Game Thread: OKC @ IND

[BOTSLAYER]

Awesome early game, going to fry up some chicken and make a martini, hopefully the starters are in.

 

[bksballer89]

I'll check for you

 

[bksballer89]

Everyone for OKC is a go. Brooks said they're 100% and won't be resting anyone

 

[BOTSLAYER]

I am loving OKC today then.

LOL NBA TV giving JR Smith an award for being the worst.


Thanks BK

 

[BOTSLAYER]

LOL NBA pregame isn't TNTs Chuck and Shaq but pretty funny.

 

[BUD]

I just want to see if the real Pacers show up, if they do this game should be worth watching, if they don't then it's time for me to change the channel..

 

[OregonDucks]

Pacers need this win to get the #1 seed.

 

[BOTSLAYER]

The sharp money has come in on IND so we will see.


I hope IND does get the 1 seed. I think CHI might even be a better matchup for MIA despite previously thinking TOR was.

CHI playoff tested but MIA knows them and they do well when they are familiar with an opponent.

 

[thunderc]

Game will mean a lot more to the Pacers for sure.

 

[Jims_Doors]

Everyone for OKC is a go. Brooks said they're 100% and won't be resting anyone

Probably because they still don't have the 2nd seed locked up with 3 games (including today's) remaining. They would have to lose all 3 and LAC win their remaining 3 to get the 2nd seed.

 

[bksballer89]

Yeah but if he wanted to he could've rested starters because they have Detroit on the schedule

 

[BOTSLAYER]

IND playing well on O, moving the ball

 

[BOTSLAYER]

Sick move by Hibbert, better recovery by his defender and some how Hibbert is already 0-4.

They still need to feed him though.

 

[BOTSLAYER]

IND back to iso Offense, they keep that up it s OKC sealing the 2 seed today.

 

[BOTSLAYER]

Hibbert dominating the boards with 2...and 0-7 from the field for 0 points and just 1 TO.

2 things, with out him sucking IND could be running away with this and no matter what you still have to feed him because otherwise the outside ISO players will suffer. Healthy Bynum would make IND great.

Announcer at one time said basically that Hibbert is slow and has poor reflexes and that his sucking was not his fault.

 

[BOTSLAYER]

Hibbert just got dished a wide open look and hesitated and was immediately closed in on and rejected at the rim.

Announcers saying he doesn't have the lift and I am even more certain of PED use and stoppage by Hibbert.

The NBA keeps testing results and failures very hush hush, it seems very plausible he was popped and told to cease and desist or suspensions were coming.

 

[BOTSLAYER]

I would like to clarify I have nothing wrong with pro athletes using PEDs or how the NBA handles them, just an observation.

2 ways to look at this, new fairness policy by the NBA* or trying to ensure that the Heat make it to the finals.

*New verticality memo is aimed almost entirely at Hibbert.

 

[Jims_Doors]

Watson with the flop

 

[podsox]

Every time Westbrook does something good defensively he follows it up with a stupid shot

 

[thunderc]

Don't mind the loss since it gives the Pacers a better shot at home court.