1st Round - #8 Atlanta Hawks vs. #1 Indiana Pacers

[EmpireWF]

Can the Hawks take a game?

(Season series tied at 2-2)
Game 1 at IND: Saturday at 7 p.m. on ESPN
Game 2 at IND: Tuesday at 7 p.m. on TNT
Game 3 at ATL: Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m. on NBATV
Game 4 at ATL: Saturday, April 26 at 2 p.m. on TNT
*Game 5 at IND: Monday, April 28 at 8 p.m. on NBATV
*Game 6 at ATL: Thursday, May 1, TBD
*Game 7 at IND: Saturday, May 3, TBD

 

[NAHSTE]

Hawks in 4.

 

[JBronxBombers]

Better poll question would of been. Will the Pacers make this series competitive?

 

[Point Blank]

After seeing Indiana play well vs OKC last week, I expected them to have their shit together. Guess not.. Hibbert is trash and George is suspect as hell. Lance is a beller though. :yep:

 

[jeffx]

Pacers are a hot mess. At times, they look like the Knicks on offense - too much dribbling and very little movement. The defense isn't what it was early in the season. And what's up with Hibbert? He doesn't look like the cat who owned Tyson Chandler last year. The whole team is in a funk, but i still think they'll win this series.

 

[NAHSTE]

Pacers are a hot mess. At times, they look like the Knicks on offense - too much dribbling and very little movement. The defense isn't what it was early in the season. And what's up with Hibbert? He doesn't look like the cat who owned Tyson Chandler last year. The whole team is in a funk, but i still think they'll win this series.

He ain't bout dat stretch 5 life. Pero Antic bombing on him from 23 feet away is what's up.

:kobe:

 

[Obst]

 

[NAHSTE]

Soon.

 

[DJ Rhude]

He ain't bout dat stretch 5 life. Pero Antic bombing on him from 23 feet away is what's up.

:kobe:

Exactly.....

And this was my whole issue with how Woodson coached against the Pacers in the playoffs last year.........he just let Chandler who's not a factor on offense stay in there and Hibbert set up shop in the paint with zero regard to Chandler....hell he barely guarded him just roamed the middle all game............he had another option in Stat who was healthy at the time but Woodson never considered adjusting and putting him at center......Hibbert would have had to get his ass out the paint to guard Stat's jumper, but no he stayed with Chandler all series.....now I'm not saying Stat is still a world beater but he can still score and has a good J that Hibbert would have had to respect.....as a coach you have to try something, all about adjustments......if it didn't work out at least you gave it a shot.....

But I digress heavily

 

[Influence]

I'm really not surprised with how the Pacers have been playing this series. I've been reluctant of even entering this thread, but might as well say something. Hawks matchup very well against the pacers stretching the floor like they've been doing, but things started falling apart after a couple events. For one, Paul George fell off right after the rumor came out of him offering a million dollars to abort a miami strippers kid that was apparently his. Second thing is Roy Hibbert's mental breakdown. Who knows what started that? Hibbert has always been one of the most, if not THE most, inconsistent player on the team. Every season he gets in a slump where he is fucking awful. Last year it was at the beginning of the regular season, but that wasn't even close to the level of shit he is now. Dude has zero confidence in himself. Third thing and the biggest in my opinion, the Granger trade. It entirely fucked the team chemistry we had. It was a beautiful thing watching the pacers at the beginning of the season.

oh well.. GO PACERS!

 

[JeremyHight]

Hibbert's statline tonight:

0 pts
0 reb
1 TO
1 ast
1 blk
4 PF

He has disappeared these playoffs.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

 

[Hasselbeck]

I'm really not surprised with how the Pacers have been playing this series. I've been reluctant of even entering this thread, but might as well say something. Hawks matchup very well against the pacers stretching the floor like they've been doing, but things started falling apart after a couple events. For one, Paul George fell off right after the rumor came out of him offering a million dollars to abort a miami strippers kid that was apparently his. Second thing is Roy Hibbert's mental breakdown. Who knows what started that? Hibbert has always been one of the most, if not THE most, inconsistent player on the team. Every season he gets in a slump where he is fucking awful. Last year it was at the beginning of the regular season, but that wasn't even close to the level of shit he is now. Dude has zero confidence in himself. Third thing and the biggest in my opinion, the Granger trade. It entirely fucked the team chemistry we had. It was a beautiful thing watching the pacers at the beginning of the season.

oh well.. GO PACERS!

lol at blaming Paul George's baby mama drama while ignoring the offensive black holes of Lance Stephenson and Evan Turner.

Agree completely with the Granger thing. Granger knew his role.. Turner is still under the impression he is actually a talented player. Stephenson meanwhile is a lot like Stephon Marbury back in the day.. sure he got his numbers, but he never really helped the team win. Then you have him fighting teammates off the court and it's just a disaster. Hopefully for the Pacers case, some team like Charlotte or NY will overpay for him in FA so they can get rid of that.

 

[NAHSTE]

 

[NAHSTE]

The life of a Hawks fan

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

:rofl: I cant get enough of these Hibbert memes.

 

[CaribbeanJoseph]

:rofl: I cant get enough of these Hibbert memes.

:dead:

 

[ralaw]

It's almost as if the NBA reviews every foul to make sure it wasn't too aggressive. Lame.

 

[Pala]

Lance Stephenson is a national treasure.