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4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

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Projected Starting Lineup:
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Pacers
Leandro Barbosa, sprained ankle, probable
Darren Collison, sore groin, probable

Magic
Glen Davis, sprained ankle, probable
Dwight Howard, herniated disc, out



Eight Points, Nine Seconds Preview Review:
Tim Donahue: Becoming an Uptempo, Power Post Team

The proximate causes of the Pacers’ game one loss have been well discussed.
Missed shots, turnovers, missed free throws, and a four-minute scoreless
stretch to end the game by Indy conspired with a couple of plays beautifully
designed by Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy to give home court advantage to
the underdog Magic. However, to me, most of those were just things that
happened. Disappointing, sure, and certainly harmful to the Pacer playoff
goals, but I didn’t find them particularly troubling. I was more bothered by
the way the game was played than by any individual plays. Specifically, it
bothered me how slowly this game was played.

Past as Prologue

The Pacers were supposed to handle the shorthanded — and just plain short
— Magic in short order. When 8p9s posted our predictions, we weren’t any
more optimistic about Indiana’s advantage than most third-party projections.
A “gentleman’s sweep” was widely predicted. And 8p9s, I, and the rest of the
NBA prognosticating world made that prediction despite Orlando’s 3-1 record
over Indiana in the regular season series. There was one very clear and valid
reason: those games had Dwight Howard, and these games would most
certainly not.

So, it was pretty much my worst-case scenario when I found myself watching
a game on Saturday night that looked very much like the regular season
contests between these squads. In fact, it had an almost startling resemblance
a game played on another Saturday night way back in February. The night
before the Super Bowl, Orlando beat Indy 85-81 in a game where the Pacers
held the Magic to only 92 points per hundred possessions but could muster
only 88 per themselves. You’ll forgive me thinking I’ve seen a ghost when I
watch Orlando win 81-77 in a game during which they were held to a little
over 92 per, but only permitted the Pacers to score 88 per hundred.

All night long, all I could think was, “Too slow.”

When asked about it on Sunday, Paul George acknowledged that the players
felt it, too. “Yeah. We wanted to make [running] an emphasis,” he said.
“Coming into the game, we wanted to run more and really challenge them to
guard us in the open court. They did a good job of running to get back.”

This was a common refrain among the Pacer players. “We do have to
continue to push the pace a little bit more,” said Darren Collison. “We’ve got
to use our speed to our advantage. We played right into Orlando’s hands with
that type of pace.”

Danny Granger said the Pacers had discussed tempo after the loss. “Honestly,
[tempo] was another issue that we talked about why we lost.”

Your Move, Pacers

Pacer coach Frank Vogel touched on this subject before the game on Saturday.
“Tempo is always important,” he said. “No matter who we’re playing, we want
to run. Stan Van Gundy is one of the best coaches in the NBA. He has his team
prepared — no matter who’s in uniform — to handle what your team’s strengths
are. It’s going to be a series of adjustments.”

And after losing home court advantage a mere 48 minutes into the postseason,
it is Vogel’s Pacers who...CONTINUE READING AT 8p9s

ENJOY ALL OF 8p9s POST-SEASON COVERAGE HERE


MAGIC BASKETBALL
Jason Richardson’s crunch time shooting

While most people will talk about the Los Angeles Clippers putting together one
of the greatest comebacks in NBA playoff history, storming back from a 24-point
deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Memphis Grizzlies by the score of 99-98
on the road in Game 1 of their first round playoff series, lest everyone forget that
the Orlando Magic put together a comeback of their own (albeit on a much smaller
scale) in their Game 1 victory against the Indiana Pacers.

After Darren Collison made a jumper off the dribble near the left baseline to give
the Pacers a seven-point lead at 77-70 with 4:05 left in the fourth quarter, the
Magic went on an 11-0 run to — like the Clippers — close out the game and steal
a Game 1 on the road.

At the epicenter of Orlando’s comeback was Jason Richardson.

With the score at 77-72 following a difficult floater high off the glass by Jameer
Nelson off the dribble in the paint while fading away from the rim, Richardson
made back-to-back three-pointers to give the Magic a lead they would never
relinquish. And ironically enough, both three-point shots were generated from
plays drawn up by head coach Stan Van Gundy following a timeout.

You know, the same head coach that Dwight Howard wants fired.

In any case, Van Gundy’s designs...CONTINUE READING AT MAGIC BASKETBALL


Hickory-High
Jordan Kahn: Indiana and Orlando: Game 1 Video Playbook

Jordan Kahn breaks down the latest NBA trends in video form. You can find more of
his work at Basketball Things and follow him on Twitter @AyoitsJordan.

A couple of huge three-pointers from Jason Richardson down the stretch gave
Orlando an upset victory over Indiana in Game 1. Let’s take a look at the plays
Orlando ran to get Richardson open.

Before getting to the fourth quarter, Orlando set up Richardson’s first three-pointer
with a curl to the basket in the third quarter. Orlando starts the play in their horns
set, and Jameer Nelson first gives it up to Glen Davis. Nelson continues into the
lane where Richardson rubs Nelson’s defender off of him so Nelson can pop back
to the top to receive the ball. Instead of continuing through to the weakside of
the floor, Richardson spins back around and runs off of a down screen from Davis.
He curls around the screen and hits a runner in the lane. Video of the full play
is below.


Jumping ahead to crunch time, Orlando is in the horns set again, and Nelson
and Richardson perform a similar off-ball exchange. This time, however,
instead of getting a screen from Davis to run to the wing, Richardson gets a
double screen from Davis and Ryan Anderson for an open three at the top of
the key. By the looks of things, Paul George is anticipating Richardson popping
out to the wing again and is trying to stop him from getting there. His denial
works against him, as it gives Richardson a clear path to the top of the key.
The full play is below.


On Richardson’s next three-pointer...CONTINUE READING AT HICKORY-HIGH


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  • #2
    Re: 4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

    I don't think it's news to anyone that this is a must-win game. If we take care of business tonight (emphatically, I hope), I'll feel good about this series again.

    I don't even want to think about the alternative.

    Here's hoping the guys are focused and in total execution mode. I'm looking for a monster game from Danny, more great stuff from Hibbert and West, and hopefully Vogel will get his point guard rotation figured out.

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    • #3
      Re: 4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

      Time to make the opposition magically disappear!!!!!
      Did you know Antonio and Dale aren’t actually brothers?

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      • #4
        Re: 4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

        If we lose this game I am going to have to fight every urge not to leap off the top of the Washington Monument.

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        • #5
          Re: 4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

          Please let George Hill finish the game!

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          • #6
            Re: 4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

            Originally posted by idioteque View Post
            If we lose this game I am going to have to fight every urge not to leap off the top of the Washington Monument.
            At least you have buildings tall enough. I would just get a few broken bones.

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            • #7
              Re: 4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

              Originally posted by Thingfish View Post
              Please let George Hill finish the game!
              If he could guard Nelson he would have finished game one.

              Any way I said this in the game one thread PG has to show up you can't let old man Richardson beat you like a rented mule.

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              • #8
                Re: 4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

                i'm about to head down to BLF. i'll tap-a-talk as much as possible. LOLS.


                @Coupe460

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                • #9
                  Re: 4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

                  We can beat Orlando simply by shooting better, especially from the line. Missing nine free throws is unacceptable.

                  If we had shot 40% from the field and 80% from the line we would have won Game 1 going away.

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                  • #10
                    Re: 4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

                    Redemption is the word of the evening

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                    • #11
                      Re: 4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

                      NBAtv(ILP) says 7.30 ????
                      So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.

                      If you've done 6 impossible things today?
                      Then why not have Breakfast at Milliways!

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                      • #12
                        Re: 4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

                        Any chance Vogel has PG check Nelson and have Hill chase J Rich around screens?

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                        • #13
                          Re: 4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

                          This is absolutely a must-win for us. Season is basically over if we lose this game. Time to saddle up.

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                          • #14
                            Re: 4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

                            I'm so down after our loss in the first game that i see a bleak future for us in this series.I know it's not logical at all etc but i can't explain why i feel that way after Saturday's game.Suddenly I'm questioning almost everyone's ability bar Hibbert and West.
                            Never forget

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                            • #15
                              Re: 4/30/2012 NBA Playoffs, First Round - Game Thread #2: Pacers Vs. Magic

                              I expect that our guys learned a lesson from the loss at game 1. So, I expect them to come out strong and get the job done.

                              Also, I hope that Roy will come up even stronger after he lost his chance at this monumental triple-double and Bynum did it yesterday. I hope that this motivates him to kick some ***.

                              Let's gooooooooooooooooooooo
                              Originally posted by IrishPacer
                              Empty vessels make the most noise.

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