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The Indiana Pacers have reportedly filed complaints about 78 incorrect calls or no-calls to the league’s office.
They found 29 instances in which their team was disfavored in Game 1 and 49 in Game 2, and coach Rick Carlisle was livid at the officials, claiming his team never had a fair shot to fight.
Nonetheless, their struggles in this series, at least in Game 2, didn’t have anything to do with that.
At least, that’s how NBA analyst Jay Williams feels.
Talking on ESPN’s “Get Up,” Williams put the Pacers on blast for their defensive performance.
.@RealJayWilliams kept it real about the Pacers’ defensive performance in Game 2
“It had nothing to do with officiating in Game 2. … It’s the worst defensive performance out of any team in the playoffs this postseason.” pic.twitter.com/elmDY6Gewx
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) May 9, 2024
He stated that they had the worst defensive performance in the entire playoffs thus far, as they allowed the Knicks to put up 130 points on 92 possessions.
He also criticized them for not making the most of the fact that Mitchell Robinson was out, Jalen Brunson missed most of the first half, and OG Anunoby left the game with a hamstring injury after scoring 28 points in 27 minutes.
The Knicks shot 56% from the floor and 46% from beyond the arc in the game.
Also, they only shot five more free throws than the Pacers, so it’s not like that was the biggest difference in this matchup.
At the end of the day, the Pacers had to win that game.
The Knicks were decimated, and they just allowed them to storm right back in.
Even so, they’ve been up in the games for long stretches, so they’ve shown that they could beat them, but they need to close out games better, and they can’t allow that kind of offensive performance at home.
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