Pacers vs Nets Live Stream: Game Preview; Indiana Looks To Extend Their Best Season Start Since Joining The NBA By Trying To Beat The Struggling Veterans Of The Brooklyn Nets
Indiana Pacers looks to continue their winning streak, which is the franchise record in the NBA that started in the season opening. They hot team will face the strong yet struggling Nets led by head coach Jason Kidd.
The Pacers who completed their sixth straight win against the Raptors with a 91-84 victory at home.
Paul George led the Indiana team with 23 points, eight rebounds and six assists on their previous game.
Indiana's press defense has been the main key that has been giving them W's particularly holding Toronto with their season-lowest field goal percentage by holding them to 34.1 percent in that field.
"I think I was just pressing," George said. "I've got to continue to let the game come to me and let the game flow. I felt like sometimes out there I was pressing and that's taking me out of my comfort zone."
The Pacers big man Roy Hibbert also contributed a lot in the game with 20 points and seven rebounds getting ready to face their next opponent.
"I don't expect to have 20-point nights all the time," Hibbert said. "I just wanted to be solid on defense and give the team as much as I could on offense. I try to be the backbone on the defense and luckily some of my shots went in."
On the other hand, the Nets are looking to break their struggling ways after falling 112-108 to the hands of the Washington Wizards.
Paul Pierce who was under the weather during that game played a sloppy one out of five FG percentage and finishing with only four point but a crucial one nonetheless.
"He's a pro. He put the uniform on, not feeling well," first-year coach Jason Kidd said. "But he came out and gave us everything he could. To be able to answer the call in that overtime, that just shows his leadership and being a professional."
Also struggling for the team is veteran Kevin Garnett who said he hasn't been getting his rhythm to help his team.
"I'm not in an offensive rhythm that I would like," Garnett said. "But that's not a priority here. The priority is getting the stops and finishing teams off and finishing quarters off and coming out with better thirds. Who cares about this offense? Needless to say, we got to make buckets."