HinnyHoosier

I never said it wasn't bad and I never said it wasn't without intent. But if putting everything back on the officiating is the mindset then why show up and why keep complaining? Why even play? I guess I'm in the minority when I say to beat your opponent and whatever crooked officials there may be you have to take accountability for yourself and quit blaming someone else. It can be overcome. It has been overcome. They did it in New York and we're doing it in Boston. The X factor last night was the poor recognition and execution on the part of the players and the coaches.

I get what you're saying but are you really willing to die on Referee Hill? We can critique the officials all day and be pissed at the league's large market favoritism till we're blue in the face. I hate it too and see through the league like everyone else. But if a team isn't going to help themselves by making unforced errors it makes them responsible. That applies to dominoes numbered 1-99 as well because a good number of those belong to the Pacers as well. I'd bet the farm those guys woke up today thinking 'coulda, woulda, shoulda' instead of wishing the officials called fouls a-z. Because in the end, it was their own mistakes that mattered the most.

That scenario doesn't exist if you don't make the mistakes that allow it to occur.

People can agree to disagree with me. The Pacers are responsible for the loss. Final answer.

No. They overcame the officiating and had Boston dead to rights with under 10 seconds to go. BUT: The back court inbounds play was crap. Nembhard opted to take the worst option and make a 15ish foot contested pass heading towards Boston's basket. Use your timeout and reset. Pass it into the front court where you either come up with the contested ball and forcing Boston to foul, or Boston comes up with the ball 70 feet from their basket and you have the opportunity to foul up 3 with probably 7 seconds or less. And again, there was a timeout to use. In the end the Pacers shot themselves and gave us a prime display of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Sorry, but THAT is complete BS. You play through it until the game is over. They neutralized the entire game's officiating, no matter how poor, by still being in position to win at the end of the game. If you're going to look at the mistakes they made trying to close and still blame the officiating I don't know what to tell you except quit making excuses.

Good. Mullins is the whale. We need that kid dropping daggers in the Hall. The Assembly Assassin.

I don't know where that's coming from at all. I'm saying finish the job and don't fold at the end. Work your @$$ off all game only to hand it back to someone else to decide the outcome for you? Then sure, that first 47:30 becomes irrelevant when you can't close. Forget officials. The game was ours to finish. Officials were no longer relevant until we let them become relevant again.

It is, though. The Pacers beat everyone in the building including nthe officials for 47:30. But they gave it away and back into the officials hands.

This is 1000% on the Pacers. The refs had nothing to do with them pissing the bed.

She has next to no confidence and it's all over her face. I saw today where she told a reporter she had to delete her social media due to all the criticism of her and the team.

In Barrel We Trust.

Mullins with offers from Purdoo and UNC (+Moreno).

This is where the Pacers have to prove they can be killers and the Knicks have to prove they can gut it out. We have the legs. We have the bench. We have the pace. They have a tired Jalen Brunson and one random player that gets hot every game. 1 day rest before battle.

+ Archie Miller Assessment? My Lord we really are hell-bent on annihilating this dead horse.

He would also be freaking awesome to watch take a haymaker to the pie hole as he's talking trash while backing up. But maybe that's just me.

What portion of that 100% comes from your gut?

The way Clark whips his head back around at the end to look at Edey lolol

This is inexcusable. How do you not show up for this game with your opponent decimated by injuries? If they go on to lose the series after this it is justly deserved.

If you go into halftime and can't figure out how to limit one of the two players keeping this team on life support, you should come back to no job next season....

So. Tyrese Maxey, huh?

His smirk when he hears 'he doesn't look physically imposing'....

As a Cubs fan I confidently say I'm not surprised Milwaukee fans are doubling down on their brand of delusional tears. Even if you don't follow baseball, BrewersTwitter (yes, TWITTER, Elon...) gets pretty interesting. *To any Brew Crew fans in here... Well, I said what I said, lol

Yeah, Spero lost points from me on this one. He beat that dead horse back to life, killed it again, and beat it some more

*Cringe*