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Pascal Siakam Joins Inside the NBA After Pacers Take 3-1 Lead vs. Knicks · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Oh, I thought he was coming up here. We thought maybe,
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  Speaker 1: but with this crowd, you never know. Pascal Ernie Johnson,
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  Speaker 1: Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny, the Jet Smith, Charles Barkley, nice going man.
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  Speaker 1: What a win tonight to take a three to one lead.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me what the Tell me what the mindset was
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  Speaker 1: on this team. You were this close to taking a
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  Speaker 1: three year old lead and they came back and got
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  Speaker 1: you in game three? So what was the mindset going
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  Speaker 1: into four?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we didn't like the way we finished. We finished
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  Speaker 2: the game that second that second half wasn't wasn't to
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  Speaker 2: our standards, So you know, Coach got on us about it.
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  Speaker 2: We just wanted to come out just with more agency,
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  Speaker 2: more energy, just playing pass at basketball, and I thought
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  Speaker 2: we did that from the beginning. You know, they made runs,
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  Speaker 2: but for the most part, we was just you know,
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  Speaker 2: we stuck to our game plan and just kept kept
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  Speaker 2: doing us.
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  Speaker 3: Uh see, I comes track here at game two scoring
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  Speaker 3: for thirty or seventy points. Game three, you've gonna have
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  Speaker 3: a lot of points. As you said that tip, I
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  Speaker 3: have to be aggressive and I'm going for thirty. What
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  Speaker 3: was your mindset coming into this game?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think I always try to be aggressive.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I think what makes it special as
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  Speaker 2: a team is it's just that we have, you know,
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  Speaker 2: so so many people that can do you know, a
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  Speaker 2: lot of things, and it's always about just know ego,
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  Speaker 2: basketball past first and at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's what we special. We're a team and
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  Speaker 2: I really don't care about how many points are square.
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  Speaker 2: As long as we win. That's that's my mindset. But
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  Speaker 2: you know, today today they needed that for me, and
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  Speaker 2: you know I'm always gonna delivered pascout number one. Congratulations
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  Speaker 2: on a great win, going up three one.
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  Speaker 4: Do you have a set of yourself? Man, they actually
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  Speaker 4: have a random play for me. I could do this
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  Speaker 4: every night cause we watched the game and they don't
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  Speaker 4: run no plays for you, and you end up when
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  Speaker 4: you go crazy something game. Do you ever say good safe?
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  Speaker 3: Man?
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  Speaker 4: If y'all ran to play for me every now and then,
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  Speaker 4: I could get twenty five at night.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, nah, I mean, that's that's not That's not who
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  Speaker 2: we are. Man. At the end of the day, the
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  Speaker 2: team knows, coach knows, and you know that's that's the
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  Speaker 2: identity that we had. We've had you know since I've
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  Speaker 2: been here. One of the reason I love playing here
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  Speaker 2: is just that you know, at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 2: is just all about the team. And you know, I'm
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  Speaker 2: always inna fit in man. I told him, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just just I'm here whenever you need me. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm always ready. But but it's all about team for us.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 5: Again, congratulations Pascal. But you you've been at a place
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  Speaker 5: in Toronto and you saw what a championship feeling is.
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  Speaker 5: There's a what are the similarities here in Indiana because
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  Speaker 5: it's gone crazy like when we were here, We were
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  Speaker 5: there when you won in Toronto and we're here now.
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  Speaker 5: If you could be up here where we are, you
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  Speaker 5: see the energy. What are the similarities in the youth teams.
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  Speaker 3: That you're playing with?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think the first thing you mentioned
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  Speaker 2: is the fans. You know, I remember in Toronto just
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  Speaker 2: how passionate they worry about, you know, our team and
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  Speaker 2: the things that we're able to do. And it's the
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  Speaker 2: same thing here, you know, payonation. You know, they go
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  Speaker 2: so crazy about us and the support is just been amazing,
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  Speaker 2: you know, from from the just the organization to the fans,
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  Speaker 2: Like everyone is just being awesome. And in terms of teams,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we we have you know, great players, we
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  Speaker 2: have you know, tie that's controlled the pace for us.
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  Speaker 2: And I think what's what's different a little bit from
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  Speaker 2: the team that we had. It's like, you know, this
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  Speaker 2: is this is a team. It's a team effort. Every night,
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  Speaker 2: you got different guys that's gonna step up. We have
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  Speaker 2: you know, we go twelve thirteen, you know, no matter what.
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  Speaker 2: Like we we got guys ready to step in and
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  Speaker 2: and that makes it a little bit different. But at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the day, you know, like I just
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  Speaker 2: like our spirit, our resilient we are. It's one of
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  Speaker 2: the things that we had out there in Toronto. Also,
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  Speaker 2: like Kenny said, you've been there before. How do you
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  Speaker 2: get your guys.
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  Speaker 3: To not be over confident because we all know if
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  Speaker 3: you win this next game, you go into the finals.
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  Speaker 3: How do you get them to concentrate and say, you
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  Speaker 3: know what, don't be thinking about all that stuff. Now
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  Speaker 3: we have a close out. Then what's going to be
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  Speaker 3: your message to your guys? Yes, sir, Yeah, so you
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  Speaker 3: hit it on the head.
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  Speaker 2: I think I always tell the guys, I'm always kind
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  Speaker 2: of like the guy that takes away the fun a
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  Speaker 2: little bit, just you know, because when everyone's celebrating, I'm
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  Speaker 2: just so focused on we got to move on to
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  Speaker 2: the next player. We got to be even killed. And
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  Speaker 2: and that's that's the same message. We haven't done anything yet.
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  Speaker 2: We know how crazy is going to be out there
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  Speaker 2: in the garden, and we got to be ready. We
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  Speaker 2: got to be ready and can get too happy, not
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  Speaker 2: too high with the high, not too low with the lows.
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  Speaker 2: And that's been my, my, my, you know, my speech
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  Speaker 2: all season. And I's gonna keep going, Pasha, you got
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  Speaker 2: time for one more yep.
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  Speaker 1: Look, this is eighty four playoff games for you in
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  Speaker 1: your career. That's the most by far on this team.
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  Speaker 1: And you've got that ring. How does that manifest itself
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  Speaker 1: in terms of experience and sharing that with the guys
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  Speaker 1: who wear that uniform.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, no, it's been it's been so great, man.
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  Speaker 2: I'm so I'm so blessed to be in this position.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, I've seen some some dark times, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just going through a lot of things and and I
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  Speaker 2: and I've just been blessed to be able to come
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  Speaker 2: to organization like the Pacers, KP, Chad, the whole organization,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm just just being awesome top to bottom and
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  Speaker 2: the reception that I've had and the guys listening to me,
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  Speaker 2: my leadership and they're just willing to receive it, and
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  Speaker 2: it's been such a blessing. And I'm just happy, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to help and and like you said, I have the
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  Speaker 2: experience and you know they can always lean on me
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  Speaker 2: for That's a heck of an answer and a heck
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  Speaker 2: of a game.
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  Speaker 1: Thirty points for Pascal Siak. I'm three to one lead
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  Speaker 1: for the Pacers. Thank you so much for joining us.
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  Speaker 1: We appreciate it.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, guys, I appreciate.
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  Speaker 1: This is a this is a three to one series,
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  Speaker 1: and that is that is a mature ballplayer right there.
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  Speaker 1: That that is a guy who gets it. And I
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  Speaker 1: love his answer to your question, Chew. He said, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I'd like that, but that's not who we are. And man,
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  Speaker 1: who they are is a team that may be on
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  Speaker 1: their way to the NBA Finals that it takes one
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  Speaker 1: more