Comments on: Series Preview, Part 2: Offensive Rebounding Will Be Critical for the Pacers to Beat the Heat

By: Series Preview, Part 4: Synergy Breakdown and Spiderwebs | Eight Points, Nine Seconds

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:25:33 +0000

[...] The ballhandler is the bigger threat for Miami out of the PnR. Again, this sorta falls into the “duh” category, as the ballhandler tends to be LeBron James (31%) or Dwyane Wade (27%), but it’s meaningful in the context of a series against the Pacers. We’ll discuss it later, but Indiana has much more trouble guarding the PnR when the screener is a serious threat. However, this doesn’t mean the Pacers have an advantage here. The Heat are 4th overall in PPP here, and the PnR action is also responsible for a lot of Miami’s success in spot ups (0.99 PPP, 5th). Also, this action starts the defense rotating, which are a major cause for Indiana’s lapses on their defensive glass. [...]

By: Series Preview, Part 3: Indiana Must Dominate the 3rd Quarter to Beat the Heat | Eight Points, Nine Seconds

Sat, 12 May 2012 23:18:02 +0000

[...] it was the quarter when they turned the ball over the most and allowed the most offensive rebounds, which is another key to winning for Indiana. The sample size here is too small to draw any real conclusions, but it could be encouraging for [...]

By: gregor t.

gregor t. — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:28:09 +0000

This series against the Heat is where the Pacers will truely miss the contribution of a player like Jeff Foster.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:56:32 +0000

Great read!