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

[SuperNova854]

wow sam cassell is amazing. playing for the nuggets and being an assistant coach to the wizards. maybe he's cloning himself like Melo is

 

[LC AAU]

Drew Gooden
Kleiza
Steven Hunter
Danny Green
Sam Cassell

Nuggets 2nd unit. :|

:doh:

Not as bad as this

Louis Williams
Pietrus
Posey
Bass
Rookie C 75 overall

Everyone is rated 81 plus besides the C... Magic as stacked as Fack.

 

[mfbmike]

Don't worry Nova. He already announced his retirement at the end of this season in the chise. Got anything else you'd like to nitpick about?

 

[LC AAU]

I DO!!!

GET DERMARR SIGNED.

 

[SuperNova854]

good luck in the playoffs btw. get 50 wins

 

[mfbmike]

Pacers Looking To Get To The Big 5-0

For the Lakers, Magics, and Phoenixes, it's a benchmark that is met with a shrug: a 50-win season.

For the Pacers, it signifies their return to NBA relevance.

Finally.

The Pacers can win 50 games this season, if they can find a way to scrape out wins against the Magic and Cavaliers in their final two games of the season.

Reaching 50 would mean the Pacers have made at least a 7-game improvement since last season's 43-39 record, a significant bump by league standards.

They can become just the 6th Pacers team to win 50, and the first since the exalted 2003-2004 team of Ron Artest, Reggie Miller and Jermaine O'Neal that won 61 games.

Coach Jim O' Brien said 50 wins separates a team from mediocrity, providing instant respect. Sort of like breaking 90 on the golf course.

"It won't be easy," explained All-Star Danny Granger. "But if we can get these last two wins, it would be huge in terms of us gaining some momentum heading into the postseason."

Basketball is such a fragile sport, truly built on the backs on one or two superstars. The Pistons of yesteryear are the only team lately to defy this blueprint, although you can argue that they have as many as four all-stars, just not a Granger from which to build around.

Having gathered enough complementary talent to put around Granger, and a coach to organize it, the Pacers are perhaps one or two moves from truly contending.

Most significantly, they are two wins from the big 5-0.​

 

[FlawLeSs]

They can become just the 5th Pacers team to win 50, and the first since the exalted 2003-2004 team of Ron Artest, Reggie Miller and Jermaine O'Neal that won 61 games.


dam i never realized that ^^

 

[mfbmike]

Yep, I did my research.

http://www.nbauniverse.com/teams/records_indiana_pacers.htm

lol.

Damn, looking at it now, they would be the 6th. Fixing.

 

[MRN]

Cavs and Magic are gonna be tough to beat, GL.

 

[mfbmike]

Pacers Start Off Slow But Fight Back To Win #49

Starting Lineups:
Andre Miller (80) PG (86) Jameer Nelson
Jamal Crawford (80) SG (80) Courtney Lee
Danny Granger (90) SF (87) Hedo Turkoglu
Rasheed Wallace (85) PF (82) Rashard Lewis
Chris Kaman (89) C (97) Dwight Howard

(48-32) 119

vs

115 (52-28)

Jamal Crawford chases down rookie Lester Hudson on the break and reminds him there are no easy buckets when the Pacers are around.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
IND|24|36|35|24|119
ORL|37|26|25|27|115[/table]

Top Performers:
[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. Granger|30|6|1|2|3|10-18|4-8|6-6
J. Crawford|17|0|3|5|0|6-9|3-3|2-3
A. Miller|16|2|4|2|0|6-8|0-0|4-5
C. Kaman|16|8|5|2|7|8-15|0-0|0-0
G. Green|10|2|0|0|0|4-6|0-0|2-2[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
R. Lewis|29|12|1|1|1|14-22|1-1|0-0
D. Howard|22|7|3|0|3|9-15|0-0|4-7
C. Lee|18|2|1|3|0|8-14|2-4|0-0
H. Turkoglu|17|6|5|0|1|7-17|1-2|2-2
L. Hudson|13|1|3|1|0|5-10|3-5|0-0[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Danny Granger

Quote Of The Game:
"We got off to a horrible start. Their offense was feeding off the defensive stops they were getting early on and we had no answers. I explained to the guys that we weren't going to get back into the game in one possession. It was going to take us chipping away at it slowly. Which we did by getting defensive stops of our own. The home crowd got into it and before you knew it, the game was back in striking distance for us." - Pacers Head Coach Jim O' Brien

Next Game:

​

 

[James2Stapleton]

nice win!!
cmon win 50!!

 

[Justo]

dam, Crawford mauled that dude lol

 

[mfbmike]

Pacers Postseason Fate In Their Own Hands Now

With the Boston Celtics resting their starters and losing their final game of the regular season to Chicago Bulls, the Celtics ended their 2009/2010 season at 49-33.

The Pacers currently sit at 49-32 and face the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight. The Celtics hold the advantage in the tiebreaker with the Pacers.

It's quite easy to understand really.

Pacers win tonight, they clinch the #3 seed and will face the Philadelphia Sixers in the 1st round. On the other hand, if the Pacers lose tonight, they fall to the #4 seed and run into the dangerous Atlanta Hawks in the 1st round.

"Sure, getting #50 is on the back of everyone's heads," Danny Granger said to reporters at the the Pacers training facility. "But we'd be a lot happier with the 3rd seed."

There is definitely a lot more riding on tonight's game at the Quicken Loans Arena than just win #50 and the Pacers understand that.​

 

[Vinsane]

You need that three seed Mike, go get it.

 

[SuperNova854]

wooooooo

 

[FlawLeSs]

wrong sport crawford

 

[mfbmike]

Update coming. issed:

 

[mfbmike]

Granger Unable To Do It Alone; Pacers End 2010 Regular Season In Loss Column

Starting Lineups:
Andre Miller (80) PG (89) Mo Williams
Jamal Crawford (80) SG (79) Bonzi Wells
Danny Granger (90) SF (99) Lebron James
Rasheed Wallace (85) PF (80) Troy Murphy
Chris Kaman (89) C (82) Zydrunas Ilgauskas

(49-32) 102

@

120 (40-41)

Lebron James and Danny Granger both scored over 30 points at the Q in their final games of this regular season.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
IND|28|26|24|24|102
CLE|34|26|32|28|120[/table]

Top Performers:
[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. Granger|31|4|3|2|2|10-21|5-6|6-7
C. Kaman|15|3|2|1|2|7-13|0-0|1-1
R. Wallace|13|8|4|2|3|5-10|1-1|2-4[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
L. James|34|9|13|5|0|15-27|4-12|0-0
T. Murphy|23|7|3|2|3|9-21|4-5|1-1
Z. Ilgauskas|26|5|1|0|6|12-19|0-0|2-2
M. Williams|16|2|11|3|1|6-11|2-4|2-2[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Lebron James

Quote Of The Game:
"If we plan on having a playoff run as successful as last year's run, guys are going to have to show up. Danny was out there doing what he had to do to help the team win. Look at championship teams of the past. There's always a 1-2 punch. Granger's the 1. Someone needs to step up and be the 2 or we're going to be packing our bags a little bit earlier this season." - Pacers Head Coach Jim O' Brien

Next Game:

​

 

[FishStickZ]

Damnit

Good luck against the Hawks

 

[mfbmike]

Players Of The Week:

Western Conference

Tim Duncan - San Antonio Spurs

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk
4/13 vs MIN|18|13|1|3|1
4/15 vs HOU|13|8|3|0|4[/table]

Eastern Conference

Lebron James - Cleveland Cavaliers

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk
4/11 vs MIL|22|11|10|2|2
4/13 vs CHI|35|12|6|2|0
4/15 vs IND|34|9|13|5|0[/table]

Players Of The Month:

Western Conference

Kobe Bryant - Los Angeles Lakers

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=40em"]PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG
25.7|4.5|5.4|1.8|0.1[/table]

Eastern Conference

Lebron James - Cleveland Cavaliers

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=40em"]PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG
25.8|7.6|7.7|2.1|0.9[/table]

Rookies Of The Month:

Western Conference:

Earl Clark - New Orleans Hornets

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=40em"]PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG
9.7|5.0|3.8|0.9|1.1[/table]

Eastern Conference:

James Harden - Toronto Raptors

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=40em"]PPG|RPG|APG|SPG|BPG
8.4|4.7|4.4|1.3|1.1[/table]​