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What the Indiana Pacers did to survive 62 points from Devin Booker + tough Memphis Grizzlies squad



What the Indiana Pacers did to survive 62 points from Devin Booker + tough Memphis Grizzlies squad

What a weekend it was for the Pacers two wins two key ones they’ve won three in a row they got contributions from everybody Andrew nard looked great OB top and hit a game winner they’re back seven games over 500 we have so much to talk about on today’s lockon Pacers

Podcast you are locked on Pacers your daily Indiana Pacers podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day what up y’all happy Monday hope you had a great weekend and welcome into another edition of the lockdown Pacers podcast where are we of course talk about the

Indiana Pacers as always my name’s Tony East I cover the team for Forbes and Si and today my voice is fading I was in a wedding this weekend we’ll see we’ll see how it goes it’s going to be great there’s a lot to talk about great Pacers

Weekend of basketball two wins what a home stand I mean not to overdo this but they had Denver Phoenix Philly and Memphis in town and people are clowned in Memphis and they should that team’s down eight guys but they’ w three in a row when they came into Indie tough home

Stand no halberton the Pacers go three and one and they were winning late against Denver really good stuff sweeping the weekend good win against Phoenix they survived Devon Booker great win over Memphis they played awful and one that has been rare for the Pacers that not awful they played an ugly game

In one which has been rare for the Pacers this season we have lots to talk about good key performances how they got this stun what it means going forward where Hal bur’s at at three listeners this weekend in various places at a wedding at the game on Sunday Nick

Michael Evan hello thank you for tuning in and saying hi to me let’s start with the Memphis game that one happened most recently 116 110 final score starting with the final score a rarity for me it was such a strange game because because I tweeted right after the game what an

Ugly win for the Pacers right ugly game yuck gross and someone rightly replied to me said what was ugly about this this game for the Pacers right they didn’t turn it over very much they only had 10 of them in the game that’s great they did well in the offensive glass they got

11 of those they were efficient from the foul line they shot pretty well from Deep 31 assists a lot of stats say pretty clean game for the Pacers but this one was weird because this is the new look Grizzlies the new look Grizzlies gck it up it’s physical they

Hit you hard guys you haven’t seen very much play in the NBA are just really physical all night and so there’s no there was no rhythm to the game that’s why it felt like an ugly game is especially early when the team started one for 10 from deep it just felt like

Every bucket was so earned right for both teams throughout this game and so there were stretches for both teams again there were a lot of lead changes in this game game seven of them the game was tied 10 times right there was only one really long run and the Pacers are

Fortunate that uh it was the it was them who was able to to have more of them but that led to a stylistically ugly game which is not to say the Pacers played poorly but they did have to struggle with this Memphis team and physical games like this have not been a forte

For this Pacers team this season the in season tournament finals to me are the highlight of that list but both Orlando games were they’re going to pound you to death and the Pacers weren’t ready for it right they got completely stomped in that game for example there are a bunch

That the Pacers obviously would like back um that that kind of meet that bill those one stand out to me the Utah kicked their butt uh the Clippers were physical with them Minnesota’s physical everybody like these are some of their biggest losses of the season and this

One meets that category but the Pacers were more prepared for it I thought in this one right they hit back shakum for example was a big part of this and Rick Carlile credit him for this after the game game he was an answer for jiren Jackson Jr like in the preseason it was

A huge story first podcast about an actual game talking about this version of the Pacers this year jiren Jackson cooking the Pacers mainly Obi toin but lots of guys throughout that preseason game Pascal sakam did a better job on him including the game ceiling stop with

About 30 seconds left with the Pacers up four jiren Jackson seven for 17 from the field though he did live at the foul line that was one of the ugly things the Pacers over came is they figured out a better way to G it up for the Grizzlies

In ways that they sometimes haven’t been against some of these teams with size they were able to rebound pretty well Pacers get 44 of them only losing that by one Jaylen Smith was great on the glass the Pacers didn’t have Miles Turner in this game or tyres alurn seak

Hit the glass n Smith with seven himself seven for maen seven for Isaiah Jackson under 14 minutes that was really important they can’t lose the possession battle against the Grizzlies who are notorious for being the possession battle team right that was kind of the thing that really when they got the

Talent helped them take off and so in a game where the Pacers weren’t this is not a style they usually are able to win they were able to find enough advantages to physical back this is a a very poor way of of using the correct words here

But what I’m saying is what you saw is the Pacers ready for that in a way that they have not been all season and that’s why I said this game was ugly because the shooting was poor early in the game the rhythm of the game was never there

There was only two runs for the pace the end of the first half and then end of third early fourth the Pacers had three highlight plays that got the building into it for the first time other than that back and forth stoppages fouls yuck it just never got going and I usually

That type of game again from a Pacers team that wants to play Fast wants to get up and down doesn’t want to stop doesn’t want to go get the ball out of bounds all that kind of stuff that hurts them but in this one they found a way to

Win and they found a way to match what Memphis was doing but the other part that this speaks to to me is and I will give the caveat that memphis’s offensive Personnel right now is terrible you know their leading their second leading scorer was Vince Williams in this game

But the Pacers defense has been much better for the last month plus is of the Season we’ll talk about Friday’s game where it wasn’t in a second but in now in these games like this where it’s slower and uglier and hard you have to work harder for your points right I

Think it’s significant that the Pacers can still get stops and not have to rely on their offense to just be so Dynamic all the time and so yes at their best stretches Ben maon was a fantastic offensive threat he was amazing in the first half they were able to find other

Ways to get it done their defense was significant in this game some shout outs to use a lock down heat terms some credit cookies for the Pacers in this game five for 14’s not going to jump out at you but Andrew nard was really good

Really good and he needed to be they did not have tyres alurn he’s still dealing with that hamstring injury we’ll see when he can return I’ll have more for for that tomorrow I presume uh but they also didn’t have TJ McConnell who was dealing with an issue at at home R

Carell told us before the game so nard was the only point guard available he played 37 minutes and 18 seconds in this game uh that was a season High the other one was the Orlando game where he was also you know one of the only point guards available he’s only been over 30

Minutes three times before this game season High minutes they needed him for all of it they like staggered him in such a weird way so he could be always at full speed nine assists only one turnover which has been a huge problem for him this season 16 and N hit two

Threes defended really well four boards one steel really good Andrew neard game the Pacers needed that I felt like he’s looked more comfortable recently especially with the assist numbers if he can get the turnovers down you’re going to see a lot more Effectiveness from him

And you saw that in this game with just the one he deserves a ton of credit you know for being able to fill in that much in that well the Pacers needed it and they got it uh the backups were Ben Shepard and Buddy heeld who weren’t necessarily setting anything up all that

Well but heeld had three assists he’s actually been passing better this season but they also were stable enough for the Pacers to survive those minuts and Ben Maan deserves a ton of credit cookies as well I kind of like this term um he got the Pacers off the ground the Grizzlies

Ging the game up and playing the way they’ve been playing these last you know 10 games without all their guys has been working and it was working early in this game Grizzlies were ahead they were winning at the end of the first quarter their game Flow was really favorable for

Them they got up to almost a seven-point lead almost a 10-point lead in the first quarter and then Ben Maan really hit a stride he was the guy who got the Pacers out of their Funk and started attacking the lane and really getting a defense in

Rotation and so he had seven points in the second quarter without missing a shot or a free throw and in the first quarter he was equally good with 12 points although he wasn’t getting as many free throws there and three boards so he had 19 at halftime he had 10

Really quick in a row and he got to 19 fast but the key part of it was it was a big run that broke up the rhythm of the game right GG Jackson hit a three for the Grizzlies early uh in the second quarter and that put the Grizzlies up by

Seven and all of a sudden madin starts going crazy he hit two free throws he hit a pull up three he got to the basket he hit a pull-up jumper and when he hit the pull-up jumper it was 3733 and the Pacers had just regain the lead remember they were down eight early

In the quarter when that shot went in to give him the lead there was 729 to go so in four and a half minutes the Pacers erased that lead and and had their own decent lead and Maan had 19 points why is that so significant to me because he

Had over half of the Pacers points at that time of the game that’s how huge he was early in this one he settled in and only finished with 24 but when they come or the total doesn’t matter when they come or how they come doesn’t matter the

Fact that he was able to get the Pacers out of an offensive Funk was significant they got enough from sakam 19 on 13 shots Jaylen Smith was really good we’ll talk about him a lot in the Suns game he had 19- 10 filling in for an injured Miles Turner nouth was really good

Career high six assists but the two standouts to me were the 2022 draf e Benedict Ma and Andrew nard stepping up when the Pacers needed him leading the Pacers through a yucky game and that is was win number three in a row for the Pacers and man could you not have had

More opposite games this weekend for the Pacers they beat the Suns on Friday night with Booker having a fantastic outing Devin Booker 62 points Pacers down 17 at one point to the red hot Phoenix Suns and they won how did they get it done how did they survive Booker’s point total we’ll

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And every single day check out lockon bucks for the latest on a team that now has Doc Rivers as the head coach and probably the most surprising move of last week or any of the shows that host uh a the team that had a 60 plus

Point score my words are all over the place Carly towns had 60 plus from Minnesota donic with 73 for Dallas and beid with 70 for Phoenix any or excuse me I’m thinking ahead for Philly any of those shows will be awesome and lo on suns you can hear Brandon clean talking

About Devon Booker 62 points in defeat to the Indiana Pacers on Friday night the most points scored in Indianapolis by an NBA player Deon Booker crazy performance absolutely ridiculous we’ll talk about that as we talk about this game I mean okay so so let me tell you a

Story about this game to kind of describe how impressive the Pacers close to this game was so I was I don’t want to talk about this too much but I was at a wedding this weekend so I couldn’t watch it I was in a rehearsal dinner

Friday night but I had to get there like an hour after the Pacers game started so I had time to start the game so I watched the first 10 minutes of the game I think Devon Booker had 19 points not 10 points of real or 10 minutes of real

Lifetime right so I have I have a couple people who I ask to text me during games I can’t watch if in case there’s injury big news something like that and they texted me after I left and I thought uh oh there’s been an injury the first text

Said Devon Booker 29 Points first quarter 29 Points in one quarter it was ridiculous I have now watched since watched the game I mean he hit every pull-up jumper he got to the rim he got to the mid it was ridiculous no one could guard him Aaron neith couldn’t

Guard him Andrew nard couldn’t guard him nobody I mean duh he had 62 points in the game but absolutely nobody could guard him the matchup data if you pull him up is just complete comedy he just buried shots in everybody’s face eight for 14 on ni Smith three for four on

Nard three for four on sakam three for five on Jaylen Smith three for four and M it doesn’t matter but either way you get to just 29 Points in the first quarter for Deon Booker he reached 50 points in the game before the third quarter ended insane right he was having

A Phenom phal game and I have to tell you the story now of I didn’t get to watch the whole game I knew the score though right I have someone tweeted at me I saw it it doesn’t matter I don’t care if the results B I’m going to watch

It anyway but I went back to actually watch it earlier today before this recording and that one point in this game that the Pacers won there were I’m going to pull it up exactly 122 to 129 was the score of the game with like two

Minutes to go the suns were up by seven and I knew Devon Booker had a gajillion points and I kind of thought this a prank like did they actually lose and somehow this whole time I’ve just been in on a joke there were three minutes to go they were down by seven Pacers

Perfect in that stretch stops they made Booker Miss they made Beal Miss they made Durant Miss they made Booker Miss again they were still down four after all that all they got in that time was some free throws but they were playing great defense force of Grayson Allen

Turnover force of Durant Miss force of another Durant Miss now there’s a minute to go and they’re tied at 129 n hard scored in that stretch twice he was really good down the stretch he didn’t H the game winner so not as heralded but n hard was really good there what awesome

Defense from the Pacers who all game long have had just nothing they can do Booker can’t miss Durant had a quiet 20 but he is a threat Brad Beal got going after an injury in the game and so they they just were awesome on defense Tom Lewis of Indie corner is asked Carlile

In our the pregame presser on Sunday do you feel like as a coaching staff you guys have more confidence late in games especially with your new roster and Ric Carlo said yeah we do right and you could see it late in this Suns game but then Booker scored because he’s

Unguardable with 56 seconds to go and Andrew nard answered again nard did not get enough credit for this game I’ll have an Andrew nard story up on Monday he had six points in a minute and 11 seconds to take the Pacers from down four to tide with 48 seconds to go

Pacers Force another Miss on Durant and then top Obie toppen on the ugliest possession ever scores the game-winning shot the Pacers barely break down the sun’s defense maon gets in the paint misses a contested layup shakum rebound the stories are there sakam a week after the trade gamewinner at home five

Seconds left and he missed the tip layup it was no uncontested but I will give sakam credit he fought to grab the board and him coming across the rim to grab it actually tipped it away where it could fall the Obi top and who put in the game-winning layup and Aaron n Smith

Locked up Devon Booker on the last shot he missed so Booker was going crazy 50 points under three quarters 29 in the first quarter so much so that someone I asked to text me if there was a big event or an injury said I’m doing this I’m doing this for points and I

Appreciated it and then I was keeping up even more with the game it was crazy that the Pacers were able to win this game figure out how to slow Booker who had 10 points on 11 shots in the fourth quarter and find enough offense to get

It done if you remember last week I said I think the Pacers can only win on one of the extremes they defend like crazy and eek it out or they go nuts on offense and E it out and they went nuts on offense really big credit to the

Pacers for doing that Obi toppen was tremendous absolutely fantastic 23 points and 11 boards six of them were offensive boards he had three assists he had some nice kickouts off of those rebounds he put him back himself didn’t make a three and had 23 points awesome Obi toping game they could hardly get

Him off the floor he played the second most minutes of any Pacer against the Phoenix Suns it was ridiculous how good he was Andrew neard who was great against Memphis 22-8 in this game only one turnover fantastic performance he was brilliant again in this game I thought Jaylen Smith after watching it

Did not get enough love uh from the internet people about his awesome game they were down 10 when he came in in the first quarter they were down three in about two seconds he came in buuck it rebound block he was physical all night 13 and 10 he was great and Pascal seaka

The guy they trade for to be the star to have the ball in his hands to create to give them a chance in games like this did exactly that 31 his his high is a pacer seven boards four assists hit shots from everywhere with Kevin Durant this his primary matchup Aaron n Smith

Was awesome with 22 points hitting half of his threes to beat the Suns the Pacers had to hit an offensive gear that they have not hit without tyres halberton very much this season 133 for the Pacers in this game no overtime I should add they needed all of

It right they needed every single basket they could get and that has not been something that’s happened for them this season without Halburn getting to 13 something right that Sacramento game that they won without him where their offense was clicking and Ben mad was great the bench and all that they got to

126 right the Miami game they reached the 130s without Halton because they were ridiculous I mean completely insane unconscious from three usually as you’ve been seeing in this home stand in the road trip 115 is like a reasonable number for the Pacers in the stretch they had an awesome offensive night and everybody

Was rolling on that end of the floor and Obi toppen this was one of his best games of the Season at a key time on both ends as well he wasn’t even that atrocious on the defensive end which has been an issue for him so credits to the

Pacers they were playing the Suns and Devin Booker was absolutely kicking their butt I mean there I might watch it again it was insane some of the shots he was making the shot making from both teams in this game was truly bananas 625 and four is a ridiculous thatl they won

His minutes he played 38 minutes but KD you had 40 on them with no free throws less than a week before only had 20 this time Bradley Beal only 12 this time nurkic had two points in 20 minutes Grayson Allen played a bunch and was fine the Pacers did great on everybody

Else but Booker and when it mattered they figured out how to slow him down too and to keep up with the Suns which I thought was required for one of the ways of winning they figured out how to score a bunch without Tyrese alurn PES kakum could create Aaron n Smith hit shots

Every time the ball came his way Obi topping his shots every time the ball came his way that was my first Obi top and observation in my notes a lot of my notes were just like Booker and then a crazy word which is not good note taking

He’s four of my first eight notes uh in this game are about Devin Booker uh and then my Jaylen Smith one uh is the shot making was so crazy at this game at my first Obi top of note is Drew Eubanks on Obi Suns with a five Obi and Durant on

Jaylen Smith and all of a sudden every possession Obi toppin either cutting right when Eubanks gets involved in a screen or he’s involved in a screen or he’s spacing and that all of a sudden makes the rim wide open or top and wide open that adjustment I get why the Suns

Did it but it really helped the Pacers and Obi toen did a wonderful job to take advantage of and it’s something the sun’s kind of stuck with all night even at the end of the game the most common matchups on Obi top and none of them

Were forwards it was all centers and all guards like Eric Gordon and kada Bates the up so big credit to Obi toppen he was really really good in a game where the Suns tried to guard him gimmicky and he said I’m going to score I’m going to

Make this a thing and that is three straight for the Pacers they beat a team on a six game winning streak Thursday night they beat a team on a seven game winning streak Friday night they beat a team with a three game winning streak Sunday night and now they themselves are

On a three-game winning streak couple other guys I want to talk about from the weekend that was Ben Shepard Jaylen Smith I think both of them deserve some love for their performances this weekend in two key games for this pater team we talk about both of them to close out Today’s show but

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And every single day check out the great dudes over at laon Grizzlies that team is fun man I know their star power is is gone right now but jiren Jackson back in back in the hometown looked really good uh still had some unguardable moments Vince Williams looked awesome they’re

Scrappy they have some guys I really liked in the drafts and Joe Mullen X and to Michael Cole will give you all you need to know on the Memphis Grizzlies Pacers deserved an easier Grizzlies opponent after they had to play John Mor in one of the rare chance to see play

This year in Memphis for the home debut that’s as hard as it gets playing the Griz this season so the Pacers earned an easier one and they got the win um okay Ben Shepard I he deserves so much praise right now Ben Shepard has I talked about

This already come in and kind of been a an interesting Revelation for the Pacers of late I mean they’re playing them every game he’s in the rotation every night the big thing I mentioned this last week is this stood out to me the Pacers assigned Friday jarus Walker to

The G league and not Ben Shepard now the first time that that’s happened All Season where it was one and not the other and that’s because Shepard is now in the Pacers rotation every single game because of his defense his energy there as carile when the first time he noticed

That was he started talking about the pre-draft process right they when he came in for his three on three session with other draft prospects Ben Sheard shined not on with his not just with his shooting and offensive abilities which stood out at Belmont and and a lot of

Other places but his defense was really good then right so they had this idea that this could be a thing and he was a four-year guy but now you’re really seeing it these last couple weeks for the Pacers and I I you know I said last

Week I think he’s in their best defense of five but he’s had two games in a row right the Suns game Ben Shepard one for four from the field two rebounds two assists but he’s fine they’re not getting killed in his minutes because his defensive energy is crazy he’s

Everywhere his instincts are awesome he’s always facing the play he always is recovering while he’s fast he’s really fast and so he can guard three positions i s and he’s not messing up that much and it’s really impressive that he can have two two and two in 18 minutes and

It’s a great choice Memphis today yesterday for you listening two for six although the two makes were threes six points one assist one steal and they broke even in his 20 minutes right like in a game where the bench is so depleted you know they didn’t have miles or

Tyrese or TJ McConnell in this game for that matter they need him to step up in a game like that and he did and so he’s had a breakout these last couple weeks they’ve needed him you know with Buddy shot not falling with Bruce Brown not on

The team all sorts of stuff they’ve been turning to Ben Shepard more often and he’s really made that uh look like the right choice I mean he’s he’s defending so well uh on the season right now Ben Shepard on the court the Pacers defensive rating is 11 16.9 6 when he’s

Off the floor it’s 121.0 so a little over a four-point difference there now the offensive rating swing is similar in the opposite direction it’s about minus minus four so their net rating with Shepard off is still a little higher than when he’s on but the fact that he has this clear

Defensive impact already that’s so noticeable and shows up in the numbers is really impressive to me and it is not a fluke I mean he can fly around he can guard lots of guys he’s been a disruptor in a key way for this team I think in until they’re healthy he’s certainly

Going to keep the sortation spot when he is I mean when they are and they have their top 11 10 whatever maybe they try I mean he’s a rookie who looks comfortable who can defend that is someone you maybe invest in so the shot has not come around right that has been

The thing is he was supposed to be a shooter coming out of Belmont I was at the draft combine when he was just lights out as a shooter right that’s kind of what started his Ascent of draft boards so I think he will be a good

Shooter but he hasn’t been yet so it’s hard to imagine this but like could they have lucked into a three and D player at 26 we’ll see entering uh Sunday he was at 27.9% from three but they might have just gotten a Defender a good Defender who’s 66 uh you can’t complain about

That if you were the Pacers Jaylen Smith is the other guy I want to talk about who also had a really good weekend he was the guy I thought that between both games maybe Andrew nard had the best Collective weekend for the Pacers against the Suns his old team like I

Said I think I felt Jaylen Smith’s impact more than anyone right when he came in right he came in scored rebound block instantly his old team hidden shots the offensive rebounds were really important I think his first three offensive rebounds were him grabbing a shot and immediately scoring and he had

A double double 13 and 10 that was huge for the Pacers one of their only double doubles Obi toppin of course being the other one and then two nights later not against his former team but still 30 minutes against the Grizzlies eight for 13 hit half his threes it’s such a

Reliable we in form this year another double double this time the only Pacer with a double double two blocks it’s just it’s really impressive that he’s able to step up into these bigger rolles when Turner can’t go as long or Turner can’t play at all and they need someone

To be reliable at the five I mean this is a different player than last year Jaylen I mean some of it’s just the shot falling but he is so much more confident in every way that he can play two different roles in the same weekend and filled them both extremely well both on

The offensive and defensive end in a meaningful way I thought again he was maybe the most consistent contributor game to game Andrew neart has a case for that but Jaylen Smith really deserves a lot of credit for what he’s been able to do the season and then again into this

Weekend when the Pacers had two tougher opponents in town speaking of tougher opponents Tuesday night Pacers wrap up their January schedule with the Celtics in Boston on TNT there it is the big one uh the only nationally televis scheduled game to open the season for the Pacers I

Suppose it could change before the season ends we’ll see if tyres halberton plays we’ll find out more in practice Monday so stay tuned for that so tomorrow we’ll talk the latest on halberton if he’s coming back we’ll look at back at some stats without him and see what we’ve learned about the Pacers

We will talk about the Celtics and plenty more about this Pacers team looking forward to all of that uh as I speak to end this James Johnson’s 10-day contract is expiring on the 29th so perhaps we have more roster stuff and minutia to talk about tomorrow as well

If they decide to bring him back right away we’ll see and you know we’ll break down all of it halber return the Celtics James Johnson if Halburn returns all that stuff on tomorrow’s show plenty to come hope you guys enjoyed Today’s Show and had a wonderful weekend uh back

Tomorrow like I said talking all that stuff Celtics and plenty more thank you all for listening have a wonderful day we’ll see you soon

The Indiana Pacers took down the Phoenix Suns and Memphis Grizzlies this week and played differently in both games. What are they doing well in every game? How did they beat the Suns when Booker had 60+? Will they get good injury news soon? Host Tony East breaks it all down.

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6 Comments

  1. Seriously trying to give Buddy Hield props for passing ??

    1/8 from field. 4 combined points past two games. 3 of the last 4 games hes had 3 points or fewer.

    Why did Pacers win last two games? Buddy only played 14 and 16 minutes respectively and both games ZERO 4th quarter minutes.

    Buddy Hield plays 4th quarter past two games Pacers one million percent lose both games. It would have looked just like the phoenix game they lost if Buddy played. Hed be targeted every possesion and would commit some sort od boneheaded turnover.

    Props to Carlisle for not playing favorites and trying to win games.

    Buddy Hield your days are numbered both for this Pacers team and in the NBA

  2. At least your one of the few people that give Mathurin his props though at times i do understand fans criticism.

    Kobe Bryant's first two seasons in the NBA was ridiculed harshly. Called selfish. Accused of playing hero ball. Shot critical airballs in his first playoff series lost.

    By age 22 hed won his first championship. Mathurin is 21. Still hasnt filled out his adult frame yet. Hes hsd so much success in his life that itll take a leap of faith to learn how to adjust his game which he is slowly learning.

    Every game he has defensive stops and good plays but fans focus on the things he does wrong on offense all the time.

    Mathurin with 20-25 lbs and 2 years from now will literally command a double team and will be unstoppable

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