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

[CB4]

Nice blowout win, great moves in the off-season to bring in Green and Crawford too.

 

[Vinsane]

Looking good for a strong run season two Mike, anything less than a one seed is unnacceptable. Stay away from that injury bug!

 

[Flight24]

hmm expected a bigger improvement out of eric gordon. great work in here mike.

 

[GMSFootballa54]

Lookin' good. Hope you get that one seed.

 

[mfbmike]

Pacers Edge Out Bulls At The United Center To Take Lead In Central Division

Starting Lineups:
Jamal Crawford (81) PG (85) Derrick Rose
Ricky Davis (79) SG (85) Ben Gordon
Danny Granger (90) SF (86) Luol Deng
Tyler Hansbrough (84) PF (81) Patrick Patterson
Chris Kaman (90) C (77) Jamaal Magliore

(5-2) 114

@

103 (5-2)

Brandon Rush spots up for 3 of his 8 points off the Pacers bench in the Pacers 114-103 win.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
IND|28|26|37|23|114
CHI|28|24|30|21|103[/table]

Top Performers:
[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. Granger|22|8|5|0|0|9-17|2-7|2-3
C. Kaman|20|13|1|1|4|6-13|0-0|8-9
J. Crawford|18|1|4|4|0|5-15|4-6|4-4
T. Hansbrough|17|8|4|1|2|6-13|0-0|5-5
R. Davis|15|2|4|1|1|5-11|3-3|2-2[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
B. Gordon|27|3|1|4|0|9-20|2-7|7-7
L. Deng|22|8|3|0|2|8-21|0-0|6-7
A. Nocioni|18|3|0|2|0|8-17|1-2|1-2[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Chris Kaman

Quote Of The Game:
"This was a big win for us. Not only because it allowed us to jump out in front in the Central division standings, but I really didn't think we played our best basketball out there. Any team can win when your playing great basketball. The true hallmark of a good team is winning the games when you aren't at your best. And we did that tonight." - Danny Granger

Next Game:

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[Justo]

good win

 

[Rush]

http://www.virtualsportsnetwork.com/2009/03/featured-franchise-mfbmikes-indiana-pacers/

Congrats on being chosen as the featured franchise of the week

 

[LC AAU]

Mike, featured Chise? :stfu: and :gtfo:

 

[mike3]

nice win, liking the layout aswell, looks good with the 2k9 photo

 

[mfbmike]

Pacers Have "Wiggled" Themselves Into Unfamiliar Territory

The Indiana Pacers found themselves in an unfamiliar position when they walked off the floor of the United Center lastnight.

First place.

Indiana entered lastnight's contest tied with Chicago atop the Central division standings at 5-2, but moved atop the division after a 2nd half surge helped the Pacers upend the Bulls, and vault over Chicago for the division lead.

The Pacers hope their stay in first place is not a short one as they shoot for their 4th consecutive home win in this young 2010 season when they host the Mavericks tonight.

"We're concerned with playing well and closing out games," Indiana's Danny Granger said after the game. "We're concerned about being ready for the playoffs. At the end of the day we want to put ourselves in the best position, but I don't think guys on this team pay attention to the standings day-in and day-out."​

 

[Vinsane]

Congrats Mike, good work as always.

 

[Onez]

Finally the featured franchise!

 

[Flight24]

Looks like the off-season payed off. Although I'm not a fan of Psycho T, he's playing well for you.

Also, Flight, just out of curiosity, who is that in your avatar, because that is sick!

lol, its lamar odom passing to darius miles back in their clippers days. it was quite sick, i recommend youtubing it haha. works out nicely too because i have odom and miles in my chise

looking forward to the update mike.

 

[mfbmike]

Mavericks Snap Pacers Home Game Winning Streak At 4

Starting Lineups:
Jamal Crawford (81) PG (93) Jason Kidd
Ricky Davis (79) SG (85) Jason Terry
Danny Granger (90) SF (86) Josh Howard
Tyler Hansbrough (84) PF (92) Dirk Nowitzki
Chris Kaman (90) C (80) Hasheem Thabeet

(6-2) 118

vs

121 (2-4)

Chris Quinn rises up for layup over Ramon Sessions. Quinn finished with 20 points off the Pacers bench.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
IND|30|23|37|28|118
DAL|30|35|30|26|121[/table]

Top Performers:
[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. Granger|27|7|8|0|4|12-27|2-6|1-2
J. Crawford|24|2|7|2|4|10-14|3-4|1-1
C. Quinn|20|0|2|2|1|8-13|3-6|1-1
R. Davis|12|4|2|0|2|6-15|0-5|0-0
T. Hansbrough|11|13|4|3|1|5-10|0-1|1-2[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
J. Howard|22|10|5|3|0|9-19|1-4|3-3
D. Nowitzki|21|10|2|2|1|10-17|1-2|0-0
J. Kidd|18|2|3|0|0|6-17|3-6|3-4
J. Terry|17|1|7|2|0|7-19|2-7|1-3
H. Thabeet|16|20|2|1|3|7-15|0-0|2-5
J. Stackhouse|13|0|2|3|0|4-7|0-1|5-6[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Hasheem Thabeet

Quote Of The Game:
"The Mavericks team we faced tonight didn't look like the Mavericks team that finished 38-44 a season ago. They pushed the break on us and we got left in the dust." - Danny Granger

Next Game:

​

 

[mfbmike]

Roster News:

Pau Gasol has suffered a lower back strain and will be forced to miss 1-2 weeks.

Other News:

- Scola declares interest for new contract with Heat
- Sam Cassell announces retirement, effective at end of season
- Jrue Holiday's 22 just enough to get Hornets by Sixers 95-94
- Red hot Roy helps Blazers stop Bulls 83-74
- Mavericks-Rockets rivalry resumes tonight​

 

[Lupe]

YESSSSSSSSSS I FEEL THABEET!

 

[Primetime]

CAN YOU FEEL THABEET?

 

[GMSFootballa54]

lookin really good mike.

 

[mfbmike]

Grangers 38 Not Enough To Make Up For Poor Rebounding; Pacers Lose 2nd Straight

Starting Lineups:
Jamal Crawford (81) PG (99) Chris Paul
Ricky Davis (79) SG (79) Jrue Holiday
Danny Granger (90) SF (82) Earl Clark
Tyler Hansbrough (84) PF (89) David West
Chris Kaman (90) C (87) Tyson Chandler

(6-3) 110

vs

120 (5-4)

Jamal Crawford gives Jrue Holiday an NBA welcoming gift, a nasty stuff in his face to cap off the break.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
IND|27|30|28|25|110
NOH|30|24|30|36|120[/table]

Top Performers:
[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. Granger|38|2|4|0|1|13-21|4-8|8-9
J. Crawford|22|2|8|5|1|9-17|0-2|4-6
C. Kaman|12|6|3|6|1|5-8|0-0|2-3
S. Williams|10|5|0|3|0|4-10|0-0|2-2[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. West|27|17|2|0|2|12-19|0-0|3-4
E. Clark|21|4|4|2|1|9-12|0-0|3-5
C. Paul|15|3|19|4|0|5-14|1-4|4-4
T. Chandler|14|15|1|2|4|7-9|0-0|0-0[/table]

Player Of The Game:

David West

Quote Of The Game:
"Our efforts on the boards the last 2 games haven't been all that impressive. Looking back on each of the 4 losses we've had so far this season, we were outrebounded in each and every one of them. We need to box out more efficiently and put forth the effort if we want to get back to our winning ways." - Pacers Head Coach Jim O' Brien

Next Game:

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[Primetime]

Holiday being a 79 is nice for him. Tough break. Granger pawned bitches though.