Pacers/Raptors postgame thread

[Trophy]

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I see so much Rudy Gay in Paul. Not a bad comparison, worst case scenario.

[Anthem]

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[vnzla81]

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I see so much Rudy Gay in Paul. Not a bad comparison, worst case scenario.

Worse case?

[crunk-juice]

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I see so much Rudy Gay in Paul. Not a bad comparison, worst case scenario.

Rudy Gay is his worst case scenario?

good to know

[Trophy]

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Worse case?

To say the least, he'll be another Rudy Gay.

My bad.

[TheDon]

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I love this team so far only 2 games but like what has already been said. That was not a game that we win last year. I'm glad the team gets a day off to travel back home to prep for the cavs but man I'm enjoying this team so much a day seems like forever to wait to see us play again.

This way our team is playing and winning it really makes it special for those of us who suffered through the dark years of satan's reign as our coach.

[RWB]

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Looks as though Roy has been looking at old Patrick Ewing film on how to get into the lane, and getting away with it.

[LG33]

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Darren Collison was clearly upset that some of you would have George Hill take his starting point guard spot. Defense was good, save for that Calderon layup at the end there, and 12 assists is the highest I've seen a Pacer accumulate in some time.

For what it's worth: Collison actually had games of 13, 12, 11 and 10 last (regular) season. He reached double figure assists in 4 of the 79 games he played. Three of those games were under Vogel, all in the last four weeks of the season.

[pizza guy]

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Looks as though Roy has been looking at old Patrick Ewing film on how to get into the lane, and getting away with it.

Yeah, sometimes you hafta wonder when he makes that move to the middle, but as long as it works, I like it a lot.

I also really like Roy's role on this team. Solid offensive contributor, but making his money on defense and rebounds.

[1984]

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Toronto reminds me of JOB's Pacers. Scrappy. Chucking three's. Tough when they play well.

[Trophy]

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I was also very happy with DC's PG play.

He had a good view and read his guys well and made some smart passes.

Plus he has really improved his defense.

[LG33]

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An interesting stat of the early season (according to the Pacers' website): The Pacers are now 2-0 on the season despite failing to reach 40% shooting in either game (they shot 36.8% against DET, 39.5% against TOR). Prior to this season, they had lost 31 straight when they didn't reach the 40% threshold.

[AesopRockOn]

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From what I saw, if Derozen doesn't go off on PG at the end there, the game is pretty much handled. As it was, we needed clutchness from Danny and Fluffy to pull it out. I disagree with the people who think the Raptors aren't bad. Maybe they get a little better with Casey at the helm. But other than Demar (who is really nice) and half-of-the-time Bargnani, they have very little punch on the offensive end and will continue to have one of the worst defenses in the league with Calderon initiating the defense and no interior defense to speak of. I'd be surprised if they aren't in the bottom five of the league. Doesn't matter though, let's just keep winning.

[tflo]

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What a great game to watch! The Pacers offence is not quite their yet,but Granger and West showed a glimpse of what is yet to come.

[BlueNGold]

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From what I saw, if Derozen doesn't go off on PG at the end there, the game is pretty much handled. As it was, we needed clutchness from Danny and Fluffy to pull it out. I disagree with the people who think the Raptors aren't bad. Maybe they get a little better with Casey at the helm. But other than Demar (who is really nice) and half-of-the-time Bargnani, they have very little punch on the offensive end and will continue to have one of the worst defenses in the league with Calderon initiating the defense and no interior defense to speak of. I'd be surprised if they aren't in the bottom five of the league. Doesn't matter though, let's just keep winning.

I guess we'll see. The fact they beat Cleveland on the road pretty easily...and Cleveland is now handing it to Detroit may just be due to the fact Toronto has played together...and this young season with no practice might benefit those types of teams including Chicago...at least in the short term. So, it could be you are correct...but at the moment I doubt they are much worse than average.