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The Duality of Defense: A Pacers Podcast

The Indiana Pacers were thrashed by the league’s worst offense and then stifled the hottest team in the NBA in back to back games. Let’s talk about it

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On today’s episode of the Indy Cornrows podcast, Mark and Caitlin reconvene following the All-Star break to discuss the ups and downs of the Pacers surrendering 129 points to OKC’s league-worst offense before dropping 128 on Boston’s second-ranked defense.

Topics:

  • Which outcome was more surprising?
  • Early returns from Haliburton-Brogdon pairing and thoughts on who’s calling the shots
  • Oshae turning into Osha333333 and the impact of his activity at the four-spot by comparison to the “this ain’t P” game
  • What to make of Goga Bitadze playing 90 seconds against the Thunder and then effectively replacing Terry Taylor in the rotation versus Boston
  • Chris Duarte returning to action as sixth man
  • Getting defensive or shot-variance?