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11-01-2003, 02:39 AM
By Johnnie Clay - Pacers Insider
October 31, 2003 11:45pm.
On a night where children dressed up in costumes, and collected candy, by saying "trick or treat". The Indiana Pacers "tricked" everyone tonight, as the Milwaukee Bucks "treated" their way to an 93-79 win at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Nothing went right for the Pacers, who stumbled out of the gate early, falling behind 15-4. The damage was primarly done by Bucks rookie T.J. Ford, who nearly became only the second person to score a triple-double with 11 pts, 7assists and 11 rebounds.
"He had a great game. He was a key at both ends of the floor." Pacers Coach Rick Carlisle said afterwards. "We played a sub par game...we got outworked. Got outplayed. Every team in the East is dangerous, as shown tonight. We were never able to get the game at our tempo, that had a lot to deal with it."
"He (Ford) was at 150 miles per hour out there,'' Pacers forward Al Harrington said. "He did a great job and he kept us on our heels all night.''
The Pacers managed to claw back out of that early deficit, taking the lead 19-17 at the end of the first quarter. But after that, it was too much T.J. Ford and the Bucks, who had 24 fast break points by the end of the first half.
"The 24 fastbreak points in the first half absolutely killed us,'' Pacers forward Jeff Foster said. "They just outran us.''
Anthony Johnson came off the bench to score 10 points and helped the cut the Bucks lead down to eight points late in forth quarter, but a few three-pointers by the Bucks put an end to a possible Pacers' comeback this evening.
Al Harrington led the Pacers with 26 points on 11-of-17 shooting. He didn't get any help however, with his teammates going 22-of-68 (32 percent) from the floor. Jermaine O'Neal had 12 pts, 7 rebounds in a losing effort.
The losing effort however game with a price, as Pacers guard Reggie Miller left after the third quarter with a sore back and didn't return. His status was not immediately known, a team spokesman said.
The Pacers don't have time to re-group however, they leave immediately tonight for a game against the Atlanta Hawks tomorrow, a team that Coach Carlisle said is very similar to the Bucks.
Gametime is at 7pm Eastern Time.
October 31, 2003 11:45pm.
On a night where children dressed up in costumes, and collected candy, by saying "trick or treat". The Indiana Pacers "tricked" everyone tonight, as the Milwaukee Bucks "treated" their way to an 93-79 win at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Nothing went right for the Pacers, who stumbled out of the gate early, falling behind 15-4. The damage was primarly done by Bucks rookie T.J. Ford, who nearly became only the second person to score a triple-double with 11 pts, 7assists and 11 rebounds.
"He had a great game. He was a key at both ends of the floor." Pacers Coach Rick Carlisle said afterwards. "We played a sub par game...we got outworked. Got outplayed. Every team in the East is dangerous, as shown tonight. We were never able to get the game at our tempo, that had a lot to deal with it."
"He (Ford) was at 150 miles per hour out there,'' Pacers forward Al Harrington said. "He did a great job and he kept us on our heels all night.''
The Pacers managed to claw back out of that early deficit, taking the lead 19-17 at the end of the first quarter. But after that, it was too much T.J. Ford and the Bucks, who had 24 fast break points by the end of the first half.
"The 24 fastbreak points in the first half absolutely killed us,'' Pacers forward Jeff Foster said. "They just outran us.''
Anthony Johnson came off the bench to score 10 points and helped the cut the Bucks lead down to eight points late in forth quarter, but a few three-pointers by the Bucks put an end to a possible Pacers' comeback this evening.
Al Harrington led the Pacers with 26 points on 11-of-17 shooting. He didn't get any help however, with his teammates going 22-of-68 (32 percent) from the floor. Jermaine O'Neal had 12 pts, 7 rebounds in a losing effort.
The losing effort however game with a price, as Pacers guard Reggie Miller left after the third quarter with a sore back and didn't return. His status was not immediately known, a team spokesman said.
The Pacers don't have time to re-group however, they leave immediately tonight for a game against the Atlanta Hawks tomorrow, a team that Coach Carlisle said is very similar to the Bucks.
Gametime is at 7pm Eastern Time.