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Tony East

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Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever coverage for many places. Chronically online. You can only be who you are. Pacers words: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonyeast/ Fever words: https://www.thenexthoops.com/author/tony-east/

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Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 6h

Bennedict Mathurin was great. The starters were good. The rest of the Pacers against the Spurs... oof. Defense was all over the place, the bigs were very, very bad, and the bench needs some consistency.

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Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 21h

"We've got to build good habits," Siakam says of defense. "We've got to use this for film and building good habits." Named the exact date of opening night and said they've got to be ready on that end.

Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 22h

I thought those guys all had decent games too, but it came with a great stretch and some bad stretches. I think it was pretty awful on balance haha

Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 22h

"He took the shots that were the right shots," Carlisle says of Mathurin. "When he runs and lets the game come to him and makes simple reads, his scoring is a major factor."

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Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 22h

A very, very poor day for the Pacers centers and their bench. The starters that you would expect to be good were good, but a rough defensive day, too. Spurs beat the Pacers 124-108 as the Pacers drop to 2-1 in the preseason. 24 turnovers. Mathurin rarely missed and had 31 points.

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Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 23h

Gabe McGlothan with a tip slam to cut the Pacers deficit to 5. Looks like Wembanyama will exit here and it'll be the reserves the rest of the way.

Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 23h

104-95 Spurs after three quarters. San Antonio has scored 34+ in every period so far as the Pacers defensive resistance has been non existent. Mathurin has 31 points, a few other guys having ok games.

Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 23h

Cam Payne has arrived.

Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 23h

26 points in under 6 minutes for San Antonio. Really, really poor defense this quarter from the Pacers.

Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 23h

Pacers second unit gettig smoked here to close the third quarter. Spurs on a 19-4 run. Walker with some good plays in this stretch but everyone else struggling some.

Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 23h

James Wiseman in with rotation guys for the first time this preseason.

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Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 23h

Benn Mathurin's first miss on that layup. He thought he was fouled and there was certainly contact.

Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 23h

27 point first-half capped off for Bennedict Mathurin with a DEEP three at the buzzer. Wow. He didn't miss a shot, going 9/9 and leading the Pacers on offense by far. It's 67-64 Spurs at the break.

Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 23h

Siakam is checking in to play the 3 next to that duo.