After loss, Indy's George wishes Teague job
Atlanta's spread infraction is obliging the Pacers to clamber.
All-Star Paul George recognized he's most likely to spend at the very least some time defending Hawks point guard Jeff Teague on Tuesday night, though it stays confusing exactly how long he'll keep that assignment in Video game 2 or whether the strategy might change once more just before tip-off.
What is clear: Indiana needs to decrease Teague, a challenge George has actually already welcomed.
"I would certainly like to, simply to alter it up a little bit and give him a different appearance," George shared after the Pacers engaged in Sunday.
George said he and train Frank Vogel discussed the defensive assignment Sunday, though Vogel decreased to validate the step or other modifications he could make since the top-seeded Pacers trail Atlanta 1-0 in the first-round collection.
Addressing the Teague hassle is Indiana's leading priority throughout this two-day break.
Two weeks earlier, Teague torched his hometown group for 25 points in a 107-88 success as Atlanta ended up being the second Eastern Meeting group to win at Indiana this season. On Sunday evening, he were better-- scoring a playoff career-high 28 factors and dishing out five assists as Atlanta succeeded 101-93 and became the initial enemy with 2 wins this period at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
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The introduction of the Hawks' 6-foot-2 point guard has actually altered the entire picture of a collection the top-seeded Pacers were expected to gain rather handily. Instead, the Hawks kept the Pacers on their heels.
George, meanwhile, cooled his heels a little bit on his day off, fishing with Indianapolis-based pro fishermen Jacob Wheeler, USA Today stated.
When George and his colleagues go back to activity, Indiana now faces just what Roy Hibbert called a must-win Game 2 prior to the series changes to Atlanta, where the Pacers have simply two wins because December 2006.
The Hawks, that now lead the period series 3-2, have actually been a competition problem for Indiana this period.
Just that's only part of the issue.
Given that March 1, the Pacers are just 12-14, and they've spent many of that time attempting to plug gaps in what had been the organization's stingiest protection while playing with an offensive slump.
Atlanta has actually just aggravated the battles.
Center Pero Trick and forward Paul Millsap, both qualified 3-point shootings, have managed to pull Hibbert and energy ahead David West far sufficient far from the basket that they cannot on a regular basis shield the rim. Shooting guard Kyle Korver, a 3-point professional, has actually triggered consternation for the Pacers for years, even before he arrived in Atlanta in 2012. When onward DeMarre Carroll had 12 factors, 10 rebounds and two 3-pointers Sunday, things simply became worse.
With the Pacers attempting to object to tries on the boundary, Teague managed to blow with the open streets to the container.
"We feel like we're functioning our system and also we have all year, and points are clicking respectable," Korver shared Sunday. "Yet we do not intend to be overconfident in this.".
Playoff veterans like Korver recognize things won't be the same in Video game 2.
"In a playoff collection, every game is its very own beast and a collection can kip down one video game," Korver shared. "We had one good game, but we're not going to read too much into that. We anticipate them to come out and play really well on Tuesday.".
