Ole Betsey (Why the Pacers were nearly able to pull off a major heist in San Antonio)

"Naw playa! It ain't gone be that easy!"

Bill Bradley once said, “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” Elbert Hubbard, the 19^th century writer and publisher, gave it to us like this, “A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn out to be glorious success.” Then the big homie Calvin Coolidge got fired up on a boy when he shouted, “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

Well playboy…persistence and determination better known as the Indiana Pacers almost beat the defendin’ NBA Champions at the crib on Wednesday night. The boyz in blue and gold had the Spurs on the ropes but just couldn’t finish them off as the Spurs stumbled out of the joint with a 106-100 win.

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever 1^st! The Pacers are like the young G in the hood comin’ up that all of the O.G.’s are givin’ tall respect to. Even though they’ve got crazy cats sittin’ on the sideline in street clothes, George Hill (bruised left knee), David West (sprained right ankle), C.J. Watson (bruised right foot), and Roy Hibbert (sprained left ankle) not to mention Paul George (fractured right leg), these boyz are still jumpin’ up in cat’s collars every night.

They carjacked the Mavs on Monday night and then rolled down to San Antonio lookin’ for trouble. Unfortunately, boyz ain’t playin’ about the Alamo and they found themselves wrestlin' with a hungry bear just leavin' the club with the munchies. On some real talk, boyz didn’t give them an unlocked car in the projects with a computer sittin’ on the front seat with a sign on it that says, “Steal me dawg!” chance of survivin’ down there.

However, the Pacers decided to pull up in the whip that ole Bill Bradley was hollerin’ about earlier. In the hood they call “Ole Betsey” but in world of success they call it persistence. The Mash Unit made boyz in the Circle City proud even in a loss bruh! Rodney Stuckey jumped out of the ride and hit ‘em with 22 points and Big Momma’s sweet potato pie. Luis Scola climbed out of the passenger side joint with 13 and somethin’ that looked like turkey and dressin’ but we’re not sure because he kept callin’ it somethin’ else. Solomon Hill threw out a cool 10 and some collard greens while Chris Copeland stopped by “L” and grabbed a 12 pack just to get the party started.

Unfortunately, even with all of that effort, persistence and the crib smellin’ good the Spurs weren’t about let these banged up Indiana boyz show up and take over the joint. The Pacers had them on the ropes with Pop out on medical leave but they finally woke up to go on a16-2 run in the fourth quarter led by Manu Ginobili’s 28 points and somethin’ that he kept callin’ turkey and dressin’ too. Ole boy scored 21 of his 28 all in the second half to keep the Pacers from pullin' off a major heist in front of the surveillance cameras.

I know that there’s no such thing as a good loss but when you’ve got the entire hood on the sick and shut-in list with the chicken pox and measles then you’ve got to understand that boyz are gonna lose some games bruh. Think about it pimpin’, you’ve got duns that didn’t even have names prior to a month ago startin’ so you gotta be happy that these cats are even competin’ EVERY night. When the big dawgs get healthy this team is gonna be a beast to deal with because the bench is simply ridiculous at this point. Stop me when I start lyin’!

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