Bent Rim ( Why Frank Vogel can always get in the ride with the homies)

"Really bruh?"

Calvin Coolidge once said, “All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means works.” Pat Riley gathered the boyz up and said, “If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and then you are ready for greater challenges.” Then Napoleon Hil, the famous author, l summed it up best with, “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”

Well playboy…the Indiana Pacers ARE strugglin’ but their effort on Friday night against the Detroit Pistons wasn’t. They played like a very hungry team that looked nothin’ like the duns that had just lost back to back joints to two of the worst teams breathin’, Philly and Minnesota! If not for a terrible chargin’ call on Roy Hibbert down the stretch we’d be talkin’ about how these boyz bounced back to play an excellent game against a hot team. Instead we’re talkin’ about how they’ve lost three in a row as a result of a 98-96 Detroit win.

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1^st! Frank Vogel was not a happy camper when he met with the media after that joint! Ole boy came into the media room like a boy had just stolen his brand new bike, bent the rim and twisted the seat. Now he wasn’t fired up because of his team’s effort playa! He was fired up because they had lost a game that they played well enough to win.

Frank’s smart enough to know that he couldn’t blast the officials so he stayed away from it. But you know that he had that bent rim look in his eye. Not everybody has the ability to read situations so some cats in the media kept askin’ the “wrong” questions and ole Frank did everything in his power not to dive over the table then.

He was mad and had every right to be because his boyz played well enough to win against a Pistons team that is on fire after gettin’ rid of ole Eddie Cain, Josh Smith. Detroit has now won 10 of 12 since they pushed ole boy out of the ride. However, the Pacers jumped out of the ride and scrapped for everything they had on. They had 6 cats in double figures, scored 48 points in the paint, shot 45 percent from the field and held Detroit to just 37 percent shootin’! I completely understand Frank bein’ upset bruh!

Sure, Brandon Jennings went to work on them with 37 points but he was unstoppable! That dun was gettin’ shots off that were highly contested. He was ballin’ and sometimes a boy is gonna get you regardless of how well he’s defended. It wasn’t like they let D.J. Augustine come in and bang them up like Mo did the other night. You can live with Jennings poppin’ you for 37. Why? Because they still played well enough to win.

Believe it not playa, Roy Hibbert led them with 14 points! Ole Roy jumped out of the ride and tried to take a pair of sneakers or two. Then Damjan Rudez dropped off 13 at Big Momma’s. D. West hit ‘em up for 13 while Ian Mahinmi came through the joint with 12 and 9 just to keep boyz honest. Donald Sloan had 11 and Solomon Hill picked up 10 just standin’ outside the club.

I know a lot of boyz wanna give up on this team but Ya Boy is gonna ride until the wheels fall off because of nights like this. Frank is doin’ a helluva job of coachin’ and they play in the dull East! Brooklyn is the 8^th seed right now at 17-23 and the Pacers are tied for the 9^th seed with Charlotte, Detroit and Orlando at 15-26.

With the way these duns started the season lookin’ like the Mash Unit with injuries everywhere they can still make the playoffs in the East! Yeah, I know they’ll be one and done but that’s the freakin’ goal at this point. Make the playoffs! After PG went down and ole dull Lance bounced boyz didn’t give them a chance at all of doin’ that , even before the injury bug hit them in the pre-season.

However, when I see boyz play as hard as they did on Friday night and then their leader comes into the post-game joint lookin’ for the dun that bent his rim. He can ride with me all day because if I’ve gotta squab with a boy I want him in the ride. Up next Charlotte and stop me when I start lyin’! Check out all of the behind the scenes video footage of this game in "Pacers Cred" right right here.

Playas Thesaurus: 1) Dun: the person in question. The cat , dude, guy
2) Playboy: Whoever I’m talkin’ to, the dun listenin’ to me talk!
3) Joints: Follow the context and fill in the blank. This is urban lingo and words are interchangeable playa dependin’ upon the subject matter. In this particular case it means game and press conference.
4) Ride: car, whip, mode of transportation
5) Scrapped: to fight
6) Squab: To fight and wrestle in the street
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