The Elements of the Game (How the Pacers got caught up in the projects in Denver)

"I can't breathe either bruh!"

Martin Luther, the 16th century German Monk, once said, “Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.” Thomas Paine, the American author and revolutionary, got way too deep on a boy when he said, “It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.” Then Big Momma kept it real and simple by saying, “Y'all don’t believe that fat meat is greasy!”

The Indiana Pacers barely escaped alive from a dull house party in Sacramento on Friday night. They got caught sleepin’ at the light in Phoenix on Wednesday and forgot all about that fat meat Big Momma was talking about when they got to Denver. They showed up on the second night of a back-to-back and got ambushed in the Pepsi Projects 109-96.

By the time these Indiana boyz pulled up in the projects to holla at some chicks like cats always do, the word was out that they were in town so they weren’t sneaking up on anybody. Wilson Chandler put up a season high 25 points to help snap a three-game skid by the Nuggets. Nate Robinson and Timofey Mozgov were both on the roof getting off shots to add 15 apiece to the kitty as J.J. Hickson hit ‘um up for 14. He was waiting for those duns to come up the stairwell because you already know that the elevator never works in the projects playboy.

At the break the Pacers were gathered in the janitor’s closet between the 2nd and 3rd floor trailing by 19! Then they came out of the joint on a 16-3 run fueled the Don Dada, Mr. #BornReady himself as he put up 7 of those 16. On some real talk, that Brooklyn edge he brings is probably the most important piece of this team. Why? Because being scared out here in these streets isn’t an option. Ole Lance’s 23 points kept the Pacers from completely getting dog walked on a night that was tough sledding from the word go.

Let’s keep it real or all the way, 100 whichever comes 1^st! What the casual fan doesn’t realize about road trips in the NBA is that boyz aren't just playing the other teams. They’re playing the elements and the conditions of the game. Not only were the Pacers playing the second night of a back-to-back. They were coming off of an emotional overtime win and then changing time zones in a different altitude as well. These boyz were struggling even before the Nuggets thought about driving over to the arena.

Think about it bruh, they were already drained from the challenge in Sac-town on Friday. Then you put a boy immediately on a plane to play in less than 24 hours and somebody takes all of the freakin’ oxygen out of the air and they’re supposed to perform at the same level. It’s almost impossible to do. That’s why it’s called the NBA. You can't win every game and boyz will lose on the road to subpar teams every now and then.

Do you realize that the last time the Pacers won a game in Denver it was 2007 bruh! They're 3-15 overall since the 2004-05 season. Why? Because boyz can't breathe up there bruh!

Denver's Ty Lawson who finished with 12 points and 10 dimes said it best, “We wanted to run with them on a back-to-back. That was our main focus! That’s what (Kenneth) Faried did early. He was running on their bigs and getting easy buckets.”

It’s a method to the madness that is the NBA. So I don’t wanna hear all of these haters screamin’ that the Pacers aren’t the real deal because they got ambushed in the projects in Denver. As soon as the Suns ran up on them at the light on Wednesday all of these Western Conference clown fans started screamin’ on Twitter that the Pacers couldn’t play with all of the teams in the West.

It’s a road trip you idiot and keep in mind that they’ve already beaten the brakes off of the Wolves, Spurs, Rockets, Warriors, Clippers and squeaked by the Kings. They’ve lost to the Thunder, Trailblazers and Suns. It’s the NBA for crying out loud! Boyz are gonna lose games bruh but it’s mighty funny that they’ve still got the best record in the league at 34-9.

They don’t have to win all of them bruh! They just have to win more than the next dun up to get home court advantage in the playoffs. What are talking about? And in the playoffs you don't play back-to-backs on the road! If you're gonna hate at least understand what you're talking about so that we can have an intelligent conversation.

Up next the Lakers at Staples! I just hope boyz don’t get out there and get distracted watching all of the 10’s sitting courtside trying to Sharon Stone a boy! Catch that one later on today bruh! Stop me when I start lyin’!

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