What’s weird is, nobody is on a crazy hot streak or playing way above expectations (besides Tyrese but this is really just who he is). Turner is the same as last season, Mathurin isn’t as productive as last season, Hield has been on a cold streak, Toppin has just been ok. Nesmith and Smith have improved but those are just 2 bench players. This makes me think that they can sustain this offense, because they’re not relying on a scorching hot run. This is just who they are normally tbh.
Yup. There’s nothing unsustainable happening. This is just the product of having one player that can create a very high quality shot every play who also never tries to do anything other than create a high quality shot. No heat checks. No taking plays off. Hali’s only goal is creating a high quality shot. And he does it relentlessly regardless of who is guarding him, when in the game it happens, who is catching his pass… It’s getting difficult to comprehend the level of offense he’s generating right now. Edit: Compare Indy to Dallas this year. They are the other top 2 offense, 1 point behind Indy (122.2 to 121.0). Dallas’s top 7 players in minutes are shooting 201-497 on threes, 41%. Pacers top 7 in minutes are 148-378, 39%. Indy is so nuclear on offense, that even with a little less help from three pointers, they’re still a whole point better. If anything, it’s fair to predict the gap between the Pacers and everyone else will get wider as shooting regresses towards the league average 3pt%.
I'm a Pelicans fan, but I've recently found myself cheering for the Pacers in all their games and loving their style of play. I love watching Haliburton play, and their offense is just ridiculous now that he's playing like a superstar.
Bruce Brown was never a bad investment. I mean even if he wasn’t good at all, they were literally below the cap floor and can get out of the contract easily.
@@TRU.tv.they are in a bit of a different cap situation for next season though given the extensions to a few different players, namely Haliburton, but Nesmith also got an extension.
I think Pacers end up as the 5/maybe 4 seed with 47 win record. Tyrese Haliburton needs to be in the MVP convo. This team is nothing without his magic.
@ShawnPlaysSims 18 games into an 82 game season dawg. At the end of the day, thats my prediction for their ceiling, but they could sure end up as a 8th/9th seed or something if that defense doesn't get any better
@@YokedDrunkard I was saying that because you said he should be in the MVP convo, but actually I’m wrong, he technically is the most valuable player he has the most impact to his team
@ShawnPlaysSims I agree Haliburton is for sure an MVP level talented player, just needs to win the games to get in the conversation tbh. Weirdly though the Pacers just beat the heat without Hali and it blew my mind they were capable of that lmao
Pacers fan here. Thanks for the coverage - we don't get it often.... real pacers fan knew this was going to happen. Maybe not to this extent but we knew tyrese is the real deal.... 50-32 and the number 4-5 seed
I'm a Lakers fan and I knew this team was gonna blow up. You don't have to be a fan, you just need to follow the NBA and know that Hali Brown and Toppin were top 5 on transition buckets, Haliburton was gonna improve, you have Hield as a shooter and Mathurin as a future top 5 scoring wing. I thought Toppin would've been nicer than this though. Hope he picks up.
Lmfao if you think this team is winning over 38-45 games you have something in stored for you. They are one of if not the worst defensive teams in the game by a large margin.
@@xaviergardner1881all the trade rumors i’ve seen are for guys like og anunoby and such that are larger wings particularly because they struggle against larger wings.
What's surprised me most about the Pacers' offense is they've finally figured out how to score when faced against zone defenses. This has rounded out their game to such as degree that they can now play a 3-pronged offense - post, mid-range and perimeter - and be practically unstoppable because defenses have a hard time guarding all 3 methods of play.
The last time a team had a top 5 half court half court offense and transition offense goes all the way back to…….last year’s Kings Kings and Pacers are linked in so many ways now. I don’t care who “wins” it but when both teams are contending it’s going to go down as the greatest and most impactful trade in modern NBA history and blueprint for how small market teams build contending teams.
This type of play reminds me of how people were saying that the nuggets were the model team. They took Jokic and built a team around him of role players. That team made it to the playoffs off of that. The Pacers are doing the same thing with Tyrese now. They are building a team specifically around him and his playstyle. I know this is not a novel concept, but they are doing it well enough that I felt like it had to be mentioned
The model actually all started with Curry and the Warriors, the Warriors management built a team around Curry’s play style and brought in a a coach that could maximize it to its peak with the correct system
I love my pacers. I haven’t seen so much success since the Paul George days. We will certainly make the playoffs if injury’s don’t kill us AGAIN. 52/30
What surprises me the most might be that Coach Carlisle has embraced the youth (inexperience) of this team and is coaching to his teams strengths instead of trying to force players to fir into his schemes... Let the players play and guide them to the best usage of their skills......
Pacers DIEHARD here! I knew right away when we got Tyrese that we would have some growing pains and then take off in a way no one ever seen! Keep it up PACERS!!!!
Real ones knew the Bruce Brown contract was great from the beginning. It's a two year with the second being a team option so they can choose to keep him or let him go after this season. It was a lot of money, but Pacers have a lot of rookie and cheap contracts so they had to hit their salary minimum. It doesn't hurt them in any way, shape or form. Besides that Bruce has been on great teams and a championship culture. He's not great at one thing, but he does everything well so you can essentially plug and play him in any lineup. That fits well with the Pacers deep bench and numerous combinations of lineups.
this dude is an elite passer and it is a treat watching him! great team basketball from this guy, also knows when to put it in the bucket wish he played for my fav team in miami
He does what his roster allows... In Detroit and 1st stint with Indiana, he had amazing defenses... With Dallas and now Indy (part deux) amazing offense...
😂 they did the same last year and they even have buddy hield coming from the bench and carlisle a coach known for playing fast and giving good or bad runs as he does not do a lot of set play. If you want to be surprised about a young team being fast be my guest
Haliburton is from Oshkosh Wisconsin he went to college in Milwaukee. If u live in Wisconsin you would know he’s the best player to ever come out of this state ever And by the end of his career it will be proven
We have 3 from the ABA. Those count. And before you say they don't, they played an exhibition game against the Knicks in 1971 (the NBA champs that year) after the season, and BEAT them.@@tyrellchambers893
I would be worried about teams learning to beat this style of play by the time it comes playoffs but maybe the Coach is cooking up some new devious schemes like he is Steve Kerr
Pacers looking like the older Warriors, js without KD. Myles Turner is Cousins, Hali is Curry, Hield is Klay, Mathurin is a Dray/Kuminga player. They have the potential to win the chip if all stays the same.
If your a team facing them in a seven game series in the playoffs, you best be prepared to run every night with these young fellows. Thats gonna be a daunting task to say the least.
They haven't played any significant teams. Bucks are still figuring it out. They caught 76ers slipping on a second night and THEY GOT BEAT BY CELTICS. Overrated team that is overachieving just like early season.
@@blowc1612 So, are your saying that they won't make the playoffs? That's all I said, if you play them in a seven game series. I believe that you're just a hater. Nobody is saying that they are contenders. Haters will be haters. The team can only play the games that are scheduled. You be just a hatin'. Hali be ballin' on top of being a great dude that everybody around the league likes, and you be butthurtin'.😅
@@blowc1612 Nobody said they will win the championship. Most teams are not going to have the depth to run with the Pacers offense. Teams are not sleeping on the Pacers. They beat 76rs in the second game. Embiid said he was tired. They Played Boston without Haliburton. I'm not saying they are better than Boston, but I'll bet Boston doesn't want to play the Pacers with Haliburton in back to back games either.
@@popeye3305 they're a play in at best. Will they make the playoffs? Maybe it depends how the play in plays out. They're not beating anyone in a series.
Celtics superfan here. Yes the Pacers are awesome!!! Definitely impressed by this team. Haliburton should be in the top 5 for MVP voting. He's amazing. However just gotta say my Celtics did hang 155 points on them.....
@@jesusfollower0717 crap I did forget that Tyrese didn't play that game. My argument is moot. Hopefully Tyrese is available next time the Cs take on the Pacers. Looking forward to these 2 offensive juggernauts going at it!!!!
Never seen the Pacers like this. They’ve never been the fun and fast team. Always have had a big frontcourt like Smits, Jermaine O’Neal, Hibbert, or Sabonis, so this is cool to see them try.
This is pretty nuts. I haven't been able to watch many Pacers games this season but whenever I do my nightly score check I feel like I ALWAYS see them scoring 130+ and not infrequently150+, it's just nuts lol That said, this style never seems to stick come playoff time so we'll see how it all turns out.
This style traditionally only works in the regular season. We need to also learn how to get significant stops and rebound the basketball. Our record would be even better if we did because these close games we lost would be wins.
This is the epitome of everything wrong with modern NBA. The fact that they are being REWARDED for giving up layups is even worse. I've had qualms with the modern NBA, but I've also seen things I like. This is the first season where it's become outright intolerable though, something SERIOUSLY needs to change.
Truly though, Pacers fans knew this was a top 6 team in the east. 1,000%. If people didn’t think that, they didn’t watch this team last year before Ty’s injury that stalled our momentum last season. This is the expectation.
If you want to give the Pacers their props that's one thing but don't tell lies to do, the Washington Wizards had/have the fastest Pace in the NBA since the beginning of the season
Yes the pace is amazing, let’s not forget playoff basketball slows down the game becomes more physical and it’s hard to beat a team four times in the playoffs especially when you have pace and no defense. Now they go get a couple of veterans guys that can defend and play at that pace then we are talking about true contenders.
teams aren’t letting the pacers shoot, they use player movement, penetration and haliburton’s vision to set people up for open looks. not to mention their 2 solid backup PG’s
their depth at PG is really impressive and without it the team wouldn't be able to play at this insane pace. Having that depth will hopefully keep TH fresh and injury free.
honestly it feels like the perfect way to play basketball for them. It's a system offense instead of relying on a superstar to do most of the heavy lifting. It has worked before, but it also always needs a superstar player to buy into and Tyrese Haliburton could be just that. He might not be up there with Jokic, Embiid, Curry and Doncic, but he's still getting better. I'm hype to see how this team does this year.
I knew the Pacers would be good, last year when Haliburton was healthy they were awesome, especially the first half of the season. Their defense needs improvement. But they have so much young talent. Watch out for Nembhard and Mathurin!
Hali better not miss the playoffs again this year, or my Nike conspiracy will be proven right. You got players signed to other brands like Adidas who get overlooked and disrespected while putting up similar/better numbers. All imma say is he better not miss the playoffs again.
Carlisle is letting the young guys play the way young guys want to play. Constant running, fast-breaks and threes. It wouldn't surprise me if we see them in 2nd round of playoffs.
as a pacers fan, i thought going into this season we made great acquisitions, but are paying brown too much... with that being said, based off their social media and the offseason, this summer i knew they were going to be fun to watch, but holy shit have they exceeded die hard fans expectations. this is our new beat the heat team. people dont understand how an entire state gets behind a team unless its indiana and basketball. GO CERS!
Are they any realistic shot? This year? I'm a semi-casual fan, I know bits and pieces but I can't see Indiana being any more genuinely competitive than say OKC. Am I wrong?
Glad Pacers are embracing their name
It’s actually quite endearing that their new identity coincides with their name. I don’t know if any other team could have that.
Top tier comment
Warriors are doing so too, cuz Draymond be going to war on Gobert
*Slow clap*
@king_supreme1102 the hornets exist only to grant suffering onto others and nobody likes them
What’s weird is, nobody is on a crazy hot streak or playing way above expectations (besides Tyrese but this is really just who he is). Turner is the same as last season, Mathurin isn’t as productive as last season, Hield has been on a cold streak, Toppin has just been ok. Nesmith and Smith have improved but those are just 2 bench players. This makes me think that they can sustain this offense, because they’re not relying on a scorching hot run. This is just who they are normally tbh.
yeah, they have guys that can step up and give you good production. as long as haliburton is there they will be a productive offense
@@Braylenc123QQ😊😊😊q!
Yup. There’s nothing unsustainable happening. This is just the product of having one player that can create a very high quality shot every play who also never tries to do anything other than create a high quality shot. No heat checks. No taking plays off. Hali’s only goal is creating a high quality shot. And he does it relentlessly regardless of who is guarding him, when in the game it happens, who is catching his pass…
It’s getting difficult to comprehend the level of offense he’s generating right now.
Edit: Compare Indy to Dallas this year. They are the other top 2 offense, 1 point behind Indy (122.2 to 121.0).
Dallas’s top 7 players in minutes are shooting 201-497 on threes, 41%.
Pacers top 7 in minutes are 148-378, 39%.
Indy is so nuclear on offense, that even with a little less help from three pointers, they’re still a whole point better.
If anything, it’s fair to predict the gap between the Pacers and everyone else will get wider as shooting regresses towards the league average 3pt%.
It’s because Tyrese literally decides everything on offense it’s hard to play that way but ig they know what there doing
@@Braylenc123right crazy how if we take away one piece from they offense the whole thing a crumble he’s literally the offense
I'm a Pelicans fan, but I've recently found myself cheering for the Pacers in all their games and loving their style of play. I love watching Haliburton play, and their offense is just ridiculous now that he's playing like a superstar.
Bruce Brown was never a bad investment. I mean even if he wasn’t good at all, they were literally below the cap floor and can get out of the contract easily.
yep, one of the smartest contracts in basketball imo
Yea facts I ain’t get that point
@@TRU.tv.they are in a bit of a different cap situation for next season though given the extensions to a few different players, namely Haliburton, but Nesmith also got an extension.
I think Pacers end up as the 5/maybe 4 seed with 47 win record. Tyrese Haliburton needs to be in the MVP convo. This team is nothing without his magic.
theyre 10-8
@ShawnPlaysSims 18 games into an 82 game season dawg. At the end of the day, thats my prediction for their ceiling, but they could sure end up as a 8th/9th seed or something if that defense doesn't get any better
@@YokedDrunkard I was saying that because you said he should be in the MVP convo, but actually I’m wrong, he technically is the most valuable player he has the most impact to his team
@ShawnPlaysSims I agree Haliburton is for sure an MVP level talented player, just needs to win the games to get in the conversation tbh. Weirdly though the Pacers just beat the heat without Hali and it blew my mind they were capable of that lmao
@@ShawnPlaysSimsthey’re in like 5th
Pacers fan here. Thanks for the coverage - we don't get it often.... real pacers fan knew this was going to happen. Maybe not to this extent but we knew tyrese is the real deal.... 50-32 and the number 4-5 seed
I'm a Lakers fan and I knew this team was gonna blow up. You don't have to be a fan, you just need to follow the NBA and know that Hali Brown and Toppin were top 5 on transition buckets, Haliburton was gonna improve, you have Hield as a shooter and Mathurin as a future top 5 scoring wing.
I thought Toppin would've been nicer than this though. Hope he picks up.
Lmfao if you think this team is winning over 38-45 games you have something in stored for you. They are one of if not the worst defensive teams in the game by a large margin.
@@xaviergardner1881 in stored for me?
@@yigituguruzumcu7596 yea wish toppin would pick it up
@@xaviergardner1881all the trade rumors i’ve seen are for guys like og anunoby and such that are larger wings particularly because they struggle against larger wings.
What's surprised me most about the Pacers' offense is they've finally figured out how to score when faced against zone defenses. This has rounded out their game to such as degree that they can now play a 3-pronged offense - post, mid-range and perimeter - and be practically unstoppable because defenses have a hard time guarding all 3 methods of play.
Great read on the game and beautifully written. Do you coach?
@@JamesonMusic808 No. I'm just a fan of the game.
Good luck to Hali from Sacramento. Good to see him doing good
The last time a team had a top 5 half court half court offense and transition offense goes all the way back to…….last year’s Kings
Kings and Pacers are linked in so many ways now. I don’t care who “wins” it but when both teams are contending it’s going to go down as the greatest and most impactful trade in modern NBA history and blueprint for how small market teams build contending teams.
😅 OKC
@@jonpike5145 that’s a fair point so let’s say a blueprint anyone but Sam Presti can draw up
Would love to see them meet in the finals.
This type of play reminds me of how people were saying that the nuggets were the model team. They took Jokic and built a team around him of role players. That team made it to the playoffs off of that. The Pacers are doing the same thing with Tyrese now. They are building a team specifically around him and his playstyle. I know this is not a novel concept, but they are doing it well enough that I felt like it had to be mentioned
The model actually all started with Curry and the Warriors, the Warriors management built a team around Curry’s play style and brought in a a coach that could maximize it to its peak with the correct system
@@Grievous_MJ…all I gotta say
I love my pacers. I haven’t seen so much success since the Paul George days. We will certainly make the playoffs if injury’s don’t kill us AGAIN. 52/30
Lol yall can stay complete healthy.. 50 Ws ain't happening
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As a pacers fan this is the most exciting team we had since Paul Geroge was here
Much respect for hanging on 😂
This is the most exciting team we've had since Roger, Mel, George McG, and Freddie were here.
What surprises me the most might be that Coach Carlisle has embraced the youth (inexperience) of this team and is coaching to his teams strengths instead of trying to force players to fir into his schemes... Let the players play and guide them to the best usage of their skills......
Thats why a lot players don’t live up to their name due to a “scheme” and not allowing them to play to their strengths.
Saw then live in Philly for the in season tournament game. That offense is SCARY. Specifically their shooting
They were hot from 3 that night but their transition game is hard to stop too. Obi was eating on the break and back door cuts.
Tyrese is so underrated. Probably the most efficient player offensively in the league. Not even a bad defender either
Glad Pacers getting they shine on. We need a championship 🏆
😂
@@kimoronen1823bish
The trade with the Kings was a rare win win trade for both. Both teams knew what they wanted on offense with the player they were taking for.
Pacers bringing back the Showtime Lakers offense with the quick transitions and fast paced play but with a modern twist.
Tyrese is the new Magic. Best true point guard in the league playing with a contagious sense of joy
Pacers DIEHARD here! I knew right away when we got Tyrese that we would have some growing pains and then take off in a way no one ever seen! Keep it up PACERS!!!!
Real ones knew the Bruce Brown contract was great from the beginning. It's a two year with the second being a team option so they can choose to keep him or let him go after this season. It was a lot of money, but Pacers have a lot of rookie and cheap contracts so they had to hit their salary minimum. It doesn't hurt them in any way, shape or form. Besides that Bruce has been on great teams and a championship culture. He's not great at one thing, but he does everything well so you can essentially plug and play him in any lineup. That fits well with the Pacers deep bench and numerous combinations of lineups.
I played with them on 2K and I had that same play when maxey got dunked on and I just couldn’t be stopped they were fast and the offense was amazing
Halliburton is my favourite player in the league, dude can ball and seems like a good guy.
this dude is an elite passer and it is a treat watching him! great team basketball from this guy, also knows when to put it in the bucket wish he played for my fav team in miami
Except the Magic (#1) defense spanked them the other night 😮
Rick Carlisle really knows how to make record breaking offense. He's done it at least twice now
He does what his roster allows... In Detroit and 1st stint with Indiana, he had amazing defenses... With Dallas and now Indy (part deux) amazing offense...
Mastermind coach fr
😂 they did the same last year and they even have buddy hield coming from the bench and carlisle a coach known for playing fast and giving good or bad runs as he does not do a lot of set play. If you want to be surprised about a young team being fast be my guest
Haliburton is from Oshkosh Wisconsin he went to college in Milwaukee. If u live in Wisconsin you would know he’s the best player to ever come out of this state ever And by the end of his career it will be proven
I just can’t imagine if Nate McMillan was still the coach lol. I really wish we still had Dan Burke though.
Dan would shape up this defense
I've been a fan of this team since I was 9. Before I die, I want to see some more banners in the rafters. This just might be the group to do it.
They have the potential to be the next truly special team. They have a path… let’s see if they do it.
What banner y'all have I don't remember y'all winning any chips
@@tyrellchambers893 I mean you can have “banners” for things other than titles. But technically we were an ABA dynasty.
@@tyrellchambers8933 ABA championships, friend.
We have 3 from the ABA. Those count. And before you say they don't, they played an exhibition game against the Knicks in 1971 (the NBA champs that year) after the season, and BEAT them.@@tyrellchambers893
He’s been doin this last year too nice to see him get respect
what’s so funny is they’re only average in transition, their half court offense is what’s so high level
Rick Carlisle deserves a lot of credits as well.
Similar to Kentucky play style this season. Real fun to watch watch
A Sixers fan here. Pacers are scary good. They are young and they play at a fast pace. They look like a 90s team w/ 3s
I would be worried about teams learning to beat this style of play by the time it comes playoffs but maybe the Coach is cooking up some new devious schemes like he is Steve Kerr
Pacers looking like the older Warriors, js without KD. Myles Turner is Cousins, Hali is Curry, Hield is Klay, Mathurin is a Dray/Kuminga player. They have the potential to win the chip if all stays the same.
If your a team facing them in a seven game series in the playoffs, you best be prepared to run every night with these young fellows. Thats gonna be a daunting task to say the least.
True. Ask the 76ers that faced them 2 times in 3 days in Philly and lost the second game.
They haven't played any significant teams. Bucks are still figuring it out. They caught 76ers slipping on a second night and THEY GOT BEAT BY CELTICS. Overrated team that is overachieving just like early season.
@@blowc1612 So, are your saying that they won't make the playoffs? That's all I said, if you play them in a seven game series. I believe that you're just a hater. Nobody is saying that they are contenders. Haters will be haters. The team can only play the games that are scheduled. You be just a hatin'. Hali be ballin' on top of being a great dude that everybody around the league likes, and you be butthurtin'.😅
@@blowc1612 Nobody said they will win the championship. Most teams are not going to have the depth to run with the Pacers offense. Teams are not sleeping on the Pacers. They beat 76rs in the second game. Embiid said he was tired. They Played Boston without Haliburton. I'm not saying they are better than Boston, but I'll bet Boston doesn't want to play the Pacers with Haliburton in back to back games either.
@@popeye3305 they're a play in at best. Will they make the playoffs? Maybe it depends how the play in plays out. They're not beating anyone in a series.
Celtics superfan here. Yes the Pacers are awesome!!! Definitely impressed by this team. Haliburton should be in the top 5 for MVP voting. He's amazing. However just gotta say my Celtics did hang 155 points on them.....
Our defense sucks and Haliburton didn’t even play
@@jesusfollower0717 crap I did forget that Tyrese didn't play that game. My argument is moot. Hopefully Tyrese is available next time the Cs take on the Pacers. Looking forward to these 2 offensive juggernauts going at it!!!!
Hope to see yall again
Hopefully play each other at full strength in the in season tournament
I was always a big fan of Turner glad the Pacers are doing well
Never seen the Pacers like this. They’ve never been the fun and fast team. Always have had a big frontcourt like Smits, Jermaine O’Neal, Hibbert, or Sabonis, so this is cool to see them try.
Not gonna win nothing
@@tyrellchambers893so they're going to win something?
@@tyrellchambers893hahahahaha
I like Haliburton but let's not forget the real mastermind of this offense. Rick Carlisle
“They are not the reason” cracked me so hard loool. The delivery, pure gold. Good joke man 😂 😂 😂
I’ve never seen a player that can basically control a game with his assist and 3s like him ever
This is pretty nuts. I haven't been able to watch many Pacers games this season but whenever I do my nightly score check I feel like I ALWAYS see them scoring 130+ and not infrequently150+, it's just nuts lol
That said, this style never seems to stick come playoff time so we'll see how it all turns out.
This style traditionally only works in the regular season. We need to also learn how to get significant stops and rebound the basketball. Our record would be even better if we did because these close games we lost would be wins.
Big time agree.
Carlisle did this in Dallas too!!! But it was his defensive assistants that he really needed in 2011. Like Dwayne Casey.
This is the epitome of everything wrong with modern NBA. The fact that they are being REWARDED for giving up layups is even worse.
I've had qualms with the modern NBA, but I've also seen things I like. This is the first season where it's become outright intolerable though, something SERIOUSLY needs to change.
Watch the WNBA or Euroleague then if you want to watch boring basketball
Truly though, Pacers fans knew this was a top 6 team in the east. 1,000%. If people didn’t think that, they didn’t watch this team last year before Ty’s injury that stalled our momentum last season. This is the expectation.
Tyrese Haliburton NEW POINT GUARD this generation 💯
They were good at the beginning of last season to before haliburton got injured
If you want to give the Pacers their props that's one thing but don't tell lies to do, the Washington Wizards had/have the fastest Pace in the NBA since the beginning of the season
What surprises me is that they didn't change much during the off-season and how they couldn't do this last year.
Better than Luka this year but nba won’t put him on that mvp ladder
Pacers could really use a young defensive beast, aka Asuar Thompson
Orlando Magic: "Hold my beer!" 😂
Pacers were literally 4th seed before Haliburton went down last year. I can kind of say i predicted this 😂
Yes the pace is amazing, let’s not forget playoff basketball slows down the game becomes more physical and it’s hard to beat a team four times in the playoffs especially when you have pace and no defense. Now they go get a couple of veterans guys that can defend and play at that pace then we are talking about true contenders.
They be running the offense like a 2k pro am team
Pacers are this year’s dark horses. I’m all in for this NBA season
00:40 You get a thumbs up just for the intro LOL
teams aren’t letting the pacers shoot, they use player movement, penetration and haliburton’s vision to set people up for open looks. not to mention their 2 solid backup PG’s
their depth at PG is really impressive and without it the team wouldn't be able to play at this insane pace. Having that depth will hopefully keep TH fresh and injury free.
Currently watching this after the pacers and hawks literally put up 300+ points in an NBA game
honestly it feels like the perfect way to play basketball for them. It's a system offense instead of relying on a superstar to do most of the heavy lifting. It has worked before, but it also always needs a superstar player to buy into and Tyrese Haliburton could be just that. He might not be up there with Jokic, Embiid, Curry and Doncic, but he's still getting better. I'm hype to see how this team does this year.
Is Hali someone you want to take the last shot? Not dissing, just curious as I don’t get to see a lot of Pacer games. Thanks
Tyrese Haliburton is lights out
man its only been 2 weeks and this already aged so well
I told people the first week of the NBA season how surprising the Pacers were as an offensive threat, the way they moved the ball was unmatched!
*”future legend” 🏀 - MELL DUNEY 616*
Hali is a superstar
Bruce Brown is nice. Big time glue guy. Like Draymond but quick, athletic and can shoot.
I knew the Pacers would be good, last year when Haliburton was healthy they were awesome, especially the first half of the season. Their defense needs improvement. But they have so much young talent. Watch out for Nembhard and Mathurin!
Walker too
The Pacers are pacing the league.
What surprised me most is I did not know these guys were this good especially Halliburton
Nothing more exciting in the nba than a good pacers team man
I'm a diehard Pacers fan and were gonna prove many people were good this year!
Hali better not miss the playoffs again this year, or my Nike conspiracy will be proven right. You got players signed to other brands like Adidas who get overlooked and disrespected while putting up similar/better numbers. All imma say is he better not miss the playoffs again.
Thank you for taking all of that time to make* this video to share your knowledge. The heavens will bless you.
magic defense locked them up 👀
Wish the video was longer!
Carlisle is letting the young guys play the way young guys want to play. Constant running, fast-breaks and threes. It wouldn't surprise me if we see them in 2nd round of playoffs.
Tyrese is so likeable, especially if you're chronically online like me 😂
Reminds me of the 2015 Hawks
If the season ended today.. the true MVP of the season is Hali. If he keeps this up then there is absolutely no argument.
Being a pacers fan we need some defense. We put up 130 a game but lose half of them cus the other team puts up 140
Wemby or Chet in a system like this would be something to behold
This is a really good channel!
It’s basically like playing REC on 2K
They play exactly how Lavar Ball was telling the hornets to play
Watching this as they just got Demolished
That tyrese and sabonis trade, will remain one of the best trades of all time.
There are two Tyreses killing in the league right now…but I think the one in indy is much better
The magic made that offense look like……
Good break down, good video 👍
just watching pacers vs magic. 32:70, 9 minutes in second quarter. Video aged like.....? really fast
THEY COULDN’T BREAK ORLANDO MAGIC’s DEFENSE
Reminiscent of Nash Suns and early Harden Rockets
Reminds me of Houston with harden and mike dantoni lol
as a pacers fan, i thought going into this season we made great acquisitions, but are paying brown too much... with that being said, based off their social media and the offseason, this summer i knew they were going to be fun to watch, but holy shit have they exceeded die hard fans expectations. this is our new beat the heat team. people dont understand how an entire state gets behind a team unless its indiana and basketball. GO CERS!
CERS?? lol
Are they any realistic shot? This year? I'm a semi-casual fan, I know bits and pieces but I can't see Indiana being any more genuinely competitive than say OKC.
Am I wrong?
All that running up and down is the reason why their defense will suffer