Game 42: Indiana Pacers (24-18) @ Phoenix Suns (23-18) l Sunday l 6:00pm l AZFamily

SkyBill40 · Post #81 » by **SkyBill40** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:20 am

Offensive foul with no call, and then Booker gets hit with a straight up nonsense call? These officials are too much. Gotta keep that spread contained and all.

sashaturiaf · Post #82 » by **sashaturiaf** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:20 am

bwgood77 wrote:I guess it's a good thing Haliburton isn't playing. It would be like us missing KD. Maybe not as good as KD yet but as far as elevating others....

Halliburton ain't that good, Pacers are pretty much the same team with or without him.

Frank Lee · Post #83 » by **Frank Lee** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:21 am

Beal is crafty

kennydorglas · Post #84 » by **kennydorglas** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:21 am

55 bench pts for Indiana
crazy

Post #85 » by **bwgood77** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:22 am

sashaturiaf wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:I guess it's a good thing Haliburton isn't playing. It would be like us missing KD. Maybe not as good as KD yet but as far as elevating others....

Halliburton ain't that good, Pacers are pretty much the same team with or without him.

lol

SunsRback4Good · Post #86 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:23 am

sashaturiaf wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:I guess it's a good thing Haliburton isn't playing. It would be like us missing KD. Maybe not as good as KD yet but as far as elevating others....

Halliburton ain't that good, Pacers are pretty much the same team with or without him.

Lol

Post #87 » by **Qwigglez** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:23 am

kennydorglas wrote:55 bench pts for Indiana
crazy

Suns got almost the same from their bench though...

kennydorglas · Post #88 » by **kennydorglas** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:23 am

Haliburton just had a 21/17 with no turnovers the game before lol

sashaturiaf · Post #89 » by **sashaturiaf** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:23 am

kennydorglas wrote:55 bench pts for Indiana
crazy

Sounds like KBDs season total

Stark · Post #90 » by **Stark** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:24 am

sashaturiaf wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:I guess it's a good thing Haliburton isn't playing. It would be like us missing KD. Maybe not as good as KD yet but as far as elevating others....

Halliburton ain't that good, Pacers are pretty much the same team with or without him.

Wow.

Post #91 » by **bwgood77** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:28 am

Stark wrote:
sashaturiaf wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:I guess it's a good thing Haliburton isn't playing. It would be like us missing KD. Maybe not as good as KD yet but as far as elevating others....

Halliburton ain't that good, Pacers are pretty much the same team with or without him.

Wow.

With Haliburton on the floor, the Pacers net rating is +6.4 which would rank fourth among all teams in the NBA. When Haliburton is off the floor? That net rating plummets to -4.0, which would rank 25th in the league.

ESPN

kennydorglas · Post #92 » by **kennydorglas** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:28 am

bailed out by superior scoring
thats poor but I guess that's what we'll get from this coaching staff

garrick · Post #93 » by **garrick** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:29 am

Stark wrote:
sashaturiaf wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:I guess it's a good thing Haliburton isn't playing. It would be like us missing KD. Maybe not as good as KD yet but as far as elevating others....

Halliburton ain't that good, Pacers are pretty much the same team with or without him.

Wow.

23ppg and 12 assists per game is pretty good.

Stark · Post #94 » by **Stark** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:30 am

SunsRback4Good wrote:
Stark wrote:Zero ball movement. Vogel is a clown. All hero ball.

Chill man! We got this game it’s not supposed to be easy against professionals. They don’t have Halliburton to save them in crunch time

I don't care about the outcome of this game that much. I'm worried about our approach to the game. Whenever we move the ball we outscore this weak Pacers defence but how many possessions we wasted in a row because we go iso and force tough shots. There is a reason this is a historically bad 4th quarter team despite the insane amount of talent they have.

This young Pacers team without Haliburton might not punish you but trust me it will hurt this team at the end. Whenever that is.

SkyBill40 · Post #95 » by **SkyBill40** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:30 am

We managed to escape with a win rather than claiming this outright. I'm of the belief that had Haliburton played, we're on the losing end. Regardless, and since he didn't lace up, this is just another win we managed to gut out and push us up in the standings.

enigmatics · Post #96 » by **enigmatics** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:30 am

kennydorglas wrote:bailed out by superior scoring
thats poor but I guess that's what we'll get from this coaching staff

*****BREAKING NEWS*****

The team was assembled to have superior scoring from their Big 3.

I'm convinced some of you will NEVER be happy unless the Suns are taking a blow torch to every single team. They would have lost this game in Oct/Nov.

Post #97 » by **bwgood77** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:32 am

garrick wrote:
Stark wrote:
sashaturiaf wrote:
Halliburton ain't that good, Pacers are pretty much the same team with or without him.

Wow.

23ppg and 12 assists per game is pretty good.

59% from 2, 40% from 3, 63.2% TS%...last year it was 62.4%

sashaturiaf · Post #98 » by **sashaturiaf** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:32 am

bwgood77 wrote:
Stark wrote:
sashaturiaf wrote:
Halliburton ain't that good, Pacers are pretty much the same team with or without him.

Wow.

With Haliburton on the floor, the Pacers net rating is +6.4 which would rank fourth among all teams in the NBA. When Haliburton is off the floor? That net rating plummets to -4.0, which would rank 25th in the league.

ESPN

Pacers are 4-4 when Haliburton doesn't play. It's their system that makes Haliburton rather than the other way round.

enigmatics · Post #99 » by **enigmatics** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:36 am

Stark wrote:I don't care about the outcome of this game that much. I'm worried about our approach to the game. Whenever we move the ball we outscore this weak Pacers defence but how many possessions we wasted in a row because we go iso and force tough shots. There is a reason this is a historically bad 4th quarter team despite the insane amount of talent they have.

This young Pacers team without Haliburton might not punish you but trust me it will hurt this team at the end. Whenever that is.

...... and yet the Suns held them 7 pts under their scoring average when Hali isn't playing. They're still a quality team without him . I mean FFS that unit just got Siakam and they also put up 144 on the Heat.

Frank Lee · Post #100 » by **Frank Lee** » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:37 am

Spread was 4 1/2…. Nimrod makes that junk three at the end it tips the table. Vegas being Vegas. Hate betting with spreads on NBA…..

So i dont

Strictly a player propper. Book cost me a chunky $230 for 10 tonight tho…. Had him the last leg on a 9 leg adjusted line parlay… 2 fn threes Book … and ISO man bricks up 1/6.

Wins a win tho

Good thing KD went machine mode