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

[Len B]

First place is close. How's Crittenton's shot? Never used him.

 

[mfbmike]

First place is close. How's Crittenton's shot? Never used him.

I think they have his shot in the game the same as Steve Francis' to be honest iirc.

Assuming that was your question.

Otherwise, his shot needs some work. He's better driving to the basket as he has the handles and athleticism to do so. But I've nailed some 3's and mid range jumpers with him. But he's not a player I would want taking a shot in the clutch. At least not before a healthy dose of drills lol.

 

[mfbmike]

Pacers Shoot A Perfect 19-19 From The Charity Stripe To Earn Win In Minny

Starting Lineups:
Jamal Crawford (81) PG (83) Randy Foye
Brandon Rush (79) SG (93) Allen Iverson
Anthony Randolph (80) SF (83) Mike Miller
Rasheed Wallace (85) PF (83) Kevin Love
Chris Kaman (89) C (92) Al Jefferson

(23-15) 114

@

103 (21-14)

Rasheed Wallace exploits the mismatch against his former teammate in Detroit, Allen Iverson to get to the rim for 2.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
IND|29|31|29|25|114
MIN|24|30|30|19|103[/table]

Top Performers:
[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
J. Crawford|24|1|2|0|0|9-18|3-3|3-3
B. Rush|19|7|5|1|0|6-9|1-3|6-6
C. Kaman|18|14|5|2|1|9-18|0-0|0-0
R. Wallace|17|11|3|2|3|6-12|0-0|5-5
S. Williams|14|3|3|4|3|7-12|0-0|0-0[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
M. Miller|25|6|2|2|2|11-21|2-7|1-1
A. Iverson|18|0|10|4|0|7-18|3-5|1-2
A. Jefferson|16|10|4|1|3|8-12|0-0|0-0
R. Foye|13|6|10|4|1|5-11|2-6|1-2
K. Love|12|5|4|1|2|6-17|0-0|0-0[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Chris Kaman

Quote Of The Game:
"One of the most important things you can do to get a win on the road is knock down your free throws and get the other team's home crowd to shut up. We didn't even realize we went 100% from the free throw line until you guys (reporters) started asking about it." - Rasheed Wallace

Next Game:

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[Irish]

Its really impressive that you can keep up with this so consistently.

 

[LC AAU]

T'Wolves got a nice team. But your team is better.

 

[mfbmike]

Bobcats Watch A 20+ Point Lead Evaporate As Pacers Win Nailbiter On The Road

Starting Lineups:
Jamal Crawford (81) PG (83) Raymond Felton
Brandon Rush (79) SG (81) Raja Bell
Anthony Randolph (80) SF (85) Gerald Wallace
Rasheed Wallace (85) PF (85) Emeka Okafor
Chris Kaman (89) C (74) Desagana Diop

(24-15) 115

@

114 (14-22)

Gerald Green gets ready to elevate for an alley-oop pass early in the 2nd quarter that proved to be a real turning point in this matchup.

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A little bit late, my first ever alley-oop on NBA 2k9.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
IND|18|33|37|27|115
CHA|41|22|27|24|114[/table]

Top Performers:
[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
B. Rush|20|1|5|4|2|6-12|3-4|5-7
A. Randolph|19|8|2|1|2|9-15|0-0|1-2
C. Kaman|17|14|5|2|2|8-16|0-0|1-2
J. Crawford|16|0|1|1|2|5-10|2-3|4-4
S. Williams|14|10|1|1|2|7-9|0-0|0-0
G. Green|10|2|2|1|1|3-6|0-0|4-4[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
E. Okafor|22|12|3|2|5|11-17|0-0|0-0
R. Felton|17|1|14|5|0|6-20|1-6|4-6
R. Bell|17|1|7|3|0|7-24|0-2|3-6
G. Wallace|15|4|5|4|1|7-13|0-1|1-1
S. Livington|15|2|4|1|0|7-9|0-0|1-2
T. Evans|13|2|2|0|1|6-11|0-0|1-1[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Chris Kaman

Quote Of The Game:
"Nothing went our way out there early on. Our offense looked out of sync, guys weren't on the same page, shots weren't falling. Everything that could've possibly went wrong, did go wrong in that 1st quarter. Gerald and Sean came into the game in the 2nd quarter and played with the energy you wouldn't normally see when your team was down 20. It rubbed off on everyone though and from there we just chipped away at it until we took the lead in the final minute of regulation to come out on top." - Pacers Head Coach Jim O' Brien

Next Game:

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[mfbmike]

Injuries:

Matt Barnes of the Charlotte Bobcats strained his achilles tendon in the Bobcats last matchup against the Pacers and will be forced to miss 20 days.

Other News:

- Blazers overtake Heat to top Power Rankings
- Daniels' season high 12 assists leads Hornets to win over Bulls
- Dunleavy's season high 28 leads Clippers past Wizards
- Rip takes charge, leads Pistons past Jazz
- Mike Bibby: Ready to play​

 

[Justo]

congrats on the first alley-oop lol

 

[mfbmike]

LOL. So, that 1st quarter blew ass!

Shaun Livingston scored all of his points in the 1st quarter. He came in because G. Wall got into foul trouble so they moved Raja to 3 and he played the 2 and tore me up. Never saw him after that though which made no sense.

In the game's final seconds, they give the ball to none other than Raymond Felton. And like the choke artist he is, misses a pretty good looking shot allowing me to get the win. :rofl:

 

[mike3]

Nice comeback, first alley-oop ever though, thats suprising, good job though lol

 

[Mit]

Nice win. Your offense was pretty spread out.

 

[LC AAU]

First alley oop in over what, 200-250 games?

:jonesy:

 

[mfbmike]

damn 41-18 in 1st quarter...nice come back win with out danny granger

It was stupid. The Bobcats are rediculously good at clogging passing lanes. I had so many turnovers.

Nice comeback, first alley-oop ever though, thats suprising, good job though lol

First alley oop in over what, 200-250 games?

:jonesy:

rofl, I don't know. I used to do alley oops all the time in 2k8. This is the first I've been able to complete. I was stoked. And like the caption says, after that play it seems like that was the exact point I started getting back into it.

Gerald Motherfucking Green!

:jhenbeatkwon:

He's a human highlight reel. lol.

 

[Len B]

Go figure Bobcats lost a 10+ point lead. Didn't think it was possible...

 

[Len B]

Sarcasm, my friend.

 

[ATL Jones Bro]

OH SHIT. ALLY-OOP. Very nice.

 

[mfbmike]

Crawford Unable To Hit Game Tying 3 To Keep Pacers Alive In Overtime Thriller

Starting Lineups:
Jamal Crawford (81) PG (80) Acie Law
Brandon Rush (79) SG (93) Joe Johnson
Anthony Randolph (80) SF (91) Josh Smith
Rasheed Wallace (85) PF (93) Carlos Boozer
Chris Kaman (89) C (90) Al Horford

(25-15) 108

vs

111 (20-17)

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Jamal Crawford's buzzer beater bounces around up there before eventually rimming out.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|OT|Final
IND|33|18|24|21|12|108
ATL|24|22|23|27|15|111[/table]

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

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
J. Johnson|26|2|7|1|0|12-20|2-6|0-0
J. Smith|20|8|4|3|1|9-15|1-3|1-3
C. Boozer|18|10|2|4|0|8-17|0-0|2-2
A. Horford|18|7|2|3|3|9-16|0-0|0-0
R. Mccants|16|3|0|0|0|5-11|1-4|5-6[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Josh Smith

Quote Of The Game:
"I know when I turn on the radio on the ride home tonight, they're going to beat me up about drawing up the play for Jamal to take the last shot after having a hard time getting his outside shots to drop in this one. It's a shot Jamal has hit a countless number of times so far this season and I was confident he could hit it again." - Pacers Head Coach Jim O' Brien

Next Game:

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[mfbmike]

Rasheed Wallace Has Brought His Trash Talking To Indiana

Rasheed Wallace talks some trash to Josh Smith after sending him to the floor on a weak layup attempt.

"He's a crazy guy. With us, with them, it doesn't matter."" - Chris Kaman

"He's like an energizer battery, just going all the time." - Danny Granger

"He's just going to say what he has to say at any point and time." - Brandon Rush

And the Pacers wouldn't have it any other way. Sure he's loud, sure it can get him in trouble from time to time, but when it comes to talking and getting under people's skin, noone does it better than Rasheed.

"When we're playing on the road and you might have that 1 or 2 people behind the bench, and they're always in your ear and sometimes you don't wanna hear it, you know, that's what I do out there on the floor," explained Rasheed. "And that gets my teammates into it."

It's no secret guys in the NBA love to talk but according to his teammates what separates Sheed from the others, is his ability to back it up.

"You can talk as much as you want, but if you can't walk it, you know what I mean, it doesn't really matter," explained teammate Sean Williams. "There's other players in the league that talk a lot but their team ain't good so it don't even matter."

"He brings that attitude and that ability to go out and say something and stand behind it and when you have a guy like that on your team in certain situations, it changes the game," said Jamal Crawford.

There is no doubt a psychological advantage gained in the process but as Sheed says believe it or not, "there is a code of conduct when talking trash."

"I don't talk about nobodies mom, wife, kids or nothing like that. Maybe I talk about that person and their game or defense. There is a line and I don't cross that line. Like I said, I don't talk about noone's parents or any family members or kids or nothing like that because that is crossing the line right there."

While opponents no doubt get an earful of Rasheed, his teammates get their fair share as well.

As far as trying to tune Sheed out, "That's impossible. He's just too loud," answered Granger with a laugh.​

 

[The Messenger]

You stole Sheed's quotes lol. He really doesn't cross a line when he talks trash and is actually pretty well respected around the league.

 

[LC AAU]

Mike was probably jumping up and down when the ball was bouncing on the win.