[tps_title]Which team is coming in weak into the postseason?[/tps_title]
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MACIAS: Seriously – does anyone even know that Atlanta Hawks even exist? I’m thinking not so you’re being a little fast and loose with the word “disappoint”. Given, they won seven of their last 10 games which puts them on a hot streak, and even won over the first seeded Pacers, who they face in the first round.
But really, every team not named “the Heat” in the East could be replaced by blind high school students and no one would know the difference.
CREASMAN: Indiana Pacers. When your best player (Paul George) looks like he is either lost or would rather be anywhere but on a basketball court much of the time, it is hard to have much confidence in a team going into the hardest part of the schedule; the NBA playoffs.
It also doesn’t help that Roy Hibbert seems to have lost his edge. Maybe he found his inner peace or has been doing yoga. Either way, Hibbert needs to find a mean streak and the Pacers need to find some chemistry or they could be in for a rude awakening in the 2014 playoffs.
BITANGA: The Indiana Pacers have hit a slump they can’t entirely get out of. Sure they secured their top seed spot in the Eastern Conference, since Miami Heat lost to the Washington Wizards, but they’ve only won four out of their last 10 games. In their last 20 games, the team’s points per game have decreased by 10. What they’re dealing with: Roy Hibbert isn’t playing to his potential, Paul George is having offensive woes and the team in general isn’t playing with their usual chemistry. The level of play in the post-season will be more competitive, and the Pacers will have the difficult task of getting things together in that high-intensity atmosphere. How you finish should be better than how you start, and that doesn’t look like the case for the Pacers.
MOHAMED: In some ways it isn’t their fault, with injuries to Lee and especially Bogut fatally damaging what hope they had of a first round upset, but I find it hard to pick anyone but the Warriors. Their offense has been slightly above average for the full season though it’s been much better since the all star break. I just find it really difficult to see how the Warriors can protect the rim at a decent enough level, especially if they play the Clippers unless the trio of Iguodala/Thompson/Green can stifling perimeter defense to the point where it’s good enough to compensate.
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