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CAVALIERS 120, PACERS 116: Reaction with Mike Rich (2.134.2) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_00]: You are listening to a special edition of the Pacer's Report.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mike Rich's reaction to the Pacer's 1-21-16 lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And it's only on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Pacer's fans welcome back to the Central Indiana Sports Report for a special edition.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: of the Pacers Report.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mike Riches reaction to the Indiana Pacers, 120, 116 lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mike, I came on here to talk about how much I wanted this win, how much I hate the Cavaliers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: First, we got to talk about the fan dual sports network.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And you want to start out there?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I do.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Oh my god, that was so frustrating.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think I pay almost $20 a month just to watch Pacer games.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And I don't even cancel it during your off season.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I keep it and then I keep it and I'm able to watch some of the fever games as well.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's a pain in the ass to want to fast forward, do something, it skips around and then at the end of this game I had total technical difficulties.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: This was a one possession game at the end of the game and they finally had commentators come on and announcing the game with this sign of technical difficulties on my screen.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it was probably the most dramatic part of the game.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: By the way, what is it just the app?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It was also, yeah, they said there was a power outage and Cleveland.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If it was the first time that it'd been an issue, then that would be one thing, but.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, yeah, it's always been an issue.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It did matter if it was Bally's or Fan Duals.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All right, Mike, we'll actually talk about the game.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And the Pacers just said a franchise record 13th straight loss.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But in my mind, the good thing was like the seventh straight competitive game they played and they look like a real basketball team.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They they looked really good for almost the entire game.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They had a little bump in the road in the second quarter, but they went into the fourth quarter almost nine, I think it was nine points up and just let that lead slip.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And that's thing,
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  [SPEAKER_02]: the ability to close.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They can't come back from twenty points down.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They can't close out close games.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Again, it's kind of where the Pacers are right now with with the lineups that they have.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But again, I saw a lot of positives in this game.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I was super excited for Johnny Furfrey tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He had some awesome dunks in.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, the one break away and the the first quarter and I think he stole the ball and took it to the hoop and had a nice dunk and got everybody pretty excited.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And he had I think it was passed from Siakum and come up from the side and had that monster dunk again.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So it was it was really good to see for if he continued to grow and continued to be in the starting lineup.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, a lot of positive signs as we talked about on today's Pacers Report, a lot of things to be excited about again tonight, and it's got to be frustrating for them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: My, this is one I really wanted them to win.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think not have been Mitchell as a quote-unquote planned rest and rest every time they rest a player.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm always like, man, I hope that costs in that game.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I wanted to lose so much planned rest.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Guys, not even 30 years old, give me a break.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Anyway, there's my right another red money that's bad as fandled in height But the Cavaliers are The Nixon pistons micro in their own category to me for hate That's probably years and bucks are right there again, and that's hiding the product people went to that game to watch God of a Mitchell play and a planned rest.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, that's ridiculous
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  [SPEAKER_02]: When would you have seen Reggie Miller, Michael Jordan, Larry, or ever, oh, I'm thinkable.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I'm a little tired.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I really hope that costume game.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I hope it costs in position in the playoffs.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I was really hoping.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, that's what I do.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Those playing grass, I hope that that would have been, that's if the Pacers could have won that and cost them.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: later down season one of my nice I think I've unlocked it this is like up to an easy win and we're gonna go in and we'll take this one but they're not good enough to think that of anybody right now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: League is so unbalanced Mike.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think the western conference playoffs are gonna be great I think the eastern conference playoffs are gonna be great.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's just that the West is they ever team in the West might be better than
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  [SPEAKER_02]: There's going to be some teams in the west that don't even make the playoffs that could probably win the East.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I wouldn't go that far.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think you're right.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There might be teams that have to play in the play and they could win the East.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's that unbalanced this year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe not though with Boston because they've been really good, even without taking them, they're going to get him back.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That's true.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But it certainly doesn't look like the Cavaliers.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It doesn't look like the Cavaliers are going to come out of the East.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: this time right now.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: If maybe this game rests for Mitchell, then I fit them down the road in the playoffs.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I highly, highly doubt it though.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: See, I come.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I didn't shoot very well tonight, but just still in an up with 22.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Jay Huff finally hit some shots for for seven for the three point line, 20 points.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nymhard 15 points 11 assists.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nice myth.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Bad shooting night, but man, he looks athletic and quick.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and scored 14.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then the two, I probably want to talk about the most, uh, micopotter just keeps proven that he belongs.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And Jerry's walkers really shooting well.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Jerry's walkers come out of whatever Slonpave is having earlier in the season and has been shooting a lot better.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Mike is last day games from the 3.9
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Again, my master, I'm very good, but that's pretty good.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That's really good.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And he's been fairly, fairly thin.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So I mean, yeah, eight and a half.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Pap, almost eight and a half points again.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Almost five rebounds a game and shooting 50% from the field.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That's pretty good.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Alright, before we go tonight, I gave you a little bit of homework as we came into this game.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I said Jared Allen is reportedly one of the centers, the paces are possibly looking to trade for.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: After watching him tonight and the last 10 years of whatever you've watched him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: How do you feel about Jared Allen as the paces are centered?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I wouldn't complain about having Jared Allen on as a center for our team.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think it would be an upgrade for what we got right now.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think he's a little short for a center, but very athletic and rebound.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's a double double game and I think he would fit pretty well for the run before definitely can run the floor.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That's what we're looking for.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: High percentage, Phil Gold percentage, he's a 60% so, doesn't he doesn't need to?
• 8:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: He doesn't, and he doesn't have to take shots that he doesn't need to, and he's going to play inside, and that's why he's going to get three pounds, and let the three points
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  [SPEAKER_00]: When that opens up the lane for you, take advantage.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And that's something the Pacers have not been able to do with Halle Burden, they haven't had that guy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They need to be really nice to have a rebounding, defending floor running center.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think that would definitely change this team and shift them in the direction that they need to go.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: there might be one in the draft as well and tonight's loss just keeps making the percentage higher that the patient will be in the top five in the draft and got to love that.
• 9:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: That's the silver lining of the losses.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We're going to get to a point in the season where it's like
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  [SPEAKER_02]: No, don't win, but this team is on the brink of one in some games.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: No question about it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: There's no doubt that they're going to start picking up some momentum.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They're going to win some of the games that...
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'd throw it Thursday, Miami at home on Saturday, two chances.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They've played the good teams.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Well, I really think they can beat any team in the league.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: What kind of it's going to depend on the night that they buy him?
• 9:43
  [SPEAKER_02]: I've got to go together.
• 9:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, they got to put it together and our opponent probably has to have a poor game.
• 9:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, one of these nights I think they're just going to blow somebody out.
• 9:58
  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm looking forward to it.
• 9:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: I've watched everyone of the games waiting for it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So look like I was going to meet a night for a long time.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Really thought they were going to win the game.
• 10:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: I felt like they were the way they started out and leading it half time.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They've had some recently started out really well and kind of give it up before half time.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But tonight they kept that lead at the half time and then kind of have a rough third quarter and then just the third quarter they just part of the fourth quarter they just couldn't stop Cleveland from taking the lead.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But they were still in it at the very end.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You'd have the five second penalty and then they had the over and back by Cleveland and it came down to the last minute of the game.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The draft is great and all that, but we just need some wins, don't we?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We do, and we do, because all the other teams are winning.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's right.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's do it again on Thursday, Mike, this time after a win.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I hope so, go Paces.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Go Paces.
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