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Colin Cowherd doesn’t have a lot of faith in the Indiana Pacers.
On his show Thursday morning, Cowherd called the Pacers “posers, frauds, and fakers.”
He said that Indiana had every chance to even their series on Wednesday night but they didn’t capitalize on it and now sit in a 0-2 hole against the New York Knicks.
“The playoffs unveil the posers, the frauds, the fakers. That’s the pacers.”
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The Knicks have been depleted by multiple injuries lately.
Julius Randle has been out for months, Mitchell Robinson is now missing games, and both Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby were hurt during Wednesday’s game too.
Still, the Pacers weren’t able to turn those absences into opportunities.
Cowherd said that part of the problem is that head coach Rick Carlisle won’t adapt and make changes on the fly.
He won’t adjust his plans and take advantage of the situation and that is hurting his team.
The Knicks have been calling all the shots in this series, deciding on the tempo of the games and playing their kind of basketball.
And it seems like the Pacers haven’t even tried to force them to play with their speed and style.
Cowherd said that the playoffs expose the weaknesses of teams and show what squads are really made of.
Some teams rise to the occasion and others fall apart because of the pressure.
Right now, the Pacers are in bad shape and there is a chance they’ll be swept by the Knicks.
Of course, the series is about to head to Indiana and perhaps Carlisle will use that as an opportunity to change things up and try something different with his team.
If the Pacers aren’t playing much better in Game 3, this series is pretty much over.
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