Bullied (How the Pacers got their lunch money & sneakers taken in plain sight)

"Every now and then I will get out of the ride on you bruh!"

Pete Seeger, the famous folksinger, once said, “Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t.” Patrick Henry gave it to us like this, “I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.” Then the big homie Oscar Wilde, the Irish poet, shut the buildin’ down with, “Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”

Well playboy…the Indiana Pacers gained a lot of experience on Friday night if they were listenin’ to ole Oscar and they definitely learned the difference between education and experience foolin’ around with the Memphis Grizzlies in a 97-89 loss.

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1^st! The difference in this ball game was turnovers bruh! The Pacers turned the joint over more than a nerd comin’ out of his shoes in the ghetto. They simply got bullied for lunch money and sneakers on Pennsylvania Ave in front of 13,000 people waitin' for the bus. Boyz turned it over 18 times vs. Memphis’ 9. Simple mathematics playa! Simple mathematics! When you give a boy additional opportunities to score and he does you lose the game and your shirt.

They weren’t any more efficient with the ball; they just got more chances to do something with it playa. Let me put it where the goats can get it. The Pacers shot 45 percent from the field and the Grizzlies shot 44 percent. However, Memphis got 5 additional shot attempts as a result of the freakin’ turnovers. The Pacers shot 38 percent from downtown whereas the Grizzlies shot it 36 percent. The boyz in blue and gold out-rebounded Memphis 46 to 40.

So what’s the moral of the story bruh? Don’t let a boy bully you out here in these streets. Especially, when your big brother David West (ankle) isn’t there or your homeboy George Hill (knee). Sometimes you gotta walk that distance without the cats that normally look out for you. In times like these everybody has to get out of the freakin’ car and fight.

Roy Hibbert jumped out of the ride and sprinted alongside of it in the season opener on Wednesday against the dull 76ers. Then on Friday night he couldn’t figure out whether he wanted to get out or stay in. One minute he jumps out and looks like a beast with a monster dunk and a grown man block on ZBo (Zach Randolph) then he climbs back in the ride and puts the freakin’ seat belt on so tight that his feet fell asleep. C’mon bruh! Yeah I know that he finished with 8 points and 8 rebounds but 7 of those joints should hit him in the hands by default because he’s the tallest dun on the floor.

In all, I think that boyz should be alright because they’re playin’ hard with unfamiliar rotations on the floor. So experience together will be the key. On some real talk, C.J. Miles is a beast at the 2 and gives them a great look at gettin’ buckets. In my Bill Russell voice to Uncle Drew, “What these young bloods have to understand is that this game has always been, and will always be, about buckets.” Who care who creates them playa? With boyz out it’s called takin’ advantage of your opportunity to shine.

Rodney Stuckey isn’t even healthy but he’s puttin’ in work at the point. Copeland gives them a spark off of the bench but that dun’s gotta play better defense on the other end of the floor. Durin’ this early stretch their success will be dependent upon Roy gettin’ out of the freakin’ car EVERY night. I’m not talkin’ about gettin’ out for 5 minutes and then jumpin’ back in because his jam came on the radio. Naw playa, once he gets out he’s gotta get it in until Frank sits him down! Stop me when I start lyin’!

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