Pacers (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) ECF Game 2 5/23/24

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Mazzulla looks like a middle-school PE teacher.

He looks like Timon from Lion King. I swear this dude is a meerkat disguised as a human.

I talk basketball with my brother quite a bit, I always refer to him as "meerkat joe."

Except the the meerkat looks more aware and less confused.

meerkat has higher IQ!

[Phantom255x]

According to Karalis, Halliburton was noticeably limping on the walk to the team bus. That unfortunately doesn’t sound good

[jpotter33]

Man, listening to Carlisle it sounds like Hali has been dealing with this hamstring stuff for a bit. Said he was getting treatment on it already at halftime before reaggravating it again at the end of the third.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

According to Karalis, Halliburton was noticeably limping on the walk to the team bus. That unfortunately doesn’t sound good

he is done

C's in 4? sweep?

if we win game 3 a sweep is likely

[Phantom255x]

According to Karalis, Halliburton was noticeably limping on the walk to the team bus. That unfortunately doesn’t sound good

he is done

C's in 4? sweep?

if we win game 3 a sweep is likely

Idk. Indiana hasn’t lost a home game since March and that crowd + atmosphere is electric and intimidating. More than Miami and even Cleveland. Won’t be easy still.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

jrue at podium

[celticinorlando]

No Haliburton means you can focus on Siakim.
There really isn’t any other player they have I fear from 3

[hodgy03038]

I think we should give Brissett more of Haauser's minutes. Hauser can't hit a shot. He had at least 3 open looks.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

According to Karalis, Halliburton was noticeably limping on the walk to the team bus. That unfortunately doesn’t sound good

he is done

C's in 4? sweep?

if we win game 3 a sweep is likely

Idk. Indiana hasn’t lost a home game since March and that crowd + atmosphere is electric and intimidating. More than Miami and even Cleveland. Won’t be easy still.

agreed, miami is a morgue

pacers will feel game 3 is a must win

[GreenEnvy]

Great win.

I don’t recall Brown having a better game than he did tonight. I know he had 40 in a playoff game before, but I don’t remember it or the situation. Tonight with Tatum off to a rough start, he was excellent and carried the team.

Tatum kept fighting when he couldn’t hit from 18+ feet. We need him to find his three-ball.

Jrue was fantastic again. White had his best game in a couple weeks. Pritchard made some nice plays.

Hope Luke is okay because we are already asking for a lot out of Al. We need Hauser to find the net again.

Regardless of Haliburton’s status, I look forward to a great effort to really put a stranglehold on the series Saturday night.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

No Haliburton means you can focus on Siakim.
There really isn’t any other player they have I fear from 3

yup. shutdown PS in the paint and the pacers are done

[celticinorlando]

Cleveland hadn’t lost at home in the playoffs either and Cleveland had a really good home crowd. About the same as Indiana

And there are a lot of Celtics fans that will be there in Indiana

[radiohead]

According to Karalis, Halliburton was noticeably limping on the walk to the team bus. That unfortunately doesn’t sound good

he is done

C's in 4? sweep?

if we win game 3 a sweep is likely

Idk. Indiana hasn’t lost a home game since March and that crowd + atmosphere is electric and intimidating. More than Miami and even Cleveland. Won’t be easy still.

We haven’t lost on the road in the post season. Something’s gotta give.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

According to Karalis, Halliburton was noticeably limping on the walk to the team bus. That unfortunately doesn’t sound good

he is done

C's in 4? sweep?

if we win game 3 a sweep is likely

Idk. Indiana hasn’t lost a home game since March and that crowd + atmosphere is electric and intimidating. More than Miami and even Cleveland. Won’t be easy still.

We haven’t lost on the road in the post season. Something’s gotta give.

true. we are 4-0 on the road.

[SparzWizard]

Cleveland hadn’t lost at home in the playoffs either and Cleveland had a really good home crowd. About the same as Indiana

And there are a lot of Celtics fans that will be there in Indiana

Feels like this would be a 7 game series where the home team wins all their games. Pacers can score. But if Haliburton is out then that would be a disaster for them.

But Boston once again getting the bad rap with beating injured teams again sigh