By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Now this is an NBA playoff series. The Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks finished with the best records in the Eastern Conference this year behind Miami, came out nearly even in point differential, they each clawed through the first round in six games, and each team feels getting this […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent A grimace adorned the face of the Brooklyn-born guard when he trudged to the locker room midway through the fourth quarter, an expression reflecting both the physical ache of a twisted leg and the mental anguish of knowing the Atlanta Hawks were mounting a ferocious comeback. Pain never gets to […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers knocked out the Atlanta Hawks with an 81-73 win on Friday night at Philips Arena in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference first-round series. The Pacers won the series 4-2. WHY IT HAPPENED: The Pacers won in Atlanta for the […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Pacers are looking to clinch against the Hawks, who defended at a high level in their two previous home games in the series. Can the Pacers bring grit and toughness, as Frank Vogel talks about, to close out a first-round victory on the road? By now, everyone is aware […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – It took the Indiana Pacers a few games to feel it out, but feel it they did. At long last the series felt like a classic, slug-it-out Eastern Conference matchup, not one of fast breaks and 3-pointers. The NBA’s best defense is back. After the high-flying Atlanta Hawks […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers outclassed the Atlanta Hawks 106-83 on Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference first round series. The Pacers take a 3-2 series lead. WHY IT HAPPENED: The Pacers rode a 50-43 halftime lead to […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Pacers will try to reestablish control on Wednesday night when they take on the Atlanta Hawks in Game 5 of this Eastern Conference first-round series. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Here are the trends to monitor in what shapes up as a terrific 48-minute […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Well, it was nearly a replay. Write up a list of all the things the Pacers saw happen Saturday night and put a check mark next to them, and you’ll see Indiana improved on very little in Game 4 and was thus denied the road win it needed to control […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Atlanta Hawks knocked off the Indiana Pacers 102-91 on Monday night at Philips Arena in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first round series. The series is now 2-2. WHY IT HAPPENED: The Pacers again were pitiful in the first half, trailing […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent If the Pacers win on Monday, their first-round series is essentially a wrap. If they lose, they’ll fall into a tie and face heaps of pressure in Game 5 on Wednesday in Indianapolis. Here’s what to look for in a pivotal Game 4 in Atlanta: Going West: Surprisingly, outside of […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent For the sake of speculation, you could identify so many possible reasons for the sudden and stunning turnaround for the Hawks in their first-round series with the Pacers. Was it Johan Petro’s inclusion in a (bigger) starting lineup? Was it being back home in front of a near-capacity crowd waving […]
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