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

[goDawgs1433]

Nice win, and congrats on the division title. Almost to the playoffs!

 

[mfbmike]

Pacers Clinch Central Division With Win Over Hornets

Jamal Crawford scored 32 points to spark the Pacers past the Hornets 119-116 in thrilling fashion lastnight sealing the Central Division crown for themselves.

The Pacers improved to 47-31, 5 games ahead of nearest division rival Cleveland with only 4 games left in the regular season.

The Pacers went into the 4th quarter down by 2 after trailing by double digits in the game.

“It’s interesting. I don’t think we were worried about being down,” Danny Granger said. “It was just like, 'Let’s get to what we need to get to.' But defensively we did make some mistakes.”

"Just enough time,'' Crawford said of releasing his 3-pointer that dropped as the final buzzer sounded. "Everything lined up for us.''

Did it ever.​

 

[Mit]

Nice job on winning the division.

 

[Justo]

that was a sick buzzer beater

 

[LC AAU]

Video isn't working anymore?

Nice win never less, and division title is sweet, I haven't won one yet.

 

[mfbmike]

Video isn't working anymore?

Nice win never less, and division title is sweet, I haven't won one yet.

But you have won a championship. :yell:

Screenshot posted now.

 

[Juggernaut]

nice game winner bro

And the division title = sick

 

[mfbmike]

Injuries:

Randy Foye of the T'Wolves has suffered a separated shoulder injury which should sideline him for up to 21 days. With the playoffs only a week away, the 3rd seed T'Wolves are going to have to keep it together to maintain their spot in the West. More importantly, this injury will likely keep Foye from returning to the team until after the 1st round; assuming the T'Wolves can escape the 1st round without Foye. Really an unfortunate turn of events for a T'Wolves team that was opening up a lot of eyes around the league.

Other News:

- Sixers win earns them postseason berth
- Chauncey's career high 37 leads Nuggets to 129-117 win over Mavericks
- Celtics defeat Heat as Garnett scores season high 31 points
- Mcgrady expected to return for game against Magic
- Pau Gasol set to return from sprained wrist
- Kings squeeze by Suns 106-104 behind Martin's 21​

 

[mfbmike]

If You're A Wizards Fan, You Really Hate The Pacers Right Now

Starting Lineups:
Andre Miller (80) PG (98) Gilbert Arenas
Jamal Crawford (80) SG (81) Ricky Davis
Danny Granger (90) SF (92) Caron Butler
Rasheed Wallace (85) PF (87) Antawn Jamison
Chris Kaman (89) C (77) Etan Thomas

(47-31) 118

vs

109 (37-41)

Sean Williams gets big over Antawn Jamison for the dunk, and-1.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
IND|26|38|26|28|118
WAS|31|25|19|34|109[/table]

Top Performers:
[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. Granger|22|4|4|2|0|7-17|2-2|6-7
A. Randolph|15|6|4|1|2|7-15|0-0|1-2
R. Wallace|15|11|3|1|1|7-10|0-1|1-1
J. Crawford|14|3|4|2|1|5-10|4-7|0-0
C. Kaman|14|10|1|0|1|7-14|0-0|0-0
A. Miller|11|2|7|3|0|5-12|0-0|1-2[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
G. Arenas|26|3|8|0|0|9-18|8-11|0-0
R. Davis|21|2|2|1|1|8-17|2-7|3-4
C. Butler|18|3|1|3|1|7-10|1-1|3-4
E. Thomas|10|8|3|1|2|4-6|0-0|2-2
A. Jamison|10|3|1|2|1|5-15|0-0|0-0[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Danny Granger

Quote Of The Game:
"I remember it like it was yesterday. A season ago. Around the same time of year. We were battling for the 8th spot in the East. So were the Wizards. One of our last games of the season was against them, just like tonight's game. We won that game. We went on to the postseason. The Wizards went home. Yeah, if I was a Wizards fan, I wouldn't be too happy right now." - Danny Granger

Next Game:

​

 

[DJ Rhude]

Damn, some salt and pepper with your basketball Mr. Jamison?

 

[James2Stapleton]

great shot there

Crawford 6-9 3pt......awesome

 

[mfbmike]

lol whoop there he is... Boom on Jamison nice win!

Damn, some salt and pepper with your basketball Mr. Jamison?

Jamison can't fuck with Area 51 :bow:

great shot there

Crawford 6-9 3pt......awesome

Crawford's been hot these past 2 games. My best pickup this season for sure.

Nice quote from D-Grange. haha, rub it IN DANNY!

nice win the 2nd quarter really set you apart from them...and yeah i lol'd at your D-Granger quote..funny shit

lol it's just so funny how I might have fucked up their playoff hopes yet again.

Nice game winner against NO, and Jrue Holiday had a big game for them!

Nice win against the Wiz's aswell and good luck for the playoffs.

Thanks.

 

[mfbmike]

Pacers Weekly Stats Update:

Starters:

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG|FG%|3PT%|FT%

A. Miller|12.8|2.8|7.4|1.8|0.2|.423|.244|.771
J. Crawford|17.6|2.4|5.4|2.3|0.7|.455|.433|.889
D. Granger|27.4|6.3|5.6|1.7|1.5|.463|.420|.851
R. Wallace|12.4|8.1|2.9|1.9|2.2|.458|.347|.771
C. Kaman|14.2|9.6|2.4|1.7|2.8|.514|.500|.804[/table]

Reserves:

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG|FG%|3PT%|FT%
A. Randolph|9.6|5.5|2|1.6|1.7|.489|.218|.735
S. Williams|8.1|5.7|1.2|1.1|1.6|.508|.333|.628
B. Rush|9.7|1.7|2.6|1.1|0.5|.432|.368|.823
G. Green|7.9|2.2|1.3|0.6|0.4|.473|.405|.786
J. Crittenton|4.7|1|1.6|0.6|0.2|.430|.428|.764
D. Jordan|1.6|2|0.5|0|0.5|.500|.000|.285
W. Sharpe|1.3|1|0.3|0.2|0.3|.388|.333|.500
Y. Diawara|1.4|0.8|0.6|0|0.2|.500|1.00|1.00
O. Pecherov|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-[/table]

Players Of The Week:

Western Conference

Tim Duncan - San Antonio Spurs

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk
4/5 vs LAC|19|13|4|0|4
4/8 vs OKC|13|13|4|2|5
4/10 vs MEM|20|17|8|0|3[/table]

Eastern Conference

Lebron James - Cleveland Cavaliers

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk
4/5 @ DEN|24|4|8|2|2
4/8 vs NYK|28|5|10|4|1
4/10 @ WAS|30|13|11|2|1[/table]

Weekly Conference Standings Update:

1.

(51-29)

2.

(49-30)

3.

(46-33)

4.

(46-33)

5.

(46-33)

6.

(43-36)

7.

(42-37)

8.

(41-38)

9.

(40-39)

10.

(38-42)

11.

(35-44)

12.

(35-44)

13.

(33-46)

14.

(33-46)

15.

(31-49)

1.

(51-29)

2.

(50-29)

3.

(48-31)

4.

(48-31)

5.

(44-35)

6.

(43-37)

7.

(40-39)

8.

(38-42)

9.

(37-42)

10.

(34-45)

11.

(32-47)

12.

(31-48)

13.

(28-51)

14.

(28-52)

15.

(27-52)​

 

[mfbmike]

Giving them Mike Dunleavy, Jamaal Tinsley made them a playoff team. lol

B Diddy
Gordon
Dunleavy
Randolph
Camby

Tinsley/Thornton off the bench.

What's kinda fucked is how it looks like the T'Wolves are going to lose home court advantage because of the injury to Foye. Not to mention, be at a huge disadvantage because his injury will force him to miss the 1st round. Rofl, poor Iverson.

Beating the Wizards has them only 1/2 a game ahead of the 9th seed Pistons now too. They are holding on for dear life.

Losing to the Celts earlier this week had us switch places in the playoff picture as well. :irked:

 

[LC AAU]

But you have won a championship. :yell:

Screenshot posted now.

:beatup:

Me and Hussla beating your ass.

 

[mfbmike]

Nuggets Show Off Their Depth; Manhandle The Pacers At The Conseco

Starting Lineups:
Andre Miller (80) PG (94) Chauncey Billups
Jamal Crawford (80) SG (85) J.R. Smith
Danny Granger (90) SF (97) Carmelo Anthony
Rasheed Wallace (85) PF (79) Kenyon Martin
Chris Kaman (89) C (79) Nene

(48-31) 108

vs

122 (43-36)

Anthony Randolph tries to rip the rim down on this thundering dunk over rookie Danny Green.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
IND|24|29|32|23|108
DEN|34|38|34|16|122[/table]

Top Performers:
[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. Granger|21|5|3|3|1|8-22|1-3|4-6
A. Randolph|15|6|1|3|2|7-14|0-0|1-1
C. Kaman|13|9|1|0|2|5-9|0-0|3-4
J. Crawford|11|3|6|6|0|4-13|2-6|1-2[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
L. Kleiza|27|7|5|2|2|13-19|0-2|1-1
D. Gooden|20|6|3|3|2|10-13|0-0|0-0
C. Billups|18|2|13|0|0|7-17|3-5|1-1
C. Anthony|17|5|5|2|1|8-15|0-1|1-2
J.R. Smith|15|5|3|2|0|5-10|3-6|2-2[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Linas Kleiza

Quote Of The Game:
"There really isn't anything positive I can say about this loss other than this. Thankfully, it's happening now and we can fine tune what we need to fine tune heading into the playoffs because tonight's performance was hard to digest. It really was." - Pacers Head Coach Jim O' Brien

Next Game:

​

 

[SuperNova854]

supposedly carmelo cloned himself so he can play the 1 and the 3

 

[mfbmike]

Woops rofl. Fixed that. Kinda tired. 2 games left in the regular season. Magic/Cavs. :irked:

 

[LC AAU]

Jesus Christ they are deeper then the Cavs/Magic in my chise. Sucks you lost.

 

[mfbmike]

Jesus Christ they are deeper then the Cavs/Magic in my chise. Sucks you lost.

Drew Gooden
Kleiza
Steven Hunter
Danny Green
Sam Cassell

Nuggets 2nd unit. :|