Pacers Face Uphill Battle in Series After Injury News

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00:00Of course, now a big hill to climb for the Pacers, if you think they can climb it.

00:06I've actually got it pumped up even more since the Halliburton news came out.

00:10I got this at 11-1 now and minus 2,200 for the Thunder to win this series.

00:16So that's kind of where we're at.

00:17So let me ask you, what I said before the break about this guy being a liability now,

00:25that they're convinced that if he can walk like Willis Reed,

00:29that he's going to be able to go.

00:32But I'm from the part of the city over here on the other side of the river that says he's in the way.

00:41Can't stop anybody.

00:43Can't run.

00:46He's unable to get to his spot, unable to get to a good shot.

00:51Remember how he has this dribble, step back, dribble, step back, dribble, step back,

00:56and then he fires the three and it's out of the clouds and all splash, right?

01:01Last night, he couldn't even get the shot.

01:03And when he did, what happened?

01:05His calf is shot so he can't leave the floor.

01:08So the shot is short.

01:11Every one of his shots was short.

01:14They were hitting the front of the rim or nothing at all.

01:17That's because he can't jump.

01:20He's a liability.

01:21Everyone talking about this guy, as long as he can run, as long as he can get here.

01:26I heard a guy today, an NBA player say, I couldn't tell he was injured.

01:33I mean, what did you have, Bloody Marys for breakfast?

01:36You couldn't tell he was injured.

01:38I could tell the entire night.

01:40So I got back.

01:41I had a game.

01:42I got back after he was injured.

01:45So I walked in on the game.

01:47There was four minutes left in the first.

01:48And I went like this, what's wrong with Halliburton?

01:51And then my son told me he got injured.

01:54I said, I didn't even have to ask.

01:56I knew something was wrong because he looked off to me.

02:00He couldn't get to his spot.

02:03He looked slow.

02:04He couldn't guard anybody.

02:06He couldn't run.

02:07And I was like, and now they're going to start him?

02:10Like, they have a guy that goes in fifth gear like he's on meth.

02:17Your boy McConnell.

02:19I mean, this guy goes so fast.

02:21He gets to his shot and does that little cycle spin in the lane.

02:24He gets that shot off in front of seven footers right in their face.

02:28And he hits that little popper.

02:29And you're going to start a guy that can't run.

02:32That can't do anything.

02:33And not only that, he's so off, he couldn't shoot.

02:37So now he's become void of any skill.

02:41He turned the ball over.

02:43He doesn't do that.

02:44Now he's averaging three a game.

02:46Now he's exposed as a weakness.

02:49You know what I do?

02:50If I'm the Thunder, I just attack him all night.

02:53You know what he's going to do?

02:54He's going to foul out because he can't guard anybody.

02:56He's two steps behind his usual pace.

03:00I mean, I've been around a game my whole life.

03:03I mean, you know, I should be coaching is really what it boils down to because I'm dead right about this.

03:08I don't care what anybody says.

03:09That guy is worthless right now, in my opinion.

03:13And I guarantee they're going to come back.

03:14He's got some strain.

03:15They already said he's got a strain.

03:16But what type?

03:17Well, the type that makes you suck is what he's got.

03:20He's got the type that makes you suck.

03:22He couldn't do anything that he normally does.

03:24Isn't he supposed to be this killer?

03:27He's supposed to be this clutch player in the clutch that hits all these last-second shots.

03:32Four times he hit the game-winning shot in the playoffs, right?

03:35Where's all that now?

03:38It's in the garbage can now.

03:41He don't matter no more.

03:42You've got to play guys that matter now that are healthy and that have it in them to get to the 10 and put the ball in the hole.

03:49He ain't going to do anything with that leg.

03:51I'm telling you.

03:52I know a guy that pulled his calf.

03:54That guy never played again.

03:56Like, that was it.

03:57It was the end of him.

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