NBA Franchise of the Year: Passion. Pride. Pacers.

[Deviant]

Damn... Bron Bron went Bam Bam.

I'm surprised you kept it close despite the poor shooting performance, especially from Wally.

3-of-14?:jimshake:

 

[mfbmike]

30 games left. You can do it!

Yep, 29 now. :happy:

Damn man. I know how it is to starting having the bigs doubled, and the wingers aren't making the shots. It's frustrating.

Hopefully the Bucks is exactly what you need to get going again.

Damn... Bron Bron went Bam Bam.

I'm surprised you kept it close despite the poor shooting performance, especially from Wally.

3-of-14?:jimshake:

You have no idea. It boggled my mind. Wally pissed me off to no end in that game. My defense was actually somewhat good and kept me in the game. I mean, wide open looks and Wally failed to connect. Not to mention, his defense was pretty much shit. His inconsistency is one reason I'm glad his contract is up this season. I was seriously considering bringing him back next year for a lot less money but I don't think I even want him back at this point. lol.

tough loss man you are living around the .500 mark

I'm not worried, i still think you will make playoffs....

I can't seem to get a streak going yet. At least I'm hovering around .500 like you said and right around that 8th seed spot. As long as I can stay above the Wizards in the standings or anyone else that is under me at this point, I should be ok.

After the Bucks game is the all star game btw. Thanks for following guys.

 

[mfbmike]

Injuries:

Jamaal Tinsley of the Los Angeles Clippers and James Jones of the Miami Heat have both suffered lower back strains. Tinsley will be out for 19 days while Jones will be out for 16. Both are key players off their respective teams benches.

Other News:

- Durant, Thunder hang on to upset Lakers 130-128
- Crawford drops 21 on former team as Warriors barely defeat Knicks 118-116 in OT
- Rockets squeeze by Bucks 87-86 behind Mcgrady's 24​

 

[LC AAU]

Tinsley hurt? Hes never hurt.

 

[mfbmike]

All-star break already...feels like this just started haha.

No kidding and lol @ tinsley.

Just lost to the Bucks. :irked:

 

[mfbmike]

No Jefferson, No Problem! Bucks Get Out In Front Early And Never Look Back

Starting Lineups:
T.J. Ford PG Ramon Sessions
Wally Szczerbiak SG Michael Redd
Danny Granger SF Joe Alexander
Chris Wilcox PF Charlie Villanueva
Chris Kaman C Andrew Bogut

(26-27) 112

@

120 (20-34)

Sean Williams racks up 1 of his 3 blocks on the night here on Andrew Bogut.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
IND|27|31|29|25|112
MIL|40|26|30|24|120[/table]

Top Performers:
[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. Granger|26|7|2|1|0|6-12|4-4|10-12
W. Szczerbiak|20|3|2|3|1|8-19|4-11|0-0
C. Wilcox|17|9|4|1|2|6-10|0-0|5-5
M. Daniels|11|4|2|3|1|3-9|2-5|3-4
C. Kaman|10|8|4|2|0|5-16|0-0|0-0[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
C. Villanueva|25|13|2|3|3|12-15|1-1|0-0
A. Bogut|20|5|0|2|3|9-17|0-0|2-2
C. Bell|18|1|2|4|0|7-11|1-1|3-4
J. Alexander|18|7|3|4|0|8-16|1-6|1-2
M. Redd|16|4|5|2|0|8-23|0-2|0-0[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Charlie Villanueva

Quote Of The Game:
"We made a lot of bad passes tonight and their defense picked up on it. Our offense was out of sync early on and they were able to come away with steals that turned into a lot of fast break buckets. They jumped out way in front early on and we just playing catch up all game." - Danny Granger

Next Game:

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[mfbmike]

Yep, typos. Thanks for pointing it out. My bad.

 

[mfbmike]

Roy Hibbert Suffering From Plantar Fasciitis

After an intense practice at the Pacers training facility after the Pacers loss to the Bucks, Roy Hibbert complained about pain in his foot. Tests revealed that Hibbert was in fact suffering from plantar fasciitis, which is a painful inflammatory condition of the foot.

"It really hurts on the bottom of my heel," explained Hibbert.

In order to bring down the swelling, the rookie Center is going to have to stay off his foot for about 2-3 weeks.

"This is a common condition with basketball players," a member of the Pacers training staff said. "With the sudden changes in weight bearing that the feet endure with a guy of Roy's size jumping up and down, this condition is no surprise to us."

What was a surprise though, is how the Pacers sports medicine personnel are helping relieve Roy's pain in his foot.

"They give me a frozen can of corn or even a cold soda can and place it under my foot, and make me roll it back and forth with my foot," described Hibbert as he laughed.

This method provides a stretch and an ice massage simultaneously.

While Roy is busy rolling cold objects under his feet, Sean Williams will see increased playing time off the bench as will wingman Dermarr Johnson. Johnson will occasionally play the power forward position in a small ball set that Pacers Coach Jim O' Brien intends to use in Hibbert's absence.

In other news, Chris Kaman and Danny Granger attended the festivites held in Phoenix for this year's All-Star weekend. Kaman shined for the East team scoring 17 points and pulling down 12 rebounds to go with 4 block in 36 minutes of play. Granger scored 12 points in 21 minutes of play while shooting 2-2 from beyond the arch.

(I sim the All-Star game. I do not play it.)

Pacers Next Game:

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[LC AAU]

Kamen raped in the all star game rofl.

 

[G-men]

very very nice work on this so far mike

 

[mfbmike]

Pacers Weekly Stats Update:

Starters:

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG|FG%|3PT%|FT%
T.J. Ford|15.8|2.2|8.2|2.9|0.2|.403|.300|.852
W. Szczerbiak|15|3.1|3|1.1|0.5|.426|.381|.857
D. Granger|28.4|6.9|4.7|1.8|1.5|.453|.469|.840
C. Wilcox|11.7|7.6|2.5|2.2|1.4|.481|.100|.680
C. Kaman|15|10.5|2.2|1.8|2.9|.493|.600|.780[/table]

Reserves:

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG|FG%|3PT%|FT%
M. Daniels|12.1|2.3|3.9|1.5|0.9|.442|.358|.686
B. Rush|11.6|1.9|2.5|1|0.4|.462|.412|.776
J. Jack|5.7|1|3.6|1|0.2|.410|.240|.862
S. Williams|3.1|2.7|0.6|0.5|1.1|.496|.000|.666
D. Johnson|5.5|1.7|1.1|0.6|0.5|.400|.409|.636
J. Mcroberts|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
T. Hassell|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-
R. Hibbert|5.9|3.9|0.9|0.9|1.3|.518|.000|.697
R. Davis|13.2|4.3|2.9|1.1|.2|.420|.470|.766[/table]

(Red name denotes currently injured)

Players Of The Week:

Western Conference

Steve Nash - Phoenix Suns

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk
2/8 @ DET|23|1|10|3|0
2/9 @ PHI|24|3|7|1|0
2/11 @ CLE|28|3|14|3|1[/table]

Eastern Conference

Lebron James - Cleveland Cavaliers

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk
2/8 vs LAL|33|13|7|1|2
2/10 @ IND|34|6|6|3|1
2/11 vs PHX|30|10|9|1|0[/table]

Weekly Conference Standings Update:

1.

(37-15)

2.

(34-17)

3.

(35-18)

4.

(32-19)

5.

(30-23)

6.

(29-23)

7.

(28-25)

8.

(25-25)

9.

(27-27)

10.

(24-27)

11.

(24-29)

12.

(24-30)

13.

(21-31)

14.

(20-32)

15.

(18-35)

1.

(32-19)

2.

(31-21)

3.

(31-21)

4.

(30-21)

5.

(32-23)

6.

(27-24)

7.

(27-24)

8.

(26-27)

9.

(26-28)

10.

(21-32)

11.

(20-32)

12.

(21-34)

13.

(20-35)

14.

(18-34)

15.

(17-36)​

 

[mfbmike]

Yeah, those losses to the Knicks and Bucks over the past couple of weeks hurt me. I can't lose to shitty teams like that if I hope to get in. I'm not too far out of it as it is, just have to find a way to string some wins together here.

 

[mfbmike]

Yeah, Granger gets it done on a nightly basis. It really depends whether the guys around him can get it done. Some games my other guys come to play, other games they just blow ass. lol. And I'm not going to start dropping 40 or 50 point games with Granger to force wins. Everyone has to step up, win the right way.

 

[mfbmike]

Injuries:

Rudy Fernandez of the Portland Trailblazers has suffered a broken toe. Fernandez is a key player off the Blazers bench. The Blazers currently sit at 29-23, 6th in the Western Conference and 1st in the Northwest division with a 1 game lead over their division rival Utah Jazz.

Trades:

<=====>

The Houston Rockets have come to an agreement with the Sixers, parting ways with Joey Dorsey in exchange for a 2009 2nd round draft pick and Kareem Rush, the brother of Indiana Pacer, Brandon Rush.

Other News:

- Bucks Jefferson finally free from nagging injuries
- Familar face atop latest Power Rankings report
- Nash #1 in latest Pure Point Rating report
- Monta Ellis set to return from strained hamstring
- Trade deadline tomorrow; will Ben Gordon be traded?
- Nash upset about All-Star snub​

 

[mfbmike]

haha yeah. I hate when you can just constantly score with one guy. I play my friend and he used to be the Cavs and all he would do was sprint with LBJ until he could dunk..

How long is Ricky Davis out for?

lol yeah, that's no fun.

http://www.vsngaming.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4992&page=9

Davis tore his achilles way back on page 9 which is what forced me to trade for Wally and sign Dermarr. He only played 3 games for me before falling victim to the injury. It was a season ender. He won't be back until next season more than likely. The in game injury watch lists his return now as 6-8 months. lol.

His contract also has a player option for next season, so there is the possibility he may choose to opt for free agency as well.

 

[Yawkey Way]

i had plantar facilitis once, hurt like a mfer...tough loss to the Bucks. Light a fire under Wally's ass please.

 

[mfbmike]

William Helps Pacers Return To Winning Ways With Solid Play Off The Bench

Starting Lineups:
T.J. Ford PG Andre Miller
Wally Szczerbiak SG Andre Iguodala
Danny Granger SF Thaddeus Young
Chris Wilcox PF Elton Brand
Chris Kaman C Samuel Dalambert

(26-28) 118

vs

109 (27-24)

Danny Granger got good looks all night, shooting a high percentage and scoring a game high 28 in the Pacers win.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
IND|35|28|26|29|118
PHI|24|25|33|27|109[/table]

Top Performers:
[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. Granger|28|5|8|2|1|10-13|1-2|7-7
T.J. Ford|21|2|6|5|0|7-19|0-2|7-7
C. Kaman|15|9|0|4|1|6-10|0-0|3-4
M. Daniels|14|2|2|0|0|5-10|2-3|2-2
C. Wilcox|12|9|2|0|1|6-12|0-0|0-2
S. Williams|10|9|2|2|2|5-10|0-0|0-0[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
E. Brand|21|6|2|1|4|10-17|0-0|1-2
S. Dalambert|20|5|0|4|2|9-13|0-0|2-2
A. Iguodala|18|2|5|5|0|6-18|2-6|4-4
T. Young|14|2|5|1|0|7-11|0-1|0-0
M. Speights|10|3|0|0|0|5-6|0-0|0-0[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Danny Granger

Quote Of The Game:
"Sean was the unsung hero out there for us tonight. We managed to get out in front early but there were numerous occasions in which Philly looked to swing momentum in their favor. Anytime that happened, Sean managed to get a bigtime block or hustle play to keep us in front. He did a great job on the glass as well." - T.J. Ford

Next Game:

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[Woy]

Granger is so beast.
Nice job still mike.

 

[mfbmike]

I'm currently 9th seed. Half a game or so behind the 8th seed Wizards.

 

[mfbmike]

Pacers Fielding Offers As NBA Trade Deadline Nears

The Pacers have received a plethora of trade offers over the past couple of weeks as the NBA's trade deadline draws closer.

With the trade deadline to hit tomorrow, only one offer has peaked Pacers GM Larry Bird's interest.

The Miami Heat have offered to part ways with point guard Chris Quinn and swingman Yakhouba Diawara in exchange for Jarrett Jack.

The Heat seek Jack's services as a gritty defender while Quinn could give the Pacers something they've been lacking all season, a point gaurd who can shoot the 3 effectively.

T.J. Ford has shot just over 30% while Jack has shot a dismal 27% from beyond the arch so far this season.

"Chris would allow us to stretch the defense and open up driving lanes for the other guys," explained Bird. "As of right now, defenders sag off of Jarrett when he doesn't have the ball because he hasn't exactly made opposing teams pay for leaving him open from the 3 point line. Chris has shown he can shot the 3 and we are hoping he can make them respect him out there."

The clock is ticking for the Pacers though and if they hope to agree to the Heat's offer, they better act quickly. This years trade deadline is less than 24 hours away.​