Tony East

YouTube video by Tony East: Indiana Pacers + Indiana Fever coverage Indiana Pacers center Micah Potter speaks to reporters after Pacers loss vs Memphis Grizzlies

Micah Potter postgame tonight. Good offense of late but I also had to ask him about his defense: youtu.be/yvOJ78FHWg8

Might be a neutral single game to me given the defense, but he's been one of the few consistent things on offense which matters for sure.

Yeah it was rough. O-Max gave him a ton of trouble.

Grizzlies 125, Pacers 106 is the final score. Memphis broke the game open in the fourth quarter and dominated the possession battle all night. Pacers didn't lead in the second half. 21 points for Jarace Wlaker. Pacers 15-46, 6-straight defeats.

A line of Grizzlies to connect with Jay Huff after the final buzzer:

Micah Potter gets to 18 points, meaning he is averaging 20 points per game over a three-game stretch. Not his best defensive game, though.

Kam Jones to the cup and he's got 10 points and 10 assists, his first career double double.

Pacers got their deficit to 5 after a triple from Jarace Walker. Then, a 7-0 Grizzlies run in 52 seconds to flip the game around again. Pacers down 12 with about 5 minutes left.

Jay Huff with the putback slam against his old team. Put some force on that one.

Grizzlies 91, Pacers 83 after three quarters. Both teams cooled off in the third quarter there as Memphis continues to cominate the possession battle. they've taken 14 more shots tonight. Pacers led by 14 points from Potter and 13 from Walker.

14 points for Micah Potter. He's got 56 over his last three games with a quarter to go. Has played quite well. Pacers down 4.

Quenton Jackson has been on the ground a lot today. Taking quite a bit of contact.

Luke Skywalker, Yoda (???), and Obi-Wan

Ben Sheppard now up to 3/4 from deep tonight. He's shooting 46.7% from deep since Thanksgiving.

Grizzlies score twice early in the second half and Rick Carlisle calls a quick timeout.

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Grizzlies off on a three at the first half buzzer. Memphis ahead 65-60 over the Pacers at halftime, with turnvoers (9) and rebounds (+6 for Grizz) giving Memphis 11 for field goal attempts so far.

8 turnovers for the Pacers is in the "manageably bad" category, but they've all been pretty hideous. Sloppy game.

Game 2*

Quenton Jackson's first bucket with a standard contract: a dunk over a defender + a foul. Fitting.

A fan was just asked to re-create Tyrese Haliburton's stepback jumper against the Cavs from Game 1 last year during this timeout. Took him two tries. Truly nobody can miss from deep here tonight.

Obi Toppin has four rebounds and five assists already. Chipping in everywhere.

Pacers have scored well in many recent first quarters. They did so again today. It's 34-34 vs Grizzlies, both teams made at least half of their shots. Up tempo game. Productive quarter from Toppin and Walker.

Grizzlies still shooting nearly 60%. They've made 8 twos and are getting many good looks. But they can't stop the Pacers, and it's 32 all. Obi Toppin already with 4 rebounds.

Not a lot of defense to start this game. 2.5 minutes in and the Grizzlies haven't missed. They lead 12-8.

34th starting lineup for the Pacers this season. Taelon Peter is active, Ethan Thompson is not.

Pacers starters:

Kam Jones
Ben Sheppard
Jarace Walker
Obi Toppin
Jay Huff

Grizzlies:

Walter Clayton Jr
Scotty Pippen Jr
GG Jackson
Jaylen Wells
Olivier-Maxence Prosper

Santo Aldama, Ty Jerome, and Cedric Coward are all ruled out for the Grizzlies tonight, head coach Tuomas Iisalo says.

Available Pacers today vs Grizzlies:

T.J. McConnell
Ben Sheppard
Jarace Walker
Obi Toppin
Kobe Brown
Jay Huff
Micah Potter
Kam Jones
Quenton Jackson

TBD on Ethan Thompson or Taelon Peter.

Andrew Nembhard and Pascal Siakam are both out tonight, Rick Carlisle says. Jalen Slawson not with the team yet — he's in Mexico City with the Boom.