However, in a difficult part, the Pacers showed enough
We can be one of the worst teams to start this season in the NBA and still be complacent. Proof with Pacers who faced the Jazz on Tuesday night, with just one win in ten games.
But like Aaron Nesmith etc Pascal Sakak are back, as well TJ McConnellfor his first outing of the season, and that Andrew Nembhardt who had just completed two matches, the 2025 finalists were confident and believed they had the weapons to win against Utah.
Only 48 minutes later, Indiana not only lost again, but conceded 152 points!
“We gave up thinking we were going to get back at the boys and it would be easy,” admits Aaron Nesmith. “We have to have a better mindset, to say yes, they’re back, but that it’s still the NBA. We still have to play hard for 48 minutes, fighting at the highest level. Nothing is easy, nothing is given. We’re learning this lesson right now.”
Victory and everything is reversed?
After the loss 31 points against the Warriors but unconvincing, the Pacers returned to the locker room with 24 points in their teeth against the Jazz, who had won just one game in the ten days prior to this game.
“The Jazz put themselves in a position to play an important match, to finally win, not us”regretted Rick Carlisle for his part. “It’s quite simple. We were the 15th or 16th defense this season despite the struggles and the absences, and that’s where we gave up. We already did it in the last quarter against Golden State and we did it again in this game. We gave up quickly and that’s a concern.”
While TJ McConnell found the Pacers’ defensive effort “sad”and would like him and his teammates to be “more proud, more fighting”Aaron Nesmith, lui, rate it “the wheel will turn. All it takes is one match. We only need one match”. See you tonight against the Sun.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Ft | Pts |
| Benedict Maturin | 2 | 36:30 | 54.8 | 50.0 | 88.5 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 31.0 |
| Pascal Sakak | 10 | 35:18 | 44.7 | 34.0 | 62.2 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 24.6 |
| Andrew Nembhardt | 4 | 27:15 | 37.5 | 25.9 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 16.3 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 10 | 9:30 p.m | 37.0 | 37.5 | 77.8 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 16.0 |
| Obi Toppin | 3 | 27:20 | 41.7 | 17.6 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 14.0 |
| That is McConnell | 1 | 11:00 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| Quenton Jackson | 5 | 20:12 | 54.1 | 50.0 | 72.2 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 11.8 |
| Capricorn Walker | 11 | 29:22 | 32.0 | 29.5 | 81.5 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 11.1 |
| Isaiah Jackson | 11 | 18:44 | 54.4 | 0 | 81.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 8.3 |
| Ben Sheppard | 11 | 25:49 | 32.6 | 20.8 | 76.9 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 6.9 |
| Mac McClung | 3 | 11:20 | 38.9 | 20.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 6.3 |
| Ray Dennis | 9 | 17:00 | 29.2 | 29.4 | 85.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 6.0 |
| Jay Huff | 11 | 14:49 | 36.8 | 25.0 | 66.7 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 5.5 |
| Tony Bradley | 11 | 13:38 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 5.5 |
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | 6 | 18:10 | 34.3 | 20.0 | 85.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 5.3 |
| Monte Morris | 3 | 16:00 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| James Wiseman | 1 | 20:00 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Johnny Furphy | 3 | 12:20 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
| Cody Martin | 4 | 13:45 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| Taelon Peter | 7 | 9:17 a.m | 21.4 | 23.1 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
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