This team isn't going anywhere w/McGrady putting up 20 shots at such a low percentage. Even w/ Scola's and Yao's turnovers they would have won the game if they hadn't stopped moving w/o the ball and moving the ball quickly to the weak-side when they fronted Yao/Artest. This is just like the Philadelphia game ... tough loss to swallow but they will learn from it.
Is this the same Pacer's team that beat the Celtics by double digits? We were not only without T-Mac, but Battier was playing his first game back. Please stop comparing us to the Lakers and the Celtics. The Celtics have been together for an entire season and Lakers played the last quater of last season, going to the Finals. So here are the positive. - T-Mac got some rest and Battier got through the game. - Scola and Landry were dominate on the boards. - We are 10 and 6 without once having our full roster on the court. - We lead our Division without once having our full roster on the court. I said at the start of the season with all of our problems we would be a little bit over .500 by the All-Star Break. Then like last season we would finish off the last 3 months of the season very strong. We might not have a 22 game winning streak, but I think we will be .800 during that stretch.
artest has been a disappointment these first sixteen games. not sure how this team can win a championship when they cannot put teams away
Yao can't guard big men who can shoot in the perimeter. I blame that one on Adelman. Can anyone who had a clearer feed of the game tell me if Granger's block on Artest with about a min or so to go was goaltending or not? Artest had beaten his man and was laying the ball in point blank when Granger blocked it. Also, it did look like Yao got hacked on that last play.
HOw come they didnt put chuck hayes for defense instead of scola? Ron and Rafer need to realize they arent offensive studs.
We had no business losing to this team. This is a really bad pacers team. The coach is the problem. He does not force the issue on defense and the princeton offense has become a joke.This team was on a roll last year. How can we be playing this bad. Where is the fire in the players and some that will say 'NO we will NOT LOSE THIS GAME'. The coach has no clue in my opinion. He needs to go!!!!
Cant't count on Yao OR T-Mac... we need to realize that. 3 things need to happen... 1. Get rid of Rafer he takes 6 layups a game, turns them into floaters, and misses. 2. Bring Steve back... it may take a while but he can get back into playing form and 3. Make Landry the focal point of this offense. I'm not EVEN kidding. He is the only one who consistently attacks the basket and plays with passion.
If anything he put too much faith in Yao. IMO he should have sat Yao earlier when they switched Murphy to center.
EPIC FAILURE SOMETHING TOLD ME THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN. AND IT SHOULDNT HAVE. 4th Quarter every1 started acting like they didnt know what was goin on. They gave up wayyyyy too many layups then. Defense gone. Every1 is lookin confused. No 1 is makin big shots. and i think that shouldve been a foul in the last seconds when Yao was tryin to shoot but i could be wrong. San Antonio #2 GET IT TOGETHER PPL!
Steve is laughing all the way to the bank. Do you guys ever stop to think he doesnt want to come back?
This team deserves all the criticism it gets. A truly and utterly pathetic display of a basketball game. They need to refund all the money to people who saw this stinkfest of a game.
