Indiana Pacers Postgame Media Availability (at New York Knicks) | February 1, 2024

Indiana Pacers Postgame Media Availability (at New York Knicks) | February 1, 2024

Yeah we got uh we got bullied on the glass and uh it’s disappointing because we’re we’re a very capable rebounding team and it’s this is the main thing that we talked about with this game and so um you know we we we failed uh on the boards for sure and it’s obviously the

Difference in the game because you know we we held them to a a low shooting number a low three number um you know we didn’t turn him over that much but the rebounding you know that’s that ball’s in the air ball’s in the air and it’s anybody’s ball and so we

Just we’ve got to find a way we’ve got to want it more just on that what made intertain well I you know when we went to more trapping in the second half you know you’re going to be a more vulnerable on the boards but but these problems started long before we were

Trapping and so you know we we we may have had a lead most of the game but that was Fool’s Gold because um you know what happened on on the boards is going to get you on the road especially uh Brunson obviously goes 40 seemed like you guys contain relatively

Well especially the first quarter you talk a lot about just the kind of player he is but what allowed him to get going as game he’s going to be aggressive I thought the biggest play of the game was we trapped him um we made them take a difficult shot and then somebody lost

Him they kicked the ball and he made a three and that that was a huge momentum play in the fourth quarter it’s just it was a a loss of concentration you know defensively I I don’t know exactly who it was you know I have to look at the

Film and it’s not important who it was it’s important that our that our team um just didn’t didn’t function in that moment the way we needed to as far as Ty was concerned what did you think about just his progress and also you guys have followed kind of the same formula few

Times with the minutes restriction obviously don’t yeah I’m not going to talk about minutes but he’s he’s doing well if I could ask real quick though like he obviously hasn’t come back in the fourth time is that kind of a standard thing is it just because of him

Sitting after the third not wanting to get the hamstring back up we’re day we’re we’re day to day and you know we’re I’m not going to talk about you know minute um minute restrictions or minute limits before any game that would be foolish and you understand I mean I

Wouldn’t ask you before I was asking after seeing no but you’re asking about tomorrow and I’m not I’m just asking I’m asking about tonight I’m asking about tonight last yeah there’s a range of minutes you know for tonight and he was firmly at that range and so it’s almost

Identical to the first night um but that’s it so you know um he’s progressing he’s doing well but you know I you you never know um until the next day you know so we got to travel home and all that we got a game tomorrow so you know we’ll see where we

Are tomorrow with him and we got some other guys that are a little banged up too was a physical game yeah I feel a little better um every day I feel a little bit better um getting in the Rhythm it just takes some time just

Getting used to you know I was got ad andp and new group but um just getting used to it get my Ry in and uh but I feel good what obviously got the dunk there a couple threes I mean just what was there anything in particular that

Stood out to you was promising I guess today in terms of things that you felt better doing than you have so far uh just overall I felt better uh than uh have the past couple days felt better than I did in the Boston game even uh so

That’s a promising time but uh obviously you guys have followed the same formula the first couple games in terms of when you come out in the minutes you played I guess what’s you know what what I guess is kind of the reason for you’re not coming back and forth is it just after

You sit on it you don’t want to come back you know not you don’t want to come back in on it but it’s for the healing of the hamstring what’s kind of the I guess the reasoning yeah I mean I think that that rationale has probably been

Come to by our medical staff and uh I trust their decision um obviously I want to compete at all times but uh I got to do what I got to do to uh stay on the floor and um you know be able to play in games consistently and think obviously

This three games in four nights you know I want to play tomorrow and I think if I could show I could do that uh you know they’ll start to go up so uh you know they just trust trust their decision making but um obviously Jaylen you guys

Did a pretty good job of you know keeping him relatively pinned up the first couple quarters and kind of went off after that just kind of what did you see from him as he hit it different level there uh I mean he’s a great

Player I me he just makes a lot of tough shots he’s playing at an elite elite level right now um just started to make some shots I think that they were able to get stops and uh deflections and get out and run a little bit more and allow

Him to play in space a little bit more instead of playing his loaded defenses and uh he’s just really tough guard so uh just think you had a good night so obviously you guys held them under 40% for the glass was obviously a pretty big issue how much did that stand out

What yeah I mean you got guys like you got Dante Josh and precious all starting those are all three hard crashing dudes uh and not to mention hartstein is an elite offensive rebounder as well so uh you know they killed us on the glass the

Good thing is you know you play we play them again like a week so uh we know what to expect going into that one and just be prepared uh it was good um obviously there the Bas Mecca basketball is home for me having my family here was

Great um and yeah my brother being able to play on the other team and and be there today was was amazing what who was here you haven’t seen in a while obviously I mean it was all family that I see a lot so uh the people who are

Around all the time is is the ones who who who are here obviously not the result you wanted obviously the glass was a big part of that I think they were 24 offensive rebounds something like that you kind of start to see go yeah if we if we want to win games we

Definitely got to uh uh be a lot more aggressive on the boards uh we got to win those battles um and that just helps us get into our our offense our transition offense and just yeah what uh just how do you see Brunson turn it up I

Guess and you guys seem like you had him pretty pendant early on you see it going I mean first congrats to congrats to him uh for getting that Allstar um great person great player but um yeah he just just he just got it going in the second

Half uh they put the ball in his hands and he does good things so

Rick Carlisle, Tyrese Haliburton, and Obi Toppin speak with media following the Pacers loss to the Knicks on Thursday night.

0:00 – Rick Carlisle
3:17 – Tyrese Haliburton
5:25 – Obi Toppin