5/23 - ECF Game B vs. IND - Redemption Part Deux

Captaincoop

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He hasn't been points dominant and his shooting is off, but I think it is somewhat telling how much the team struggles when he isn't on the floor.

Neismith, and the Pacers in general, are being allowed to be very physical on D. Tatum does need to do better against him.. but at least he is finding open shooters.

Would be interesting to compare Tatum's stats/on/off etc to other top five guys. Ant has got a ton of credit for his heroics, but he's also had a bunch of bad games as well.. I think we could say the same for others as well.
With the caveat that I've only seen a handful of Ant games, my observation is that when his shot isn't falling, you can see him double down on D and on the glass to make an impact. That's pretty much the opposite of what we see with Tatum.
 

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They have had no answer to Siakam---he's able to get to his spot in the paint and is hitting outside.

Really surprised, I don't think of him this way offensively and you'd think Tatum and Horford would be able to get in his way more
 

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Maybe we should try to just guard people? Instead of getting super confused by the motion, maybe just stick to a man?
 

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The aggregate amount of open space that the Pacers have had around them on 3s tonight could cover the state of Arizona.
 

JCizzle

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How does the Equalizer miss that shoulder grab? What the fuck did he think Tatum did? That's rigged as fuck.
 

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Maybe we shouldn't guard Siakim with Big Al.

Maybe Tatum should just sit down and be depressed about his GF breaking up with him (or whatever happened).

HAVE to challenge that atrocious Scott Foster call. Funny to have CP3 in the studio for this....
 

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The surprising thing for me is how hard the Cs are having to work on offense. Although I guess a good portion of that is missing open 3s.
 

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You just never know about the review on a clogged play like that, but the replay showed very clearly this should be on Nesmith....he fouled clearly and early.

So it's all on Scott Foster?

Yuck