It’s laborious to consider that any positives come from a 37-point loss however Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle has managed to search out one.
His Pacers outfit have been put to the sword by the Boston Celtics who welcomed again Jayson Tatum of their 142-105 win.
The Celtics duo of Jaylen Brown and Tatum placed on a mixed 66 factors handy the Pacers their second defeat in a row and push their document to 15-17 within the Jap Convention.
Tyrese Haliburton top-scored for the Pacers along with his 19 however was not too long ago referred to as out by Kendrick Perkins for his ‘focus’ or lack of.
Regardless of coach Carlisle being visibly dissatisfied along with his workforce’s show he did like what he noticed from teenager Jarace Walker.
Now into his second season within the NBA Walker is starting to indicate the Pacers and the entire league what he’s about.
After being the eighth total choose within the first spherical of the 2023 draft the ahead was eased into the league averaging simply 10.3 minutes per sport.
His minutes have elevated considerably this yr and alongside that so has his output.
He dropped his highest rating in current weeks with 17 in a victory over the Orlando Magic, and his 15 final evening helped preserve the margin of defeat from turning into extra embarrassing.
Talking after the match Carlisle spoke extremely of Walker’s show saying: “Walker did some actually good issues within the second half. I prefer to see him play with that type of depth and drive on a regular basis.
“He did some actually spectacular issues, driving the ball, capturing the ball, rebounding, defensively. I imply they have been attempting to get Brown 50 factors and he manned up and guarded the heck out of him for 2 or three possessions in a row and that was nice to see.”
The Pacers have been crushed in nearly each division by a well-oiled Celtics aspect who possess a variety of high quality, however one space that Carlisle was left sad with was the offensive rebounds.
His aspect gave up 18 within the sport compared to the Celtics 13 and Carlisle defined how this was the workforce’s ‘largest downside.’
He stated: “Within the first half the offensive rebounding was the largest downside, premature turnovers have been an issue as nicely. 13 turnovers doesn’t look that unhealthy on paper however they solely had 9.
“When Payton Pritchard goes in there and will get three offensive rebounds in a row and beasts it up between two of our guys that’s not good.”
The Pacers face a tricky rematch in opposition to the Celtics of their subsequent sport, it’s the right probability to place proper what went fallacious.
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