Comments on: Post-Game Grades: Pacers Explode in the 3rd Quarter to Beat Magic in Game 2

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Wed, 02 May 2012 06:24:29 +0000

[...] Jared Wade of Eight Points, Nine Seconds handed out game grades: David West The double-double, the dimes and the defensive stats. Sure. But the 42 minutes. MAAAAaaaan. The 42 minutes. Pushing people around early and often and the guy who exerted the physicality tsunami on Orlando in the 3rd. Said George Hill: “We are riding the coattails of David West right now.” [...]

By: Darnell

Darnell — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:48:47 +0000

I disagree that Collison wasn’t memorable. Did you see that awesome dunk when the Magic lost the ball in the backcourt and decided to quit on the play? Memorable

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:36:52 +0000

Yeah, to second that about the calls:

There were SEVERAL 50-50 calls that went to the Magic. They have nothing to complain about, that idiot Anderson spent more time on his ass than playing defense. He was rewarded several times with awful flop calls. By far the most overrated Magic player.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:03:44 +0000

As for the person who said the Pacers got all the calls: They got all the calls in the 2nd half when they were the aggressors. Orlando got the calls in the 2nd quarter when they were the aggressors. Fair or not, refs in the NBA have always awarded aggressive team play, regardless of the rules.

As for Big Baby cooling down after Roy went out, lets not forget it was also Big Baby cooling off after being on the court for that long. He’s not exactly built to play 35 minutes a night.

By: Matt S

Matt S — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:24:58 +0000

I really liked Hansbrough’s defense on Big Baby. Davis was dominating Roy, because Roy couldn’t keep up with Davis’ speed (am I really saying Glen Davis has speed). As soon as Tyler came in, Davis went cold – and losing his baseline jumper (along with cutting of Nelson’s drives to the basket) was enough to throw the Magic completely out of rhythm.

The Pacers bench doesn’t necessarily have to play like power houses, but they really need to maintain the level of energy they had in game 2. The Magic do not do well against disruptive defenses. As soon as Tyler was out there disrupting Davis’ shot, it was easier to contain Nelson, because you knew when he was coming, which made it easier to contain the Magic’s three point shooting, as Nelson was being contained off the PnR.

If the Pacers want to win this series, the starters have to keep doing what they’ve been doing, and the bench really needs to stay with high energy play, even if it isn’t netting them baskets.

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:57:32 +0000

Maybe the rims in Orlando will be kinder to the Pacers. We were broke from anything outside of 15 feet the past 2 games.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:02:06 +0000

I’ll take a win where our team shoots 2-20 from 3 pt land. Heck, even in the 3rd Quarter when they scored 30 points they were only 2-9. That reminded me of those early season games when the Pacers would win games shooting under 35% as a team. Lets get those buckets to fall and hope they march right through Orlando back to Indy for a quick 5th game.

By: jk31

jk31 — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:26:15 +0000

We had pretty much luck with all the (obvious) non-calls. Even I as a Pacers Fan have to say this.
With better refs (or should I say: with refs, that are not instructed by david stern to favor the better team), I think this would have been a close game, but our guys would have won it, cause of their great effort in the second half!

By: El Conquistador

El Conquistador — Tue, 01 May 2012 06:54:52 +0000

Is it just me or is Ryan Anderson trying his best to be European? The plays away from the basket, the flops, and the lack of defense are all pretty annoying. I am just glad he fouled out!

By: blublur

blublur — Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:58 +0000

I think the fact that LB did in fact help kick-start a team that in the 2nd half that had other wise looked on Ambien, earns him more than a B. Before he came in in the 2nd half they still were kinda sluggish. He was the spark they needed. He plays so much better with G. Hill.