[NBA] East Finals

[kingdivac]

Pacers aren’t playing nearly as well as last game….

 

[kingdivac]

Nice rock brains there Siakam on that foul

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1793822573291045085

 

[kingdivac]

Get lost pacers, pathetic defense

 

[kingdivac]

Game over

 

[kingdivac]

Knock, knock, knock,

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1793826507263279442

injury pendulum unfortunately swinging back towards the Pacers after waylaying all their opponents for the last month.

 

[kingdivac]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1793826507263279442

injury pendulum unfortunately swinging back towards the Pacers after waylaying all their opponents for the last month.

wouldn’t have mattered

 

[Tetsujin]

wouldn’t have mattered

Yeah, if anything, they were doing a little better tonight without him out there just because it forced the Celtics to run an actual offense.

 

[Tetsujin]

Nembhard getting the full Austin Reaves media slurp session

 

[kingdivac]

The Pacers level of play tonight really accentuates how badly they screwed up the first game

 

[coolhandluke]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1793822573291045085

I was expecting this from Celtics in Game 1. Playoffs are all about exploiting weaknesses and Tyrese is like a baby giraffe on skates trying to play defense.

 

[ockingsfan]

Celtics picking on Tyrese on pretty much every single possession. The Pacers keep trying to hide him but the Celtics keep having his guy run a pick and roll play with the ball handler and get him involved anyways.

Funny how the national media always ignores the defensive side of the ball when they anoint the next "big thing". They seem to forget that defense wins championships.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Very interested to see how Indiana responds in front of their fans in game 3. Boston has pretty much shown why they're the far superior team during these first two games.

Although game 1 was tight, their experience showed towards the end of the game. And their experience exploited Indiana's lack of experience.

 

[dude12]

What exactly did Haliburton injure to keep him out? His pride?

 

[Tetsujin]

What exactly did Haliburton injure to keep him out? His pride?

Apparently hurt the same hammy he hurt in January.

 

[LoungeLizard]

Funny how the national media always ignores the defensive side of the ball when they anoint the next "big thing". They seem to forget that defense wins championships.

I was listening to the game on the radio on the way home from work, PJ Carlesimo was putting Tyrese on blast for his defense. I’ve also heard Stan Van Gundy call him out on the TV broadcast, But, yeah it’s few and far between.

 

[Tetsujin]

Tyrese is out tonight, which means the Celtics are definitely about to take the night off and cough up a terrible loss against the Pacers tonight lol

 

[SLAB]

Tyrese is out tonight, which means the Celtics are definitely about to take the night off and cough up a terrible loss against the Pacers tonight lol

Cue the “Better without Hali!” takes!

 

[kingdivac]

Cue the “Better without Hali!” takes!

Nope that it for the Pacers - Halliburton is their most consistent shooter in the series - they likely get swept. In fact don't think I'll be watching.

 

[Tetsujin]

lol it’s happening!

 

[Tetsujin]

I mean, not to be THAT guy but the Pacers point of attack defense tonight has been miles ahead of where it was in the first two games of the series, at least through one quarter.

 

[Tetsujin]

JJ about to make the Lakers trade a first round pick and Rui for Nembhard or something crazy haha

 

[Tetsujin]

Refs giving the Pacers some home cooking lol. How is THAT a reckless close out? Myles created most of that contact.

 

[Tetsujin]

lol Pacers with another catastrophic meltdown in the clutch and this time they can’t blame Tyrese

 

[Tetsujin]

Jrue is a beast. My gawd. The dude almost fell out of his shoes and still somehow came up with the steal.

 

[Tetsujin]

Carlisle just sitting on his timeouts as his team proceeded to give up something like a 14-4 run to end the game was certainly something.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

That was as obvious as any clear path foul in any game that isn’t a one point lead with a second remaining for the road team about to go up 3-0 in a seven game series. I mean even with the foul Jrue was unobstructed for the dagger dunk. Fight me.

 

[iowamcnabb]

These are the games where I don’t miss stressing out over a kings meltdown.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

These are the games where I don’t miss stressing out over a kings meltdown.

Every team has them now.

Doesn’t make them feel any better.