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Explaining the Inexplicable: Pacers throw away win
🕑 Added 2024-05-22 20:20:38 +0000 UTCBy: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
After clawing out of 12-0 hole to start the game and taking a three-point lead with less than a minute to play, the Pacers looked poised to win until, well, they lost their poise. Suddenly, despite generating separation with a pair of self-created twos from Andrew Nembhard, which saw the Pacers readily find and pull on the loose string in Boston's tangled web of off-ball switches, Indiana let go of the rope, committing costly turnovers that were compounded by coaching errors and questionable shot-selection. Put simply, they overcomplicated what should've been simple.
And yet, even though they arguably snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory, they were also very much on the cusp of victory, executing many things well in order to put themselves in position to potentially steal Game 1 on the road before it was stolen out from under them.
As such, with Samson Folk returning to the show, this is our attempt to explain the inexplicable, while also parsing the potential takeaways of what went right from the loud minority of what went (admittedly) very, very wrong.
Here are the relevant timestamps:
0:00 - Introductions
0:44 - Whether the glass is half empty or half full
3:19 - The witching hours (minutes) of mistakes
13:22 - Thoughts on the final ATO of regulation for the Pacers
15:15 - The Pacers playing hide-and-seek with Al Horford
16:46 - Siakam generating efficient offense as the screener
23:20 - Trapping Jayson Tatum at 3/4 court with Myles Turner
27:27 - Defending with guards in drop against Tatum as the screener
30:37 - Overzealous with stunts at the point of the pop against Horford
36:06 - Nembhard checking Tatum after Nesmith fouled out
38;50 - Boston playing 2-1-2 zone against the bench + its effects
47:54 - The free throw disparity
52:43 - Possible adjustments from the Celtics
53:00 - Giving Aaron Nesmith his flowers
56:02 - Banter + our approach to analysis
57:42 - Thank you and Goodbye
Comments
Caitlin Cooper
We are hitting our primes haha. Glad you enjoyed it, Rafa.
Jason S.
I think the 8 points, 9 seconds win was a game 1 and we lost that series.
Rafa
I think this was the best listen yet. You two seem to be peaking at the right time (hopefully the Pacers are too). Thanks for brining us along đź‘Ť
Caitlin Cooper
That's the spirit!
Caitlin Cooper
Hahah. No, he just had a scheduling conflict last night, and I had a medical appointment this morning, so we were slightly delayed from our normal recording time. The Pacers can't break us (we were also both fairly encouraged by the loss -- all things considered).
Jason S.
Had we won i would worry about over confidence. Losing puts Boston right where we want them. Pacers can beat this team and may do so!
Jess
I was worried when I didn’t see the initial reaction from Samson last night. Thought y’all had quit lol
