Pacers (15-16) at Celtics (22-8) Game #31 12/27/24

[Surferdad]

More active hands on defense and better passing lead to good things

[Atzar]

Well hello, Jaylen Brown.

[jpotter33]

JB coming alive! That Sports Illustrated NBA Player of the Year Award has him breaking out of his slump.

[Phantom255x]

Haliburton scored 2 points in 30 minutes last game and right now he's 1-4 and looks bad.

Weird how he never gets any blame though. Tatum would be eviscerated if he put up those stats 

[Phantom255x]

The defense and ball movement look 10x better than recent weeks

[Surferdad]

Indy swarming Kornet was a terrible defensive move.   

[Phantom255x]

McConnell still gives me PTSD from last May. Him and Nembhard really were shooting like Michael Jordan against us... automatic from mid-range it seemed

[jpotter33]

Come on, Hauser. You can't blow that bunny there.

[Atzar]

Need Pritchard to stop playing scared on the break.  That's two excellent scoring opportunities that we've blown because PP won't put up a layup in transition.   

[Atzar]

White doesn't look healthy to me.  No quickness.

[Phantom255x]

White doesn't look healthy to me.  No quickness.

Yeah I noticed the same, and he was a little gimpy just a minute ago on that turnover.

I wonder if he's playing now because Holiday is out. When Holiday returns maybe he sits a game or two?

[Surferdad]

White doesn't look healthy to me.  No quickness.

Yeah I noticed the same, and he was a little gimpy just a minute ago on that turnover.

I wonder if he's playing now because Holiday is out. When Holiday returns maybe he sits a game or two?

Had a couple of bad turnovers.

[jpotter33]

Haliburton scored 2 points in 30 minutes last game and right now he's 1-4 and looks bad.

Weird how he never gets any blame though. Tatum would be eviscerated if he put up those stats 

He's one of the biggest falls from grace I can remember. There were people putting him in the MVP/next face of the league conversation to start last season, and now he looks closer to a role player than an All-Star.

Funnily enough, it all went downhill for him after that hamstring strain against us in Indy last year, a game that I was at. That was also the game where the league decided that head contact with the arm in the middle of your shooting motion was "marginal contact" 

[Atzar]

White doesn't look healthy to me.  No quickness.

Yeah I noticed the same, and he was a little gimpy just a minute ago on that turnover.

I wonder if he's playing now because Holiday is out. When Holiday returns maybe he sits a game or two?

I think he could use it.  I appreciate when guys try to suit up through anything but that can be taken too far. 

[jpotter33]

JB!

EDIT: TIMES THREE!