Miami Heat 105, Indiana Pacers 90: Indiana Steamrolled Again by Miami, Take on Fourth Straight Loss

…this team looks nothing like the one we saw in its first 24 games. It’s not just a matter of playing better competition, either. These guys look all out of sorts on both sides of the ball. Has the rest of the league figured out the Indiana Pacers? Were they just not as good as their early start indicated? Or does George Hill really mean that much success?

I understand your concern because I have the same feeling as well. However, I think these losses have been more from the Pacers poor play than other teams figuring them out. These last four games have been terrible to watch, but I hope we can get our “winning” momentum back and figure out our problems by playing two poor teams in two nights.

The high I felt at seasons beginning, compared to the flogging from the heat.

the one that caught the league by surprise or the one that is getting smashed?

Of course, as soon as I make a post finally accepting the fact we might be, in fact, good… we go on our first losing strength.

Maybe I should go back to being a negative nancy…

The team has lost its mojo. Are they reading their own press clippings? Losing George Hill hurts the 2nd unit and the end of game defense on a point guard. Whenever Lance plays, the other team just runs their offense without any problems. Lance is terrible, Price is a step too slow. REally need Hill back. Concerned that Collison is not starting PG material, and is really a backup.

When Hill comes back, I would enter him into the starting lineup to see if the Pacers can stop these slow starts. They need to do something. It’s a long season, but the body language on the court shows they don’t seem interested in competing.

This team needs a EVERYNIGHT SCORER!!!! This teams needs a guy that can lead, (Maybve DW is shaping n to that) whith his spurts latley,like WTF team lets go we can do thishaha) Its just that simple, this temas needs a score … It seems BIG HIB isnt that great after all ( RIGHT NOW) not saying hes bad. HEs let other guys get in his head and it has now affected his game. Hes not the same as he was at begging of seasson. I dont wanna keep going bc i would all day, but lets hope we can get a W tonight.

We need to a starting PG. DC2 is a back up. He decision making is piss poor. If I have to see him again get a outlet pass and beat his whole team down court only to take the ball up against 3 defenders it might drive me crazy. AJ just flat out stinks too. We need to figure out a way to get Deron williams. Hill should start when he is back. Just move dc2 down in rotation. We also need a scorer in the second unit. If we get a pg upgrade and a scorer in the second unit then we are talking ECF.

All the comments here are very valid and we all see it . A creative scoring guard to fill the second unit is desperately needed. A strong Big that can score in the second unit and does not back down from James, Howard, etc. is also needed. These as an addition to the existing bodies would maybe mitigate the fatigue factors that we are already seeing. The comments on Lance are valid and I only see him developing by having D League time and experience at least for this year. Then a decision can be made on him going forward. Price is slow allowing himself to get in trouble constantly then making bad decisions, so his role should be back to spot minutes. It is time now for DW to lead the team as he has the combined strength and talents on both sides of the game. At this point the Pacers can’t wait any longer to make moves as the other teams are adding the quality players. That means we will be a maybe playoff team. If in, it will be 1 and done.

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