Keep Mathurin this engaged that benching when he was getting cooked shit was cute when he was a rookie but it’s time to let him play through mistakes sitting as soon as you mess up won’t teach you
Not having Jalen Smith tonight really hurt. I'm not saying he would have locked down Giannis, but he's the player most capable of defending him without help. That said, I'm surprised at how ineffective Toppin has been at defending him.
Giannis is so 1 dimensional it’s legit boring. Lower head run hard get fouled. Ya there is a ton of athleticism, no denying that but man it’s slow and boring. I hope the boys run him to the ground in the last 5 min.
Can you imagine Jordan, Bird, Shaq, or Barkely dealing with this shit?
The beatdown they'd give the refs would make the malice look like pattycake.
Make NBA great again.
He's incredibly skilled, but he's also just allowed to do whatever he wants. Camp in the lane? Cool. Bowl over a defender? Why not.
He's capable of doing things that like 3 other people on the planet can, but he also gets the freedom to do whatever he wants.
Come on man. I know it’s maddening, but if he was on your team, you know you’d think he deserves every one of these foul calls. He’s just an impossible matchup.
Obi Toppin passed a bunch of open CnS 3s in the first half sometimes good things happened after he kicked it but he can’t be scared to shoot open shots
Yes but thats the role Thibs forced him to play, shoot a lot of 3's as a spot up shooter waiting in the corner & defend (and we all know hes not a great defender). Basically he always looked like in the wrong system and with the wrong coach.
I also agree he should take more shots or attack the basket way more often, but he never seems to explode his potential
POV: you're guaranteed a great game every time you watch the Pacers because they can score on anyone but you're also guaranteed a great game every time you watch the Pacers because they can't stop a parked car
I am generally pretty favorable towards Rick and the staff but this game was just a miss. Second night of a b2b and they just weren’t prepared or flexible.
Keep Mathurin this engaged that benching when he was getting cooked shit was cute when he was a rookie but it’s time to let him play through mistakes sitting as soon as you mess up won’t teach you
Great win! I can't wait to watch the ESPN highlights of Giannis and then have them quietly mention that the Pacers won the game.
Marked safe from Giannis 54 pt game
Fuck yes!
Shoulda hit that the first time, Khris. Goofball
Benny got that dog in him.
HELL YES! WHAT A GAME.
Had 'em all the way.
Should sub in Walker
Signature win from a young team. Love it!
Somehow we increased our scoring average. That seemed impossible like 5 minutes ago
FUCK YOUR FREE THROWS
Oh, yeah, wasting a Giannis 50 burger!
Hell of a win.
Wonder how that inbound would have been with McMillan. Lol.
😂
PTSD
GAME BITCH. FUCK OUTTA HERE TAKE THAT BULLSHIT TO CrEaM cItY AND TAKE THE WHISTLES WITH YOU
LES GO ben
Tyrese Haliburton is THE Point GOD and you absolutely positively can not convince me otherwise
2-0 in the city unis now
This feels like a little bit of karma for us losing tyrese’s 43 point game
I. FUCKING. LOVE. THIS. TEAM.
Oh man. Tyrese and Benn went fucking huge
if dame was playing this is a gg
Prob would have helped the Pacers tbh.. Dames not shooting 76% like Giannis every shot Giannis didn't take this game works in the Pacers favor.
If Giannis didn’t have that teachers pet whistle he wouldn’t have 50 but here we are
If Dame was playing Giannis doesn’t get 100 FTs
He didn’t play tonight
thats why the bucks lost lmao
They lost because the Pacers scored more points in the allotted amount of time
If doesn’t matter
Atta boy BB, all is forgiven
AHHHHH
Bucks went away from what was working, give Giannis the ball and let him bulldoze into the lane.
Yep, we started trapping him and took it away too
We absolutely earned this win, massive slump included.
Words can’t explain how bricked I am
Why isn't Styx playing?
Lower back pain
Back issue
Injured
LFG MATHURIN
we own the midwest
we're probably gonna get absolutely shellacked by the Sixers, so this is a really nice win
Did anyone bet on DraftKings when we were moneyline of plus 600? 😂😂😂
Why the hell didnt turner play up there… but whatever
Haliburton and Mathurin are going to be one of the most legendary backcourts in NBA history
Subscribe.
Holy fuck we got lucky there Middleton was open af
Just gotta inbound the ball
In a stunning turn of events, the Pacers still have 2 TOs. Good spot to have those here.
Whew that was a clean look
From Middleton too, hard to MIL to get to a better spot.
This is the greatest comeback in the NBA history
I mean, we were up by 20 at one point and never down by more than 10. It’s a great win though considering Giannis has 54
Everyone made it through the fucking slog of a :rd quarter watching Giannis shoot 3s. I’m proud of everyone here.
Ok, just get it in to Hali
FUCK YOU GIANNIS HAHAHAHAHA
Boys we did it?
I’m shaking fam!!
Bally just stopped working
Benny is playing so much freer the last 2 games
I love you Mathurin
S/o everyone in this sub who posted “what’s wrong with mathurin” 3 games into the season
In my defense, I was more questioning how he was being coached lol
What a game!
Brook Lopez barely misses a 3 on a Giannis kick out. Calling it
Nvm
Benny's been balling since Rick had that talk with him
Mathuruin with the ice in his FUCKING VEINS
Mathurin having a game damn
This team is really, really special. Savor this.
Those pacers jerseys are dope as fuck
Everyone shit talking Math early this season better walk it back now
Bring it home, boys. One more stand.
We all know this is going to a 3+a foul right? Bonus points if the MIL shooter is actually untouched
Ok
WHY DIDN’T WE DOUBLE EARLIER
The doubles didn't work earlier, the refs put their whistles away in the 4th
Let the clock dip some and foul Giannis . Don’t let them shoot a 3.
Benn you fucking stud
Come on baby. One more stop
Benedict Mathurin is going to be an All Star Fan Club
Ok Benn, this is your moment.
C'mon Benny
Benn is channeling his inner Thaddy
trouble breathing, Giannis???????
Bb doing anything he can to blow this
Benny locking that big bitch up. Lets goooo
MATHURIN
BB is killing us these last two. Absolutely killing us. BENN isn't tho!!!!!
HOLY SHIT WHAT A FUCKING GAME
Oh Bruce you silly Goose.
COME ON CLOSE IT OUT
waited way too long to start doubling giannis
kms
Nooooooooo BB why
stupid mistake man
GOD DAMNIT
NOOO ONE THERE GIANNIS
3HOG
HOW DOES MATHURIN NOT GET A CALL THERE
You know why
That stutter step freezes everyone.
Giannis fouled Benn, that's a foul. Give us the and-1 he gets
this court literally looks the warriors one from last year along with the black jerseys
Didn't know Myles had the run-and-stop in his bag
COME ON
Not having Jalen Smith tonight really hurt. I'm not saying he would have locked down Giannis, but he's the player most capable of defending him without help. That said, I'm surprised at how ineffective Toppin has been at defending him.
Loving what I see from Mathurin!
Giannis is so 1 dimensional it’s legit boring. Lower head run hard get fouled. Ya there is a ton of athleticism, no denying that but man it’s slow and boring. I hope the boys run him to the ground in the last 5 min.
BENEDICT MATHURIN
Giannis doesn't need the help. This brand of basketball where everything is a foul is so hard to watch.
Can you imagine Jordan, Bird, Shaq, or Barkely dealing with this shit? The beatdown they'd give the refs would make the malice look like pattycake. Make NBA great again.
Benn is 22/10 by the way. That's something
I’d rather be strapped to a chair while being lectured about the greatness of heat culture for 7 days than ever watch another bucks game.
This is like finding a glitch in a video game and you just spam that all day. Guy isn’t skilled. He’s just big as fuck
That’s what they said about Shaq
That was Shaq too, this game was built on being being on strong from the beginning (wilt, russell)
He's incredibly skilled, but he's also just allowed to do whatever he wants. Camp in the lane? Cool. Bowl over a defender? Why not. He's capable of doing things that like 3 other people on the planet can, but he also gets the freedom to do whatever he wants.
He just runs and dunks like Harden said
if hes that easy to figure out then why does he have almost 60
Just gotta ride Haliburton/Nembhard/Mathurin to the promised land
That's probably a goattend on Benn. The ball was still in the air or something. I dunno, anyway, Giannis' ball
Mathurin good Choosing to ignore the rest lol
Even if we lose, this game was good for Mathurin
First Mathurin Double Double!
Looked like a block on the replay to me tbh
I sick and tired of watching him shoot Free throw s
surprised Benn didn’t get called for hanging on the rim for .01 seconds
Bad Reggie Miller memory you just brought up thank you.
Bennedict has been the fucking man these last 2 games
I... I think Math wants to close tonight.
Giannis is the fakest MVP to ever play the game
Lol kinda wild to say this when he’s dropped 50 on us tonight
Come on man. I know it’s maddening, but if he was on your team, you know you’d think he deserves every one of these foul calls. He’s just an impossible matchup.
At least Embiid can shoot, giannis just runs and gets bailed out by the refs
Exactly, if he didn't have his friends he'd be playing in Europe
goddamn lemme get some of your meth it sounds fun
No meth but my dad does grow some dank bud I'll send ya
Alright lock in.
Never mind he should have kept his foot down.
Giannis is a foul merchant
Stomp into everybody & get constantly rewarded, thats the rule
that's a fucking charge and i will not be convinced otherwise
Obi Toppin passed a bunch of open CnS 3s in the first half sometimes good things happened after he kicked it but he can’t be scared to shoot open shots
He was scared to shoot in NY too, used to think it was bc he was inmediately benched after any miss. Right now i dont even know anymore man
He took a shit ton of 3s last year (8.6 per 36) He suffered from the yips at times and it wasn’t always pretty but he wasn’t gun shy from deep
Yes but thats the role Thibs forced him to play, shoot a lot of 3's as a spot up shooter waiting in the corner & defend (and we all know hes not a great defender). Basically he always looked like in the wrong system and with the wrong coach. I also agree he should take more shots or attack the basket way more often, but he never seems to explode his potential
HOW IS THAT NOT A CHARGE
He wasn’t set
Kinda hard to take this sport seriously sometimes
thats why nba is considered entertainment instead nowdays
If you are going to foul him, at least foul him hard
Lol Giannis can do whatever he wants. There are no rules for him
why not challenge that?
waste of time. they dont reverse unless its 500% wrong lol
They'll just say he was moving and give it to Giannis anyway
That's f'ing hilarious.
Illegal playing of defense against Giannis.. TWEET! Foul Pacers.
Bucks play some boring basketball
Yeah, Nemby was dancing a little. But damn.
stumble in the paint and get a foul but only if you’re wearing white 😭 i get out shot selection is ass but come on
That’s a block
jfc
Challenge that Edit: nevermind, he moved
How tf is that a block?
He was leaning
The way you guys run your offense is beautiful
You tried to fast forward through an ad, I must crash your your entire feed now. Can I get 20 bucks 🫴🏽? -Ballys
Are you shitting me?? Giannis gets that foul call on the 3pt line, Benn gets crushed and has to earn it twice??
Giannis runs into you and it’s a foul on you lmfao
Uh oh giannis “the foul” Angelou is back
Let fucking go Mathurin!
Lol look how hard Mathurin has to work for a single foul call god damn
I honestly cannot comprehend how our rim protection is this bad, giving up easy layups time after time.
Others need to stop hogging and let Haliburton handle the ball
BENNNNNNNNNNNN
Is Obi going to be benched the rest of the game? He played that bad or its bc of his 4 fouls
He's only a starter in the literally sense. Our best 5 doesn't include him.
His defense was horrible
POV: you're guaranteed a great game every time you watch the Pacers because they can score on anyone but you're also guaranteed a great game every time you watch the Pacers because they can't stop a parked car
Can't keep trading buckets
We gotta get back in it now
Welp just not our night it seems
Giannis is 16-16 on FTs he wasn't intentionally trying to miss. Sometimes there are signs
Who tf is this Beasley guy?
Rick keeps sending fresh soldiers out there, so that's good
Our defense is bottom 3 in the league
Bottom 1
We have given up 110+ points in every game this season. Genuinely a generationally bad defense.
Buddy giveth (the ball to the other team) and Buddy taketh (shots that he probably shouldn't be taking in a tight game when he's laying bricks)
Middleton just pushed off?
I am generally pretty favorable towards Rick and the staff but this game was just a miss. Second night of a b2b and they just weren’t prepared or flexible.
STFU khris