win most of those games.

by latrell spreewel on Jan 24, 2012 3:05 PM EST up reply actions