Siakam Spins & The Cs Grin: Official Pacers (#6) vs. Celtics (#1) Eastern Conference Finals Thread

[Raquinotj]

Jrue Making plays that show up on the Championship Run DVD’s.

 

[Hersh]

celtics continue to play down.. is this gon work against the western team that faces them in the finals?

 

[UpAndComing]

And shout out to Xavier Tillman. Only scored 2 points, but his played great defense which allowed the team to get multiple stops in a row to cut down the lead little by little. I would be perfectly fine with playing Brissett and Tillman, and bench Hauser the rest of the playoffs

 

[UpAndComing]

 

[Soldier]

Game 2 brown led the Celtics team in scoring
In game 3 it was Tatum

The two jays taking turns when it comes to take the bulls by the horn and lead the team in scoring.

 

[FAH1223]

 

[FAH1223]

I had to put this Pacers fan in his place

 

[holidayinn21]

Carlisle really blew two games

 

[UpAndComing]

I still want Porzingis to play in Game 4

Just fear he wouldn't be in game speed and rusty as hell once the Finals roll around

 

[Sccit]

Carlisle really blew two games

LOL @ BLAMING CARLISLE BECAUSE THE PLAYERS ARE RETARDED

 

[Soldier]

Pacers outscored the celts in the paint 68-40

And they out rebounded Boston 43-36, they had both more offensive rebounds ( 9 offensive rebounds for Indiana, against 7 rebounds for Boston)and defensive rebounds (34 defensive rebounds for Indiana, against 29 for Boston) than Boston.

But indiana still lost though, because they really struggled to hit shots from the three point line(5/22, 22,7%) and didn’t draw as much fouls as Boston.

Boston drew 26 fouls while Indiana only drew 14.



Celts hit slightly over 1/3 of their three point attempts (16/46, 35.1%) and drew more fouls than the pacers so they got more free throw attempts. They hit most of them( 20/26) including the last two winning free throws by jrue holiday at the end of the game.

Honestly the game was won in the little things.

As they say, the devil is in the details.

Celtics understood the game within the game and made the adjustments and did the little things to win. Their bench played well in relief and made solid contributions on defense. Boston was the more Experienced team with most talent and better execution under pressure, they didn’t panic when the pacers were on fire in the first two quarters,instead they weathered the storm and played smart basketball on the road. They held back the floodgates as much as they could. They minimized and reduced the damages. They bent but didn’t not break. When the pacers shooting cooled off in the second half, they got their own shooting back and still played lockdown defense.

They were opportunistic and took advantage of the pacers mistakes. They capitalized on every pacers turnover.

 

[PIFF101]

Porzingis IS part of the core. Ya'll are embarrassing lol

Zingis gon get carried to the Finals

 

[ABlackMan]

Zingis gon get carried to the Finals

They got these white guys they trying to get ringed up. How many white players were running with Bron and Steph in them runs?

NBA know what they doing man

Why you think Marcus smart won defensive player of the year? So they could boost his value in a trade or make em unsignable cap sense wise.

It’s a reason for everything

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Carlisle blew this game no doubt and the Pacers have been horrible ending games, but you’re not gonna win many games in 2024 only making 5 three pointers.

 

[superchoops]

I had to put this Pacers fan in his place

nah forreal as far as franchises go since 2000 the pacers' success aren't THAT close to the bottom.

just sucks that if it wasn't for Malice at the Palace and LeBron/Heatles..