Indiana totally fell apart this Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals and lost by 23 points. Indiana fan's should still be happy because their team found a way to contain the Miami Heat's fiery offense and get some space in the defensive end,demonstrating that there IS a way to contain the Heat. But what actually caused their absolute destruction in that game? Well I'll go over it.
1.They couldn't keep control of the ball.15 turnovers in the first half! I think everyone knew this was not gonna go well for the Pacers by the end of the first half.
2.Early foul trouble. If I remember correctly Paul George(the team's best player) and Roy Hibbert had 5 fouls by the end of the 3rd quarter. Yes Miami flops alot( the best nickname I've heard was the "MIAMI cHEAT") but the Pacer's were playing a little too rough too early, and that's good, but they should've known that the Heat were going to flop as usual. O.K., I take that back Miami is a very good team and a very skilled and smart one. Some of the fouls were good calls but the other ones, not so much.
3.Where was Paul George? This was his box score: 34 min., 7 REB, 4 AST, 3 TO, 6 PF, 7 points. He needs to be better than that. The ONLY way Indiana was going to win that game was if Hibbert,West,George,and Stephenson put up 20 points kept their turnovers to 15 and fought hard on the glass. That is the ONLY way.
